Entry-level Elementary School Teacher salary in Winston-Salem, NC

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Winston-Salem, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Thomasville, Lexington, Winston Salem.

Also listed as: Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Median salary$44,150
Middle 50%$42.7k–$54.3k
vs. all levels here−19%comparison median $54,762
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $42,690 and $58,334.
PercentileSalary
10th$42,690
25th$42,690
50th (median)$44,150
75th$54,340
90th$56,552

Salary by year

Median salary

$30k $45k $60k FY2024: median $48,059 (14 filings) FY2025: median $50,950 (10 filings) FY2026: median $42,690 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 2 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 14
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––2
FY2021–––2
FY2022–––9
FY2023–––6
FY2024$48,059$45,400$50,34014
FY2025$50,950$46,310$54,98010
FY2026$42,690$42,690$42,69013

Cost of living

Winston-Salem's median entry-level Elementary School Teacher salary of $44,150 is worth about $48,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Winston-Salem = 92.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Winston-Salem, NC area earned a median of $56,510 in May 2025 (2,220 employed). The H-1B median here is $44,150, 22% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools$42,69010
Quality Education Academytoo few6
Thomasville City Schoolstoo few6

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $44,150 23
Mid-level · Level II too few 7
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV $57,970 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$42,690$44,15023
Expert · Level IV$57,970$57,97019

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.