See List of Parishes in Louisiana with the Highest and Lowest Teacher Salaries

Teacher salaries in Louisiana are still below the national average. But the numbers have been going up over the past few years. The average teacher salary in Louisiana is just below $60,000 dollars. This is from data through 2024, the last full year available from the State Education Department.

What Parishes Lead the State?

Red River Parish continues to outpace all other parishes with an average teacher salary of more than $80,000 a year.

READ MORE: See Teacher Pay Report from One Year Ago

What Parishes Have the Lowest Paid?

According to the latest data available from the state which is for 2024, northeast Louisiana teachers are among the lowest paid in the state.

The lowest paid teachers in Louisiana work in the following Parishes:

East Carroll $46,278
Catahoula $47,561
Madison $46,093
LaSalle $42,116
Tensas $35,690

What Parishes Have the Highest Paid?

Red River $80,667
St. Charles $74,706
Plaquemines $69,805
Terrebonne $66,963
Natchitoches $67,107

Bossier was #7 a year ago and is 14th in the latest numbers reported to the state. The average salary for Bossier teachers in 2024 (the last full year reported to the state) is $63,644.

Caddo was ranked 6th a year ago and has dropped to 16th with an average salary for 2024 of $63,349.

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Teachers in Louisiana are not keeping up with other southern states for teacher pay. They have gotten several one time stipend checks, but that’s not a permanent pay raise. Many state lawmakers will say teacher pay is something that should be handled at the local level and not with state legislation.

But this is again expected to be a hot topic during the legislative session that has just kicked off.. The latest numbers on teacher pay in Louisiana show the average teacher salary in Louisiana is just under $60,000 about $12,000 below the national average which is $72,030 according to the National Education Association.

States with the Highest Teacher Pay Are

California ($101,084)

New York ($95,615)

Massachusetts ($92,076)

States with the Lowest Teacher Pay Are:

Mississippi ($53,704)

Florida ($54,875)

Missouri ($55,132)

Here's the full report on teacher pay in Louisiana with data from the state education department for 2024.