Elementary school teacher · Rocky Mount, NC
Elementary school teacher in Rocky Mount: $609/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Rocky Mount at $48,670 a year. About 550 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $40,240 and the 90th is $59,190. Pay ranks 357th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($716/mo). North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $609 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisonburg, about 187 miles away, at $1,560 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$609
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,670
$40,240 to $59,190
Rent (1 bd)
$716
$852 (2 bd)
Employment
550
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
357th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $48,670.
- Taxes$754
- Rent$716
- Other living costs$1,977
- Left over$609
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,670
- Federal income tax
- −$3,802
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,723
- State income tax (NC)
- −$1,527
- Take-home pay
- $39,618
- Effective tax rate
- 18.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $716
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $582
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $2,693
Left over each month
$4,056 gross, minus $754 in tax and $2,693 in living costs.
$609
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisonburg, $1,560/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Rocky Mount?
$48,670 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 550 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Rocky Mount?
$609 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax Rent is $716, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Harrisonburg, about 187 miles away, leaves $1,560 a month, more than Rocky Mount.