New Orleans vs Shreveport leftover
Moving to Shreveport costs you $165 a month
$2,254/mo leftover in Shreveport vs $2,419 in New Orleans after tax and rent ($165 less). −$1,980 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
New Orleans leftover
$2,419
a month after tax and rent
Shreveport leftover
$2,254
−$165 vs New Orleans
Compare New Orleans to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to New Orleans.
Monthly gap
New Orleans → Shreveport
$165
less / month in New Orleans
$2,254 in Shreveport · $2,419 in New Orleans · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 56 households moved New Orleans → Shreveport (avg AGI $51,714). 62 went the other way. The whole move →
−$165 / mo
| Per month | New Orleans | Shreveport | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $6,633 | −$367 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,555 | $1,436 | −$120 |
| Take-home pay | $5,445 | $5,198 | −$247 |
| Rent | $1,223 | $1,077 | −$146 |
| Getting around | $498 | $562 | +$64 |
| Groceries | $360 | $360 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $405 | $405 | $0 |
| Utilities | $225 | $225 | $0 |
| Everything else | $315 | $315 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,419 | $2,254 | −$165 |
To break even in Shreveport, you'd need to earn
$82,500
Household gross, versus $84,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as New Orleans does now.
The tax difference alone
+$132
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.2% in New Orleans, 21.6% in Shreveport.
More about Shreveport
New Orleans, LA in full
A flat 3% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,456 and 240 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
Shreveport, LA in full
A flat 3% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,282 and 218 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Shreveport on Shreveport wages.
Shreveport → New Orleans →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Shreveport than New Orleans?
A one-bedroom is about $1,223 in New Orleans versus $1,077 in Shreveport. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $165 a month lower in Shreveport. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Shreveport have state income tax?
Shreveport is in Louisiana, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from New Orleans to Shreveport?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Louisiana tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between New Orleans and Shreveport moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.