> Generally private school teachers make way less than public school ones though do. Private schools have looser licensing requirements and fewer overall posi

> Generally private school teachers make way less than public school ones though do. Private schools have looser licensing requirements and fewer overall positions to fill, so there's a greater supply of labor competing for a lower demand. That already would lead to lower pay in itself. They are also able to offer benefits that private schools typically cannot (such as a reduced responsibility for administrative work). Teachers who come from industry or higher education are oftentimes willing to trade a lower salary for the additional flexibility (which they can oftentimes use to pursue other adjacent work in their field. That's why private school teachers are more likely than public schools to have teachers who old PhDs, despite the pay being higher at private schools, and despite the licensing requirements being less strict for private schools.