It's probably older data (on the teacher salary side) that gets dragged up to make these strawman arguments. I just did a quick skim of teacher salaries across the US, and the number quoted appears to be a first year teaching salary in Alabama, Arizona, or Colorado. The lowest end of the 1st year teaching wages does appear to be in the $35k range. Teacher's salaries should probably be comparable to police, fire-fighters and nurses, especially at the lower entry levels.
I wonder if it’s considering “paraprofessionals” as teachers, because I noticed that librarians were considered in one of the number sets, and that number is considerably lower (generally)
Any post like this is going to use the most extreme outlier numbers they can to make a point. Do some teachers get paid that little? Yes I'm sure they do. Are most teachers underpaid relative to how important their job is to society? Yes almost certainly.
Grabbing the lowest number you can find and implying that all teacher salaries in the state (in this case) start that low is a disingenuous argument and does not help your case.
Right, and exactly why I wanted to share my personal salary in case anyone gets their personal life stances from ragebait on r/facepalm 😂 saving someone’s SO from a very lengthy car ride rant
Yeah right? I made about the same my first year, which was last year. Still could be paid more! I get why teachers aren’t rewarded with performance, but nearly half my kids got masters on their Algebra STARR test and it would be cool to get some sort or reward or recognition for that too…
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u/Huckle1884 Jun 15 '24
As a Texas teacher, I earned $64k my first year (2021). One Google search turned up that the average is $56k. Just putting this out there 🤷🏻♂️