if your a teacher, do you get enough money to live "comfortably" and have enough for a family?

Answer 1

I think we do okay... but it's not easy, especially if you have a large family (more than two kids). You question is a good one, and everyone's comfort level is different. I do worry about bills... I especially worry about medical bills. Insurance only covers so much, and it doesn't take long for even a minor illness to cost thousands of dollars. I've rented for over 20 years... it's difficult to get a down payment when you live nearly paycheck to paycheck. One thing teaching has allowed me to do: Spend more time with my family. My evenings are usually free (when I coached, my evenings were gone) as a classroom teacher. I have my weekends and summers for family time... I consider the extra time with my children priceless.

Answer 2

I have a teaching degree but I could not make enough money in Arkansas to provide for my family. Get a masters degree and teach in college. I went received a BS and started to work in industry at 6 months teaching in high school. Now I work with the same people that did not got to college but were probably difficult students to teach in high school.

My first job teaching was $13,000 per year. A little over $6 per hour.

Answer 3

I have noticed that teachers in rich countries do pretty well and can live kind of 'comfortably'. Also they have a high social status which is defined by their source of income rather than the amount of that income.
Teachers in poor and struggling countries are not so lucky. Compared to other professions in their societies, they might be underestimated and underpaid, which is pity because If there is a way to defeat global problems it is through quality education in poor countries.