High school teacher · Daphne, AL
High school teacher in Daphne: $875/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Daphne at $62,400 a year. About 820 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.37). The 10th percentile is $48,920 and the 90th is $76,270. Pay ranks 211th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,252/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 $875 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 225 miles away, at $2,125 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$875
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,400
$48,920 to $76,270
Rent (1 bd)
$1,252
$1,490 (2 bd)
Employment
820
Location quotient 1.37
Pay rank
211th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $62,400.
- Taxes$1,148
- Rent$1,252
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$875
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,400
- Federal income tax
- −$5,450
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,774
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,930
- City / county wage tax
- −$624
- Take-home pay
- $48,623
- Effective tax rate
- 22.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,252
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,177
Left over each month
$5,200 gross, minus $1,148 in tax and $3,177 in living costs.
$875
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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- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Daphne?
$62,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 820 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Daphne?
$875 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 $1,252, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 225 miles away, leaves $2,125 a month, more than Daphne.