Elementary school teacher · New Orleans, LA
Elementary school teacher in New Orleans: $1,065/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in New Orleans at $60,350 a year. About 4,400 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.11). The 10th percentile is $47,010 and the 90th is $75,550. Pay ranks 251st-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,223/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,065 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Baton Rouge, about 126 miles away, at $1,094 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,065
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,350
$47,010 to $75,550
Rent (1 bd)
$1,223
$1,456 (2 bd)
Employment
4,400
Location quotient 1.11
Pay rank
251st of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,350.
- Taxes$938
- Rent$1,223
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$1,065
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,350
- Federal income tax
- −$5,204
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,617
- State income tax (LA)
- −$1,436
- Take-home pay
- $49,094
- Effective tax rate
- 18.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,223
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $498
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $3,026
Left over each month
$5,029 gross, minus $938 in tax and $3,026 in living costs.
$1,065
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Baton Rouge, $1,094/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in New Orleans?
$60,350 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,400 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in New Orleans?
$1,065 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,223, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Baton Rouge, about 126 miles away, leaves $1,094 a month, more than New Orleans.