Current Events > Is teacher salary middle class?

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I made 38,000 this year. Im in Florida. I know salaries are different elsewhere
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in florida, yeah probably. costs are low there from what ive heard
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I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.
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Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

You're teacher didn't teach you how to properly write your thoughts.
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At a public school yeah. Probably upper middle for a college professor.
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Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

It's no wonder you would think that by the look of your mangled sentence.

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

Less skillful? Easy? Have you never been to school?
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Patty_Fleur posted...

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

You're teacher didn't teach you how to properly write your thoughts.

Purposeful irony, or
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A new teacher in Houston Texas can expect to make a little more than $50k per year. Interpret that how you will. The work is grueling though.

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

Teaching is literally one of the hardest jobs there is. You have to work 60 hours a week, minimum.
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Spiritlittle posted...

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

Teaching is literally one of the hardest jobs there is. You have to work 60 hours a week, minimum.

And theres a chance you have to work with bitch ass kids

Not saying all kids are bitch ass. But ya know. The smart alecs and super sassy class clown rebels.
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Teaching is the lowest end of the middle class spectrum depending on your area. You get enough to cover living expenses and a few luxuries, but rarely more. Many teachers in Louisiana commute 20-30 minutes to work to make more money by working in higher paying parishes.
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Kids are the easiest part of teaching. Parents are what make it awful.
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I remember a lot of my teachers paid for things out of pocket because the school board didn't cover it, like duotangs, extra workbooks when a student filled theirs up, and binders. That stuff isn't too expensive, but I feel like it'd add up over time. That's not counting extra "fun" stuff they might plan as well.
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Teachers where I work (Toronto) work 9-3 M-F and get two months vacation a year, as well as Christmas break, March break etc and get paid high five figures or 6 figures.

They deserve what the OP is making, probably even less

Oh, and I forgot to mention that the job is basically glorified babysitting
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technically, if you're not employing anyone, then you're Working Class
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averagejoel posted...

technically, if you're not employing anyone, then you're Working Class

Dude, no.
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damn you know averagejoel gets aroused by communism-speak when he even capitalizes "working class"
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my gf is a 2nd year teacher and makes 39k in Missouri. It's enough to live on, but nothing amazing. Nice to have summers off too.
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lilORANG posted...

my gf is a 2nd year teacher and makes 39k in Missouri. It's enough to live on, but nothing amazing. Nice to have summers off too.

I'm still working. I found a summer camp job. It's extra money.
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People don't realize teachers are not paid for their time off, unlike other jobs...
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Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

It's factored into your outrageous overly paid salaries
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REMercsChamp posted...

Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

It's factored into your outrageous overly paid salaries

What's your job?
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REMercsChamp posted...

Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

It's factored into your outrageous overly paid salaries

No, no it isn't. We're paid for 9 months.
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All depends on where you end up teaching. My mom used to make 60k a year teaching kids convicted of felonies which is pretty damn good considering that's nearly double the average household income in her area.

But she wanted to go back to public school for various reasons so now I think she makes about 45k still living in the same area. Not bad, but not great either for someone with nearly 20 years of experience.

Of course I also remember when she started out at like 20k a year. So obviously it's the kind of thing that you have to put some years into if you want to move up the ladder.

Patty_Fleur posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

It's factored into your outrageous overly paid salaries

What's your job?

I'm an analyst in IT
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Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

That depends on the district, but in general, you're wrong. You're paid salary, not by the hour. Just because you have a couple months where you don't work doesn't mean you're unemployed.

A 40k salary where you work ~1700 hours a year is still an arguably better gig than a 40k salary where you work ~2000 hours a year.

Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

Depends on the district. I'm getting paid for teaching right now even though it's summer vacation as per my contract, and bartending on the side for extra cash.
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dodgefan91 posted...

Captain_Qwark posted...

Yeah we don't get paid for summer so it's not "summers off" it's "we're unemployed for 2 months"

That depends on the district, but in general, you're wrong. You're paid salary, not by the hour. Just because you have a couple months where you don't work doesn't mean you're unemployed.

A 40k salary where you work ~1700 hours a year is still an arguably better gig than a 40k salary where you work ~2000 hours a year.

