Elementary school teacher · Sumter, SC
Elementary school teacher in Sumter: $856/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Sumter at $57,650 a year. About 470 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.53). The 10th percentile is $45,440 and the 90th is $72,850. Pay ranks 312th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,013/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $856 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 162 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$856
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,650
$45,440 to $72,850
Rent (1 bd)
$1,013
$1,206 (2 bd)
Employment
470
Location quotient 1.53
Pay rank
312th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $57,650.
- Taxes$940
- Rent$1,013
- Other living costs$1,995
- Left over$856
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,650
- Federal income tax
- −$4,880
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,410
- State income tax (SC)
- −$1,992
- Take-home pay
- $46,369
- Effective tax rate
- 19.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,013
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $603
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,008
Left over each month
$4,804 gross, minus $940 in tax and $3,008 in living costs.
$856
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 Sumter?
$57,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 470 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Sumter?
$856 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,013, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 162 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Sumter.