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I know for a fact that the North Carolina beginning salary is wrong. It makes me question the validity of the other states' salaries.
North Carolina has a state mandated pay scale. We all make the same. SOME districts do offer a supplement (or 'bonus') for teaching there, but it is usually less than $2K, with the exception of urban districts. I think Charlotte-Mecklenburg offers $6K.
Anyway, with out a supplement, a beginning teacher in NC makes $30,800. Far less than the average of $37,000 in the above link. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/...3schedules.pdf Due to our pay freeze, a 5th year teacher only makes $30,800 as well.
I know for a fact that the North Carolina beginning salary is wrong. It makes me question the validity of the other states' salaries.
North Carolina has a state mandated pay scale. We all make the same. SOME districts do offer a supplement (or 'bonus') for teaching there, but it is usually less than $2K, with the exception of urban districts. I think Charlotte-Mecklenburg offers $6K.
Anyway, with out a supplement, a beginning teacher in NC makes $30,800. Far less than the average of $37,000 in the above link. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/...3schedules.pdf Due to our pay freeze, a 5th year teacher only makes $30,800 as well.
Ya NJs is off too. I teach in one of the better though not beat paying districts and the starting salary is over reported from our starting salary by nearly 8k. So there is no way it is the states average.
Although not as convenient as a list, this website has state averages- its from the National Education Association but you have to click the state you want info on
Although not as convenient as a list, this website has state averages- its from the National Education Association but you have to click the state you want info on
And that one doesn't have accurate info for PA, unless perhaps each district sets their own minimum and it can't be lower then the one listed on that site. My daughter had a beginning teacher salary several thousand dollars higher then the starting salary listed and that was a few years ago.
I'm glad the article recognizes this: To be fair, many of the states with higher teacher pay also have higher costs of living.
I taught in Hawai'i for years, and was so frustrated when people compared straight salaries across regions without taking into account COL.
This link gives some additional information about salaries when cost of living is taken into effect (and Hawai'i goes from a decent looking salary to a really pathetic one-- very accurate, ime).
The first link in this thread was pretty accurate for Hawai'i as far as salaries went.
And, although Oldhag is correct in that states can vary considerably in salary ranges, Hawai'i is one school district with one salary schedule for all. So numbers there do reflect the entire state. Some areas have a slightly higher cost of living, however
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