how much does a teacher make?

Answer 1

Depends on the state and school district. New Mexico teachers start at $31,000.00 and Texas teachers start at $26,000.00.

Answer 2

I know of someone who started at $42K a few years ago, which is more than most recent graduates in other fields. The problem is that the curve is flat. If you remain a teacher, the job itself doesn't change dramatically over time, so any increases you get are just rewards for doing a good job, not promotions to another level, so they aren't much.

I find it interesting that people say that it is unfair that salaries don't change much over time. I think that in any career in which you do the same job over the years this is true. For example, in Advertising, I would expect my salary to rise from a start of $25 or 30K to maybe $100K during my career, but that would assume that my job changed from that of an assistant to being a high-level manager during that time. The job for which I were paid more would be completely different from the one in which I started.

And for the person who said it was sad that someone maxed out at $75K, that is well above the medium income in this country! If you were a couple both in that situation, you would have a combined income of $150K, which is definitely in the top 10% (probably higher) of household incomes.

Answer 3

Varies a lot.We live in a suburb of Chicago.The school district we live in starts teachers at around 35,000 (no experience).My husband works in another suburb (school district),he has a masters and has taught for 20+ years he now makes 88,000 a year.This is about 15,000 more than if he worked in our home district.His district is one of the highest paid in the state.We definitely appreciate his salary, we know from investigating this summer that some districts would only pay him around 45,000.I know his salary sounds high but we have some of the highest gas prices in the country and real estate values are very high.I also work part time and he sometimes works a second job.I wish all teachers could be paid consistently.

Answer 4

Last year I brought in $34k. I have 8 years experience, a BS and a MS. I teach high school science (high demand). I physically worked 50-60 hrs per week (12 hours at the school not uncommon) and that doesn't include the grading, homework prep, lab set up and take downs, games, science fairs, showing up just to show kids I cared.......

Don't teach in FL if you care about $$$$


BTW: median home prices in my town are now around $400,000 for a 2 bedroom, 1200 sf house.

Answer 5

Check out the Department of Instruction website for your state. It should list the salaries from beginning year up to veteran teachers' pay. Teachers get paid just fine. It's in relation to other professions that we aren't compensated well for what we actually do.

Answer 6

How long is a piece of string?

How much a teacher makes depends on a number of things, including:
a) where s/he is teaching
What country
What city
b) what grade level s/he is teaching
c) what qualifications s/he has
B Ed, M Ed, Phd, associate degree?
d) how much experience s/he has.
first year teacher? 20 years experience?
e) out of classroom assignments.
vice principal? department head?

When you answer these questions, I can tell you how much a teacher makes.

Answer 7

60-95,000 On LI. It's based on Seniority though. (Ex. A HS teacher can make 59,000 coming out of college. A teacher who has been teaching for 15 yrs. could make 90,000 +...

Answer 8

depends on what kind of answer you want.

yearly? well that depends on where you work. i worked in suburbs of major city and earned 38,000. that was with a masters degree and 7 years experience.

hourly? well that depends on subject matter. some subjects are easier to prepare for and grade papers. English for example takes significant prep time and grading time. One essay (of 2-3 pages) for one class will log approx. 3 1/2 hours to grade.... & they teach 5 classes.

when I counted up my average work week, prep time, photocopy time (before/afterschool and weekends) grading time and tutoring time, phone call to parent time, check in with other teachers/dean/counselor etc time - I figured out my hourly wage (adjusting for the holidays and summers unpaid) I earned about minimum wage.

This saddened me to realize because I was making payments on my school loans and learned if I worked at any grocery store I could earn as much for my time and not have to patiently deal with adolescent angst. Ahhh. but that is what we love about the job. ???

Answer 9

Watch Spaceballs

Answer 10

Not much. Both of my parents are teachers and they only make about $25,000/yr starting and after 25 years they only make $40,000.