Elementary school teacher · Montgomery, AL
Elementary school teacher in Montgomery: $802/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Montgomery at $59,610 a year. About 1,560 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $40,970 and the 90th is $72,690. Pay ranks 278th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/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 $802 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 143 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$802
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,610
$40,970 to $72,690
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
1,560
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
278th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $59,610.
- Taxes$1,088
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$802
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,610
- Federal income tax
- −$5,115
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,560
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,791
- City / county wage tax
- −$596
- Take-home pay
- $46,549
- Effective tax rate
- 21.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$4,968 gross, minus $1,088 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$802
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albany, $1,952/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Montgomery?
$59,610 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,560 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Montgomery?
$802 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 $1,121, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 143 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Montgomery.