Elementary school teacher · Monroe, LA
Elementary school teacher in Monroe: $716/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Monroe at $50,300 a year. About 1,250 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.60). The 10th percentile is $37,670 and the 90th is $59,250. Pay ranks 344th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($860/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $716 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 154 miles away, at $1,484 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$716
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,300
$37,670 to $59,250
Rent (1 bd)
$860
$1,024 (2 bd)
Employment
1,250
Location quotient 1.60
Pay rank
344th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $50,300.
- Taxes$748
- Rent$860
- Other living costs$1,867
- Left over$716
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,300
- Federal income tax
- −$3,998
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,848
- State income tax (LA)
- −$1,134
- Take-home pay
- $41,321
- Effective tax rate
- 17.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $860
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $562
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,727
Left over each month
$4,192 gross, minus $748 in tax and $2,727 in living costs.
$716
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $1,484/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Monroe?
$50,300 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,250 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Monroe?
$716 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $860, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Longview, about 154 miles away, leaves $1,484 a month, more than Monroe.