I assumed you were a CA teacher. It is truly a maddening situation there, and I have a feeling most of it is fairly unique to California. Teacher pay varies c

I assumed you were a CA teacher. It is truly a maddening situation there, and I have a feeling most of it is fairly unique to California. Teacher pay varies considerably between districts - some pay six figures while others top out at 65k. The pension benefits largely depend on pay, but usually it's something like 2% of salary for each year of service, which they can collect starting at 62.