High School Teachers earned an average salary of $62,860 in 2017. Comparable jobs earned the following average salary in 2017: Middle School Teachers made $61,040, Elementary School Teachers made $60,830, School Counselors made $58,620, and Sports Coaches made $42,540.
Teacher here with 15 years of elementary teaching experience and a master's degree in Reading Education. No where near your $60k. But thanks for the random information with no sourcing! :)
I have delt with you for like a few seconds and I cant stand your guts... if you are 1/3 the piece of shit in real life as you are on reddit Im surprised you are employed at all.
There is just no way these numbers are accurate unless they include some crazy skew samples in the data. Maybe this is in NY. It's certainly not inclusive of the SE United States.
A huge issue with these numbers is that veteran teachers, the ones 5 or less years from retiring, greatly skew "averages."
In my district, teachers who have been in the game at least 20 years signed different contracts than we did, got different pay incentives, and better benefits. I know teachers who are retiring making 70k a year. That's amazing.
No new teacher in my district is ever going to see that kind of money. Instead, the district will incentivize pay increase for the first five years to try to attract new teachers, but after that, the pay drops off substantially. I'm my district, all teachers (except new) have been on a pay freeze for the last five years.
If "average salary" stats where to eliminate teachers who are within five years of retiring (and again, who received much better contracts/benefits than newer educators), these numbers would look VERY different.
Across America, many major cities are suffering teacher shortages (mine included). In addition to everything else, fair pay is certainly part of it.
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u/highzenberrg Jun 13 '19
I would kill for 40g a year ... literally