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http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary Looks like they make less than the na

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary Looks like they make less than the national median income. Doesn't look like you pass the median either until you've put in at least a decade. http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary#by_Years_Experience http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary... Teaching might be "Looked at" as being family friendly but unless you're working in a really nice district or are completely apathetic you're probably going to be working 50 hour weeks. Speaking of pay expectations... software developers with no college education and a few years of experience can be hired for twice an experienced teacher's salary - and these same developers consider themselves underpaid (which they are... but so is most of the middle class)

kevinpet 13y ago
> you're probably going to be working 50 hour weeks. Except that they aren't. http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/10/05/teachers-work-fewer-hours-than-other-professionals-and-were-not-counting-summer-vacations/ http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/10/05/teachers-work-few...
- johnward 13y ago
  and it's not like other jobs don't require that
- drharris 13y ago
  The good ones are. My wife puts in around 55-60 hours per week, especially when you consider all the junk they are required to be there for (sports, extracurriculars, dances, etc.) and continuing education requirements. However, amortized over a year with summers off it turns into a 40-45 hr work week - same as other professionals but with half the salary.
Retric 13y ago
Your numbers are off: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=28 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=28 The average salary for full-time public school teachers in 2010–11 was $56,069 in current dollars (i.e. dollars that are not adjusted for inflation). In constant (inflation-adjusted) dollars, the average salary was about 3 percent higher in 2010–11 than in 1990–91. Note the average is well above the median in this case.

kevinpet 13y ago

> you're probably going to be working 50 hour weeks. Except that they aren't. http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/10/05/teachers-work-fewer-hours-than-other-professionals-and-were-not-counting-summer-vacations/ http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/10/05/teachers-work-few...

johnward 13y ago
and it's not like other jobs don't require that
drharris 13y ago
The good ones are. My wife puts in around 55-60 hours per week, especially when you consider all the junk they are required to be there for (sports, extracurriculars, dances, etc.) and continuing education requirements. However, amortized over a year with summers off it turns into a 40-45 hr work week - same as other professionals but with half the salary.

Retric 13y ago

Your numbers are off: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=28 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=28 The average salary for full-time public school teachers in 2010–11 was $56,069 in current dollars (i.e. dollars that are not adjusted for inflation). In constant (inflation-adjusted) dollars, the average salary was about 3 percent higher in 2010–11 than in 1990–91. Note the average is well above the median in this case.