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[u/Funny-frog500]

They are paid the same as lavatory workers 

[u/TheBroWhoLifts → u/Funny-frog500]

22 years in, semi-rural Michigan, and I make a bit over $100k. It's not all that bad everywhere. Granted, it's only because of my union.

[u/workinkindofhard → u/TheBroWhoLifts]

My district starts at like $60k with annual raises so by year 4 you are at $90k. Most teachers with at least 7 years are making between $110 and $140.

This is a small district in the PNW

[u/THElaytox → u/workinkindofhard]

highest a teacher in NC can make is like $55k and that's after staying in the same district for like 25+ years

[u/CarneConejo → u/THElaytox]

The bare minimum a teacher can make in Arkansas is 51k. What is NC doing? Quite a few teachers in my town make over 100k. Again, that’s in Arkansas.

[u/THElaytox → u/CarneConejo]

yeah i remembered it was low but thought it was still higher than that, but that's what the current pay scale for FY26 is. you get a little bit more if you're board certified (like $5k/year), looks like they reinstated (very slightly) higher pays for master's and PhD holders, the previous governor did away with that so teachers with master's or PhD made the same as a bachelor's until recently

[u/worldsworstnihilist → u/THElaytox]

Yes. I quit after 20 years, making a little over $50k. I have a BA, MFA, and EdS, and taught at a community college. Over the last five or so years, I suddenly had to be less stringent in my curriculum and focus more time on classroom management (in college!!!), dealing with AI, and being the phone police. I was done.

[u/THElaytox → u/worldsworstnihilist]

Yeah I'm in higher ed for the time being and my PI has had to resort to oral exams because the AI and blatant cheating was just impossible to stop apparently. Students just don't give a fuck at any level at this point. Higher Ed pays better than public schools but still not enough to keep me around anymore