Elementary school teacher · Shreveport, LA
Elementary school teacher in Shreveport: $1,244/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Shreveport at $61,850 a year. About 2,280 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.57). The 10th percentile is $48,130 and the 90th is $99,940. Pay ranks 187th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× 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 $1,244 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 55 miles away, at $1,484 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,244
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,850
$48,130 to $99,940
Rent (1 bd)
$1,077
$1,282 (2 bd)
Employment
2,280
Location quotient 1.57
Pay rank
187th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,850.
- Taxes$966
- Rent$1,077
- Other living costs$1,867
- Left over$1,244
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,850
- Federal income tax
- −$5,384
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,732
- State income tax (LA)
- −$1,481
- Take-home pay
- $50,254
- Effective tax rate
- 18.7%
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
$5,154 gross, minus $966 in tax and $2,944 in living costs.
$1,244
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 Shreveport?
$61,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,280 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Shreveport?
$1,244 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,077, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Longview, about 55 miles away, leaves $1,484 a month, more than Shreveport.