Elementary school teacher · Winston-Salem, NC
Elementary school teacher in Winston-Salem: $790/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Winston-Salem at $56,510 a year. About 2,220 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $46,720 and the 90th is $60,880. Pay ranks 320th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $790 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 219 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$790
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,510
$46,720 to $60,880
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,246 (2 bd)
Employment
2,220
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
320th 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 $56,510.
- Taxes$910
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$790
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,510
- Federal income tax
- −$4,743
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,323
- State income tax (NC)
- −$1,860
- Take-home pay
- $45,584
- Effective tax rate
- 19.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $567
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,009
Left over each month
$4,709 gross, minus $910 in tax and $3,009 in living costs.
$790
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 Winston-Salem?
$56,510 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,220 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Winston-Salem?
$790 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 219 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Winston-Salem.