My 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 th

My 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.