High school teacher · Birmingham, AL
High school teacher in Birmingham: $1,089/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Birmingham at $62,650 a year. About 2,850 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.80). The 10th percentile is $48,860 and the 90th is $75,990. Pay ranks 199th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/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 $1,089 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 201 miles away, at $2,125 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,089
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,650
$48,860 to $75,990
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
2,850
Location quotient 0.80
Pay rank
199th of 369
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, high school teacher pay of $62,650.
- Taxes$1,153
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$1,089
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,650
- Federal income tax
- −$5,480
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,793
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,943
- City / county wage tax
- −$627
- Take-home pay
- $48,809
- Effective tax rate
- 22.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$5,221 gross, minus $1,153 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$1,089
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albany, $2,125/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Birmingham?
$62,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,850 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Birmingham?
$1,089 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 $1,106, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 201 miles away, leaves $2,125 a month, more than Birmingham.