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Here in southern Mo. teachers start at $18,000 a year. Many work a weekend job elsewhere to make it. I know two that wait tables on Sat. and Sun.
The article says the average starting salary is over $32K in MO. For your statement to be true, there would have to be as many teachers in MO starting at $46K as there are starting at $18k in order to average out to $32K. Why the disparity in starting salaries?
Here in southern Mo. teachers start at $18,000 a year. Many work a weekend job elsewhere to make it. I know two that wait tables on Sat. and Sun.
I picked a random town in southern Missouri ... Mountain View.
Average home price: $110,000
Average income to afford a $110,000 home with 5% down: $22,000
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So you are saying that if an unmarried teacher, the first year out of school, wants to buy a home, it has to be one that is slightly below average?
What I'm saying is that typically, the average income of teachers geographically, really is relative to the cost of living in that particular place.
As for a first year teacher - or anyone buying their first home - it's probably not going to be a McMansion. Some homes are called starter homes for a reason.
I picked a random town in southern Missouri ... Mountain View.
Average home price: $110,000
Average income to afford a $110,000 home with 5% down: $22,000
What I'm saying is that typically, the average income of teachers geographically, really is relative to the cost of living in that particular place.
As for a first year teacher - or anyone buying their first home - it's probably not going to be a McMansion. Some homes are called starter homes for a reason.
OK. That was my point too. I wasn’t sure what you were trying to say.
right out of schoStarting salary in my state is $51,443 ol with summers and all holidays off. That is not terrible.
And when I look up the teachers salaries in my town, there is a website for that, many are making 6 figures. Last time I checked, there was a gym teacher earning $130K, plus whatever he made on the side at his summer job, assuming he had one.
What state is this cause I find it hard to believe.
The number sounds very low for Colorado. Maybe the rural schools on the eastern plains bring down the average. Starting salary in my district for BA and no experience is $47,587. https://resources.finalsite.net/imag...edule19-20.pdf
Metro Denver districts pay more than the rural areas. I don't know about the mountain schools. It's expensive to live up there.
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