Nurse practitioner · Shreveport, LA
Nurse practitioner in Shreveport: $4,831/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Shreveport at $125,740 a year. About 410 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.20). The 10th percentile is $102,250 and the 90th is $155,470. Pay ranks 260th-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,077/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,831 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Beaumont, about 165 miles away, at $5,645 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,831
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$125,740
$102,250 to $155,470
Rent (1 bd)
$1,077
$1,282 (2 bd)
Employment
410
Location quotient 1.20
Pay rank
260th of 383
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $125,740.
- Taxes$2,703
- Rent$1,077
- Other living costs$1,867
- Left over$4,831
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $125,740
- Federal income tax
- −$19,425
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,619
- State income tax (LA)
- −$3,397
- Take-home pay
- $93,299
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,077
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $562
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,944
Left over each month
$10,478 gross, minus $2,703 in tax and $2,944 in living costs.
$4,831
Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Beaumont, $5,645/mo.
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Questions
What does a nurse practitioner make in Shreveport?
$125,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 410 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Shreveport?
$4,831 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,077, and pay covers 9.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?
Beaumont, about 165 miles away, leaves $5,645 a month, more than Shreveport.