Elementary school teacher · Savannah, GA
Elementary school teacher in Savannah: $870/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Savannah at $63,710 a year. About 1,570 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $51,310 and the 90th is $78,590. Pay ranks 147th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,379/mo). Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $870 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 170 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$870
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,710
$51,310 to $78,590
Rent (1 bd)
$1,379
$1,642 (2 bd)
Employment
1,570
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
147th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,710.
- Taxes$1,099
- Rent$1,379
- Other living costs$1,961
- Left over$870
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,710
- Federal income tax
- −$5,630
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,874
- State income tax (GA)
- −$2,684
- Take-home pay
- $50,522
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,379
- Groceries
- $386
- Getting around
- $564
- Healthcare
- $434
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,340
Left over each month
$5,309 gross, minus $1,099 in tax and $3,340 in living costs.
$870
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 Savannah?
$63,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,570 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Savannah?
$870 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax Rent is $1,379, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 170 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Savannah.