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"The average elementary school teacher in Nassau and Suffolk counties earned $90,560, while middle school teachers earned $90,650 and high school teachers earne

"The average elementary school teacher in Nassau and Suffolk counties earned $90,560, while middle school teachers earned $90,650 and high school teachers earned slightly less on average at $88,390." Those are averages, from almost a decade ago! https://libn.com/2012/06/13/long-island-teachers-highest-paid-in-new-york/ https://libn.com/2012/06/13/long-island-teachers-highest-pai... But if you think you can apply for and get one of those jobs, that's not how it works! Most openings are filled though nepotism. They'll have a few candidates come in for interviews, but they already know who is getting the job. And it's the niece of a school board member or something like that.

handrous 5y ago
IMO school boards & school district admin generally are a badly under-appreciated source of corruption of many kinds. I'm pretty damn sure it's rampant.
rovolo 5y ago
2017 stats: https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/news-release/teachersoccupationalemploymentandwages_newyork.htm https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/news-release... For context, Nassau and Suffolk are the highest paid area in New York at ~100k mean salary. That's below the median household income in Nassau ($115k) and Suffolk ($101k) [0], which are among the richest in the US. NYC and the US are both at ~$63k median income. For comparison, NYC is ~$80k mean salary, which will include both new hires and tenured teachers. If you read the salary schedule[10] for NYC, you have to have 6-8 years of experience to make $80k (depends on your education level [11]). To reach $120k, they must have 20 years of tenure in the NYC school district. I made $90k in salary alone as a new CS grad, and $120k in total comp (excl. benefits). This doesn't seem like a huge overpayment to me. It makes sense to me that wealthier areas pay teachers more, and I don't think that teachers getting well paid in one county should demand wage cuts in other counties. [0] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US,NY,suffolkcountynewyork,nassaucountynewyork,newyorkcitynewyork/PST045219 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US,NY,suffolkco... [10] https://www.uft.org/your-rights/salary/doe-and-city-salary-schedules/teachers-salary-schedule-2018-2021 https://www.uft.org/your-rights/salary/doe-and-city-salary-s... [11] https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/NYC https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/NYC

handrous 5y ago

IMO school boards & school district admin generally are a badly under-appreciated source of corruption of many kinds. I'm pretty damn sure it's rampant.

rovolo 5y ago

2017 stats: https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/news-release/teachersoccupationalemploymentandwages_newyork.htm https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/news-release... For context, Nassau and Suffolk are the highest paid area in New York at ~100k mean salary. That's below the median household income in Nassau ($115k) and Suffolk ($101k) [0], which are among the richest in the US. NYC and the US are both at ~$63k median income. For comparison, NYC is ~$80k mean salary, which will include both new hires and tenured teachers. If you read the salary schedule[10] for NYC, you have to have 6-8 years of experience to make $80k (depends on your education level [11]). To reach $120k, they must have 20 years of tenure in the NYC school district. I made $90k in salary alone as a new CS grad, and $120k in total comp (excl. benefits). This doesn't seem like a huge overpayment to me. It makes sense to me that wealthier areas pay teachers more, and I don't think that teachers getting well paid in one county should demand wage cuts in other counties. [0] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US,NY,suffolkcountynewyork,nassaucountynewyork,newyorkcitynewyork/PST045219 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US,NY,suffolkco... [10] https://www.uft.org/your-rights/salary/doe-and-city-salary-schedules/teachers-salary-schedule-2018-2021 https://www.uft.org/your-rights/salary/doe-and-city-salary-s... [11] https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/NYC https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/NYC