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It's hard to say. When my district, the largest in Nevada and the 5th largest in the country, they include benefits - even Workman's Comp and Medicare - when give out our average pay. So it sounds higher than the actual paycheck.
At any rate, we go from $35,000 to $73,000 (with a PhD).
I looked into Oregon several years ago. I don't remember it being that low. I was looking in the Portland area, though. I spent a number of years not far from Myrtle Creek and longed to return.
Salaries are going to skew to a higher number, which many people will find unacceptable because, after all, they're teachers for God's sake, for a few more years until the Baby Boom generation starts retiring. They'll then skew low because of all the new teachers replacing them.
Salaries are going to skew to a higher number, which many people will find unacceptable because, after all, they're teachers for God's sake, for a few more years until the Baby Boom generation starts retiring. They'll then skew low because of all the new teachers replacing them.
Yup. My district has a bathtub curve. They stopped giving the new teachers steps about 10 years ago. So they have a bunch of older teachers at top pay and about half as many newer teachers stuck at step one. The average for my district has to be over $60k but that's because we're top heavy with teachers making around $85k. I make just over half of that after 7 years on the job.
Years ago, it took 12 years to go from $38k (bachelors) to $85k (masters plus 30 credits or a PhD). Now steps are given so infrequently that many of us will never even make it half way to the top before retirement. We accept low entry wages because they promise yearly step increase but now we're lucky if we see one every 5 years (there has been one step increase and two pay cuts in the last 10 years in my district) Only the youngest teachers have any hope of making the top wage in my district before they retire. I will be lucky if I break $50k before I retire in 12 years. I WISH I made average for my district. We have two teachers at top pay for every newer teacher right now and will have for several more years so it looks like the teachers are well paid when the truth is that about 2/3 are and the other 1/3 are barely making do with no hope of the situation ever rectifying itself.
Oh yeah, that's right. Our district quit giving step raises too. I even lost a step one year. They tried, one year, to deny teachers who had finished their master's, that pay raise. Basically they said, "Spend the next several years in night school, spend a ton of money to obtain a Master's degree, and we'll give you a raise...just kidding."
I couldn't believe it. It didn't even affect me, but I was furious for the teachers who were screwed.
For my district the BA/BS scale starts at $47,046 and tops at $86,481. The MA goes from $52,856 to $97,791. PHD tops at $101,524. This is for 2015/2016.
The average in the district is $66,782, but state average is $48,679.
For my district the BA/BS scale starts at $47,046 and tops at $86,481. The MA goes from $52,856 to $97,791. PHD tops at $101,524. This is for 2015/2016.
The average in the district is $66,782, but state average is $48,679.
We are just south of tgbwc's district, the average teacher salary here is $60,400. Sounds good doesn't it? When you consider that the average administrative assistant's salary average in the area is $61,100, it's actually depressing.
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We are just south of tgbwc's district, the average teacher salary here is $60,400. Sounds good doesn't it? When you consider that the average administrative assistant's salary average in the area is $61,100, it's actually depressing.
And the median home price was almost $500k.
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