Elementary school teacher · Myrtle Beach, SC
Elementary school teacher in Myrtle Beach: $785/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Myrtle Beach median for this job. The paycheck used here is the South Carolina median, $60,820 a year. South Carolina has about 25,030 elementary school teacher jobs. The 10th percentile is $48,410 and the 90th is $77,570. On the pay used here, Myrtle Beach ranks 240th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,319/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $785 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 243 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$785
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,820
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$1,319
$1,570 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
240th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,820.
- Taxes$1,008
- Rent$1,319
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$785
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,820
- Federal income tax
- −$5,260
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,653
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,188
- Take-home pay
- $48,719
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,319
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $564
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,275
Left over each month
$5,068 gross, minus $1,008 in tax and $3,275 in living costs.
$785
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Athens, $1,689/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Myrtle Beach?
$60,820 a year. That figure is the South Carolina median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Myrtle Beach?
$785 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,319, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 243 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Myrtle Beach.