High school teacher · Montgomery, AL
High school teacher in Montgomery: $933/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Montgomery at $61,720 a year. About 1,210 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $46,430 and the 90th is $75,620. Pay ranks 236th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/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 $933 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 143 miles away, at $2,125 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$933
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,720
$46,430 to $75,620
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
1,210
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
236th 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 $61,720.
- Taxes$1,134
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$933
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,720
- Federal income tax
- −$5,368
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,722
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,896
- City / county wage tax
- −$617
- Take-home pay
- $48,117
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$5,143 gross, minus $1,134 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$933
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 Montgomery?
$61,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,210 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Montgomery?
$933 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 $1,121, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 143 miles away, leaves $2,125 a month, more than Montgomery.