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National average is such a massively useless metric when we have such incredible variety in cost of living across locales
by feet 4y ago
National average is such a massively useless metric when we have such incredible variety in cost of living across locales
- mooreds 4y agoTo say nothing about the differential between someone in their first year and their 30th year of teaching. (At least, I hope there's a differential! I haven't looked.)
- votepaunchy 4y agoThe “average salary across the U.S.” also includes workers both in their first year and their 30th year of employment.
- mooreds 4y agoRight, but knowing how much someone gets at starting vs how much they get at 10, 20, 30 years is helpful too. Is there a bulge of experienced teachers getting 100k/year that pulls the average up? Does the pay range max out at 80k no matter how long you are there? This data is more useful than the average.
- gruez 4y agoShouldn't demand for teachers be roughly correlated with where everyone else is located? It's not like with tech where the employment is concentrated in particular areas.