> The union would still be closer to correct, teacher salaries, on average, are still low [0] A spot check of the linked BLS.gov numbers with Wikipedia's list

> The union would still be closer to correct, teacher salaries, on average, are still low [0] A spot check of the linked BLS.gov numbers with Wikipedia's list of household income by state [1] showed that about 2/3 of states I checked paid teachers above the average household income and the rest were within about 10%. As you say, there's likely a large amount of variation in there and there are likely a lot of young teachers who are not getting paid fairly since union members have an inherent tendency to enact policies benefiting current members over future members. But with that said, I still stick by my original point which is that teachers do not, on average, make a "pittance." They make pretty close to an average household income, on average, and typically also have significantly better than average pension benefits and vacation benefits. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States#Income_by_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United...