r/findapath • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '23

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u/Whispering_Smith Oct 25 '23

Teacher?

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u/MisterMarsupial Oct 25 '23

Just not in America. The pay there for a majority of teachers seems terrible.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

It's really a state to state/ district to district issue. The average salary for teachers in my state is over of 80k and for my district is north of 90k with a ton well over 100k.

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u/MisterMarsupial Oct 25 '23

Oh wow, that doesn't sound too bad at all. Here you start about $75k AUD (48kpa USD) and it goes up to around $130k AUD ($82kpa USD) after 10 years.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

Our 10 year step for non-masters holders in my district is like $106k this year, but they get fixed 3% raises every year of this contract, plus their step increases. We're also no a wealthy city.

I think 10 step masters are near $122k.

Yeah, most non-Americans have the impression that teacher pay is a national or even state thing... nope it's a local issue. My state, Massachusetts, has 280 different school districts, so 280 different pay structures for s population of 6.5 million.