I suggest you look closer... First off First year teacher can be paid pretty low depending on what grade it is, and if they are even working full time. Many f

I suggest you look closer... First off First year teacher can be paid pretty low depending on what grade it is, and if they are even working full time. Many first year teachers are not full time In my city where the median Household is somewhere around 55K, there are several high school teachers making 80K+ I would urge you to look up the actual salaries for teachers with more than 3 years experience, most teacher salaries are part of the public records, there are databases out there that will show individual salaries. If we are going to debate if teachers are underpaid we need to start with an actual fact base. Finally the fact the position requires a degree has no bearing on the rate of pay.