Elementary school teacher · Mobile, AL
Elementary school teacher in Mobile: $1,027/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Mobile at $60,970 a year. The 10th percentile is $47,500 and the 90th is $73,050. Pay ranks 227th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,027 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dothan, about 166 miles away, at $1,181 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,027
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,970
$47,500 to $73,050
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
227th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,970.
- Taxes$1,118
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$1,027
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,970
- Federal income tax
- −$5,278
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,664
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,859
- City / county wage tax
- −$610
- Take-home pay
- $47,560
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$5,081 gross, minus $1,118 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$1,027
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dothan, $1,181/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Mobile?
$60,970 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Mobile?
$1,027 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dothan, about 166 miles away, leaves $1,181 a month, more than Mobile.