Union leaders: Proposed pay raise for Louisiana teachers not enough Put another way, a Louisiana teacher making $52,000 per year could make approximately $72,000 in a different job sector. Researchers refer to the gap as a wage penalty, meaning people who become teachers are penalized with wages below what they could earn in another profession with the same level of education. In terms of a compensation gap, Louisiana teachers earn 28% less than their college educated peers, according to a 2022 study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). I think public education has been on a starvation diet for a while.” ‘How do I barricade my room?’ “They’re defunding little by little, bit by bit. “We’re not paying teachers a living wage,” Jarrell said. Vicki Jarrell, a retired educator and school administrator who worked here and in Ohio, said Louisiana has neglected teacher pay and public education funding for far too long. Starting salaries for teachers, which researchers say are key to attracting new talent to the field, remain low across the country at an average of about $42,000, which roughly matches Louisiana’s figure. The average annual salary for a teacher in Louisiana is roughly $52,000 compared with the national average of $65,300, according to National Education Association statistics. Even after the legislature approved a $1,500 pay raise this year, Louisiana’s teachers are still some of the lowest paid in the country, ranking 43rd out of 50 states and Washington, D.C. Low pay is among the most commonly cited factors driving the shortage. Shreveport’s KTBS-TV reported the Caddo Parish School District entered the school year with about 90 vacancies after hiring 200 new teachers over the summer. Tammany Parish, where public school teacher salaries rank among the top 10 in the state, filled about 300 openings earlier in the year but went into August with 96 open positions, according to a report from WDSU-TV. State Education Superintendent Cade Brumley sounded the alarm a year ago and in March saying there were 2,500 certified teacher vacancies across the state, affecting an estimated 50,000 K-12 students. The situation is exacerbated by low wages, high inflation and school safety concerns, but also rooted in how society views public education and the teaching profession. Louisiana, like much of the country, is struggling through what is perhaps the worst teacher shortage in history.
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