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You picked an outlier. Most schools districts in the Bay Area (including San Francisco) have starting salaries for teachers in the $50k-$60k range. And in my ex

You picked an outlier. Most schools districts in the Bay Area (including San Francisco) have starting salaries for teachers in the $50k-$60k range. And in my experience, teachers work a lot more than 40 hours a week. I picked 3 randomly below: Redwood City: https://www.rcsdk8.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=2086&dataid=35170&FileName=RCTA%202019.07.01.pdf https://www.rcsdk8.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?modul... San Mateo: http://www.smfcsd.net/en/assets/files/Employment%20and%20HR/Salary%20Schedules/19-20%20SMETA%20Salary%20Schedules%20Final%20Board%20Approve%20Jan%2010%202019.pdf http://www.smfcsd.net/en/assets/files/Employment%20and%20HR/... San Francisco: https://archive.sfusd.edu/en/assets/sfusd-staff/contract%20and%20salary%20schedules/19-20%20salary%20schedule%20K-12%20teachers.pdf https://archive.sfusd.edu/en/assets/sfusd-staff/contract%20a...

gundmc 7y ago
Thanks for the additional data points!
archi42 7y ago
Enen with tech workers complaining about the high rents, I wonder how bad teachers fare? Or are these districts in "cheap" areas?
- chris11 7y ago
  San Mateo and Redwood City are both expensive, but not as bad as SF. One article reported median rents were about 2.4k, which makes sense. There a few places advertising lower rents, but not many, and at that price you are giving stuff up. SF is worse. Another issue is the commute. Traffic is really bad, so finding a cheaper place farther away from work will cost you in time and energy, especially if you have to cross a bridge. It's so bad that some districts, including San Mateo, are building their own housing for teachers. https://edsource.org/2019/in-need-of-teacher-housing-more-california-school-districts-building-their-own/611220 https://edsource.org/2019/in-need-of-teacher-housing-more-ca... https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/20/20814179/housing-crisis-teachers-educators-san-francisco-average-rent https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/20/20814179/housing-crisis-teac...
  - notfromhere 7y ago
    2.4k on rent when you're making between 31-3700 post-tax is kinda brutal.
piterdevries 7y ago
"Teachers work" LOL good one

gundmc 7y ago

Thanks for the additional data points!

archi42 7y ago

Enen with tech workers complaining about the high rents, I wonder how bad teachers fare? Or are these districts in "cheap" areas?

chris11 7y ago
San Mateo and Redwood City are both expensive, but not as bad as SF. One article reported median rents were about 2.4k, which makes sense. There a few places advertising lower rents, but not many, and at that price you are giving stuff up. SF is worse. Another issue is the commute. Traffic is really bad, so finding a cheaper place farther away from work will cost you in time and energy, especially if you have to cross a bridge. It's so bad that some districts, including San Mateo, are building their own housing for teachers. https://edsource.org/2019/in-need-of-teacher-housing-more-california-school-districts-building-their-own/611220 https://edsource.org/2019/in-need-of-teacher-housing-more-ca... https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/20/20814179/housing-crisis-teachers-educators-san-francisco-average-rent https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/20/20814179/housing-crisis-teac...
- notfromhere 7y ago
  2.4k on rent when you're making between 31-3700 post-tax is kinda brutal.

piterdevries 7y ago

"Teachers work" LOL good one