High school teacher · Charleston, WV
High school teacher in Charleston: $751/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Charleston at $55,800 a year. About 330 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.46). The 10th percentile is $48,080 and the 90th is $60,790. Pay ranks 341st-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,011/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $751 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 198 miles away, at $2,442 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$751
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$55,800
$48,080 to $60,790
Rent (1 bd)
$1,011
$1,204 (2 bd)
Employment
330
Location quotient 0.46
Pay rank
341st of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $55,800.
- Taxes$899
- Rent$1,011
- Other living costs$1,989
- Left over$751
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,800
- Federal income tax
- −$4,658
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,269
- State income tax (WV)
- −$1,867
- Take-home pay
- $45,007
- Effective tax rate
- 19.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,011
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $3,000
Left over each month
$4,650 gross, minus $899 in tax and $3,000 in living costs.
$751
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,442/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Charleston?
$55,800 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 330 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Charleston?
$751 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,011, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Akron, about 198 miles away, leaves $2,442 a month, more than Charleston.