High school teacher · Mobile, AL
High school teacher in Mobile: $1,063/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Mobile at $61,550 a year. About 1,110 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $48,190 and the 90th is $76,280. Pay ranks 245th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/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 $1,063 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Houma, about 184 miles away, at $1,206 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,063
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,550
$48,190 to $76,280
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
1,110
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
245th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $61,550.
- Taxes$1,130
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$1,063
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,550
- Federal income tax
- −$5,348
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,709
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,888
- City / county wage tax
- −$616
- Take-home pay
- $47,991
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$5,129 gross, minus $1,130 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$1,063
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Houma, $1,206/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Mobile?
$61,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,110 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Mobile?
$1,063 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 $984, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Houma, about 184 miles away, leaves $1,206 a month, more than Mobile.