Well...Westchester New York. A tony suburb of NYC. Teachers work about 186 days a year, so the magic number we have to get to is $186K. Let's say the high sc

Well...Westchester New York. A tony suburb of NYC. Teachers work about 186 days a year, so the magic number we have to get to is $186K. Let's say the high school gym teacher. Late 30s, been there for 15 years. Base salary, $125K. Health benefit package worth $18K a year. Pension benefits worth maybe $40K a year. He also gets $7K in SS taxes paid, and other assorted taxes we'll ignore. 125+18+40+7 = $190k (I suppose to be fair we must deduct union dues from the total. I have no idea how much union dues are.)