You're paid 9 months, but you can choose to have it distributed over 12 months. So technically he's right when he says summers are unpaid vacations. 12 month employees like Ag teachers and, with the exception of a few states,SPED teachers make more than the others because they are typically still working with kids during the summer months.
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A lot of people work 60+ hours a week so saying that is pretty much a moot point.
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So in other words they make like $150,000/yr for ten months and then $0/yr for two months. Damn, teachers have it so hard!
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REMercsChamp posted...

So in other words they make like $150,000/yr for ten months and then $0/yr for two months. Damn, teachers have it so hard!

Who in the fuck makes that? Unless you live where they tax 50% of an income over a certain amount that is not a reflection of what US teachers make.
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scorpion41 posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

So in other words they make like $150,000/yr for ten months and then $0/yr for two months. Damn, teachers have it so hard!

Who in the fuck makes that? Unless you live where they tax 50% of an income over a certain amount that is not a reflection of what US teachers make.

That's per year prorated for a 10 month working period.

That's how teachers try and mislead you. "I don't get paid for 2 months". So you need to spread their annual salary over a 10 month period, and it's actually more than it seems.
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REMercsChamp posted...

scorpion41 posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

So in other words they make like $150,000/yr for ten months and then $0/yr for two months. Damn, teachers have it so hard!

Who in the fuck makes that? Unless you live where they tax 50% of an income over a certain amount that is not a reflection of what US teachers make.

That's per year prorated for a 10 month working period.

That's how teachers try and mislead you. "I don't get paid for 2 months". So you need to spread their annual salary over a 10 month period, and it's actually more than it seems.

I am a teacher, and I can assure you that our salaries are not that comfortable. I make 40k a year in ten months and that's barely enough to make ends meet with a family. And couple that with being a coach, I spend 60-70 hours working and am compensated very little. Teacher salaries are not on par with lawyers and doctors. Janitors do less work and make as much as I do.
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scorpion41 posted...

Janitors do less work and make as much as I do.

They're also doing something productive for society. You guys are basically glorified baby sitters/failed jail guards.
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REMercsChamp posted...

scorpion41 posted...

Janitors do less work and make as much as I do.

They're also doing something productive for society. You guys are basically glorified baby sitters/failed jail guards.

You tried
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It's insane how your job is to essentially guide our futures yet are so poorly compensated for the amount of work.
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Bumjuice001 posted...

It's insane how your job is to essentially guide our futures yet

No it's not - it's to provide a place to house humans so they don't wander the streets aimlessly all day and cause problems
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REMercsChamp posted...

No it's not - it's to provide a place to house humans so they don't wander the streets aimlessly all day and cause problems

Maybe that's the job of a teacher, in whatever hellhole you live, but it's not in most places.

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

lmfao Diaperass getting flamed everywhere he goes
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Teacher salaries in the school district I work at (I'm not a teacher though) start and stay in the low 40k. The ones that have been there over a decade and that's few, don't make much more than the ones that start out.
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Why are you guys responding to REMercs? Stop taking the bait

He literally said teachers make like $150,000. Why are you responding to someone who says that?
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WizardPowers posted...

Why are you guys responding to REMercs? Stop taking the bait

He literally said teachers make like $150,000. Why are you responding to someone who says that?

well, some university profs make that much

but it's a small minority, and even then university profs are not the majority of teachers

so... point taken
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even being very generous with the numbers, adding 2 months onto 10 months at 40k is not 150k
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San Antonian here, teachers start at a bit over 50 grand, which is really not bad. I would like to be a teacher later on in life, like maybe when I'm 40 or so.
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Patty_Fleur posted...

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

You're teacher didn't teach you how to properly write your thoughts.

LOLOL come on man!

You are obviously a math teacher because your grammar is terrible.
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Kazuma_Yagami posted...

Patty_Fleur posted...

Siaperaz posted...

I think that a job a teacher is one of the easiest and less skillful jobs someone can have.

You're teacher didn't teach you how to properly write your thoughts.

LOLOL come on man!

You are obviously a math teacher because your grammar is terrible.

I am a math teacher
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