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>"Most public School teachers make close to the meadean household income in the US" Yeah...no they don't. Both my parents are career teachers, and both have wo
by dylangs1030 13y ago
>"Most public School teachers make close to the meadean household income in the US"
Yeah...no they don't. Both my parents are career teachers, and both have worked in both public and private school systems. You start out at ~$30,000 in major metropolitan areas and can reach $100,000 after close to a decade, with a graduate degree.
- erickhill 13y agoMy dad's been a teacher at the high school level (math and English +SAT prep) for over 50 years. He's barely north of 70K/year in Dallas, TX. And he's one of the top paid teachers in the district. When you say "major metropolitan areas ... can reach $100,000" I think that must be in either very affluent areas, private schools, or the west/northeast coasts. Even still, for such a vastly important profession, I've always been completely disillusioned by the lack of compensation and support for the teaching profession.
- dylangs1030 13y agoHm, my comment must have come across as somewhat arrogant. Sorry, read the parent comment. I'm agreeing with you - my point was that you can't really make much more than median unless you're in an expensive area, you have high seniority, and you're very educated. We're agreeing :)