Elementary school teacher · Memphis, TN
Elementary school teacher in Memphis: $1,375/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Memphis at $61,510 a year. About 5,410 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $48,160 and the 90th is $76,630. Pay ranks 195th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,045/mo). Tennessee has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,375 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Anniston is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,330 left over a month), and Memphis still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,375
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,510
$48,160 to $76,630
Rent (1 bd)
$1,045
$1,244 (2 bd)
Employment
5,410
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
195th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,510.
- Taxes$837
- Rent$1,045
- Other living costs$1,868
- Left over$1,375
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,510
- Federal income tax
- −$5,343
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,706
- State income tax (TN)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $51,462
- Effective tax rate
- 16.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,045
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $548
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,913
Left over each month
$5,126 gross, minus $837 in tax and $2,913 in living costs.
$1,375
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Anniston, $1,330/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Memphis?
$61,510 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 5,410 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Memphis?
$1,375 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Tennessee has no state income tax Rent is $1,045, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Memphis leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Anniston at $1,330 a month.