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It was average wage in US. Not-specific to education. Better numbers can be found at http://www.bls.gov/data/ http://www.bls.gov/data/ Total compensation per
by brianobush 14y ago
It was average wage in US. Not-specific to education.
Better numbers can be found at http://www.bls.gov/data/ http://www.bls.gov/data/
Total compensation per hour for elementary/secondary school teachers: 56.59 (and avg wage is 38.39); far higher than any other public position (save administrators - they get cake too).
- teach 14y agoI'm not sure I believe that number. I guess some super highly-paid regions are throwing off the average. Starting teacher salary in my district is $42,000 per year for a 187-day contract. Assuming the teachers only work 7 hours a day (which is insultingly low; my first year teaching I worked 60-70 hours a week): 42000 / 7 * 187 = $32.09 per hour. I think if you (wrongly, IMO) assume that all teachers in America work only the hours that they're on the clock in front of children, then MAYBE that number is believable. But that's not the reality of the teaching profession, in my experience. Edit: I see that number is "total compensation", which presumably includes health care and such. I don't know how to meaningfully add that to my estimate, but it would certainly increase it.
- twoodfin 14y agoMost teachers (almost be definition) aren't earning the "starting" salary. Salary scales fairly nicely with seniority and "professional development" (those summer workshops and conferences).