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"...my mom made $125,000 pre tax as a teacher every year in NY..." Holy MOLY that's a lot of money! Out here in "Flyover Country", (Wisconsin), most teachers
by bilbo0s 8y ago
"...my mom made $125,000 pre tax as a teacher every year in NY..."
Holy MOLY that's a lot of money!
Out here in "Flyover Country", (Wisconsin), most teachers wouldn't even make half that much. And I'm assuming by the way you described her salary, that none of that included any of the benefits! That's an incredible amount of money for a teacher. I would think a lot of teachers would like that salary.
I'm pretty sure you can safely assume that your mother is nowhere even CLOSE to being the norm for teachers across the nation. There are many, many teachers out there who are very much underfunded.
- germinalphrase 8y agoAnecdotally, six years in and I make just north of 40k salary (upper Midwest).
- bilbo0s 8y agoSounds like you should be contacting "anoncoward111" to find out where his mother taught school at in NY. That district probably has at least one new opening since she has apparently retired.
- anoncoward111 8y agoHaha, her position was filled by the principal's niece. Nepotism is alive and well. Any school district on Long Island NY will have minimum salaries of like 60-70k I think. 90% of property taxes here (~10k USD per house) go to the school district. It unfortunately shouldn't be a surprise that someone in Wisconsin paying $600 in property tax per year also has a school district with teachers making 40k, which, once again, isn't even a bad salary for the profession and value delivered. Maybe I'm just jaded, but 13 years of schooling qualified me for barely gainful employment. I could have home-schooled myself for way cheaper and with the same outcome.