Elementary school teacher · Spartanburg, SC
Elementary school teacher in Spartanburg: $936/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Spartanburg at $60,990 a year. About 1,530 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $49,280 and the 90th is $77,210. Pay ranks 226th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,141/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $936 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 100 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$936
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,990
$49,280 to $77,210
Rent (1 bd)
$1,141
$1,358 (2 bd)
Employment
1,530
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
226th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,990.
- Taxes$1,012
- Rent$1,141
- Other living costs$1,993
- Left over$936
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,990
- Federal income tax
- −$5,280
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,666
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,199
- Take-home pay
- $48,845
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,141
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $601
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,134
Left over each month
$5,083 gross, minus $1,012 in tax and $3,134 in living costs.
$936
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 Spartanburg?
$60,990 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,530 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Spartanburg?
$936 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,141, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 100 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Spartanburg.