Elementary school teacher · Tuscaloosa, AL
Elementary school teacher in Tuscaloosa: $1,031/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Tuscaloosa at $60,220 a year. About 1,150 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $47,750 and the 90th is $72,330. Pay ranks 255th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,031 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 238 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,031
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,220
$47,750 to $72,330
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
1,150
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
255th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,220.
- Taxes$1,101
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,031
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,220
- Federal income tax
- −$5,188
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,607
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,821
- City / county wage tax
- −$602
- Take-home pay
- $47,002
- Effective tax rate
- 21.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$5,018 gross, minus $1,101 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$1,031
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 Tuscaloosa?
$60,220 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,150 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Tuscaloosa?
$1,031 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $930, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 238 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.