How much do teachers make? (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

 

[mr roboto]

That's realistic. My wife was a HS Spanish teacher in an upper middle class district in Chicago burbs. Her last year of teaching (9 years) with a Masters she made about 80k. Every year it goes up, and you can go higher on the scale at different levels of continuing education.

 

[TheIronSheik]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

 

[GroveDiesel]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

He doesn't make 6 figures. My bet is closer to $65,000.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

WHICH CITY?

 

[culdeus]

Wife teaches at a super expensive private school in Dallas. They charge about 21k a year to go there. Average teacher salary is 68k. Most places the teacher salary is roughly 3-4x tuition on average for experienced teachers. 3x for zero experience and 5x for PHD or high experience.

Masters degree gets you nothing anymore. It's expected.

 

[dgreen]

Do we include the cents when counting the number of figures?

 

[FreeBaGeL]

These are much higher than I thought. The way people constantly complain about teacher salaries I thought they were making around 30k.

70k-100k is more than reasonable for a job with such crazy amounts of time off.

 

[TheIronSheik]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

He doesn't make 6 figures. My bet is closer to $65,000.

This is what I thought, as well. I told my GF that and she said she had always heard from her friend that it was north of $100,000. I think he's full of it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Not to over-generalize but if this guy was making over $100k it's probably in one of those parts of the country where $100k doesn't mean much.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

You couldn't pay me enough to be locked in a room full of brats all day.

 

[TheIronSheik]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

WHICH CITY?

Do you mean the school name?

 

[danielmclark]

Do we include the cents when counting the number of figures?

I think he was including the dollar sign.

 

[Ilov80s]

The range for where I work is about 40k-80k, benefits not included.

 

[Ilov80s]

I guess I don't know for sure, but the contract should be public info.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Here in Central Calif, where the cost of living is much lower than LA or SF, first year teachers make about $42k.

A Teacher with about 20 years experience and a MA/MS makes about $82K

 

[Steve Tasker]

Pretty sure teachers in the NYC area are often making well over $100k. Around here it's a lot less than that....you'd top out around $75-80k if you've been in the game for like 30 years, AFAIK. My friends who have recently started out tend to start in the low-mid $30k range, from what I hear.

 

[danielmclark]

These are much higher than I thought. The way people constantly complain about teacher salaries I thought they were making around 30k.

70k-100k is more than reasonable for a job with such crazy amounts of time off.

You must be one of the folks - like the majority of people - who think that teachers get all weekends and holidays and summer breaks completely off. As if their lesson plans, test grading, and other preparations happen during school hours... while they're teaching.

 

[Despyzer]

Pay scale for my local school district

 

[DiStefano]

Wife teaches at a super expensive private school in Dallas. They charge about 21k a year to go there. Average teacher salary is 68k. Most places the teacher salary is roughly 3-4x tuition on average for experienced teachers. 3x for zero experience and 5x for PHD or high experience.

Masters degree gets you nothing anymore. It's expected.

Interestingly enough, private schools usually pay less. But teachers love to teach there, because they don't have the discipline problems, they don't have the paperwork, they have concerned parents, and they don't have to put up with the public school bullcorn.

 

[Despyzer]

What teachers make

 

[dgreen]

Elementary -

the top 10 percent earned more than $78,230

Middle School

the top 10 percent earned more than $82,190

High School

the top 10 percent earned more than $85,690

 

[GroveDiesel]

Upper Marion and Upper Darby are two of the more elite public school areas in the Philly region. Average teacher salaries are about $65k for both. 90th percentile for both is around $91k. 10-15 years would put him much closer to the median than the 90th percentile.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

WHICH CITY?

Do you mean the school name?

Whatever your teachers were paid it was too much.

 

[Spin]

My brother was a high school math teacher for 2 years in a tiny town outside Nashville. He was making 32k (including his extra cash for being a soccer coach as well)

 

[Frostillicus]

Whatever they make it's way too much since they work super short hours and get summers off.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Pay scale for my local school district

Nice. Thanks, that's pretty detailed.

 

[T Bell]

I'm assuming that you're not including the underage sex as part of the compensation, correct?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Upper Marion and Upper Darby are two of the more elite public school areas in the Philly region. Average teacher salaries are about $65k for both. 90th percentile for both is around $91k. 10-15 years would put him much closer to the median than the 90th percentile.

Yeah. It's not there.

 

[culdeus]

Wife teaches at a super expensive private school in Dallas. They charge about 21k a year to go there. Average teacher salary is 68k. Most places the teacher salary is roughly 3-4x tuition on average for experienced teachers. 3x for zero experience and 5x for PHD or high experience.

Masters degree gets you nothing anymore. It's expected.

Interestingly enough, private schools usually pay less. But teachers love to teach there, because they don't have the discipline problems, they don't have the paperwork, they have concerned parents, and they don't have to put up with the public school bullcorn.

All depends on tuition. Catholic schools don't pay anything which drives the average down. Take the religious schools out of the mix and it's a different ballgame.

 

[TheIronSheik]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

WHICH CITY?

Do you mean the school name?

Whatever your teachers were paid it was too much.

I appreciate the compliment.

 

[Frostillicus]

Plus they get to drink and smoke all day in the break room.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Plus they get to drink and smoke all day in the break room.

Well if there is drinking involved I may change my vote.

 

[GroveDiesel]

I do see one district in the Philly area where teachers make over $100k if they are in the 90th percentile and that's Cherry Hill NJ.

 

[Frostillicus]

I bet most teachers steal some of the fundraiser candy too.

 

[BroadwayG]

Too much, all they do is complain. they should be more focused on raising the childrens.

 

[The Hank]

My wife taught in Arizona for 3 years before we moved to PA; she started out at $31 and by year 3 she was around $28K due to budget cuts. Arizona sucks for education.

She worked about 60 hr weeks including time after school and at home lesson planning, grading, getting classroom ready.

She is certified to teach in AZ and PA, but she is working from home watching a few other kids (in addition to our own) and is bringing in much more $.

 

[One]

The California elementary school teacher I know makes around 75K. Over 10 years in the district, all multipliers maxed out.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I do see one district in the Philly area where teachers make over $100k if they are in the 90th percentile and that's Cherry Hill NJ.

No surprise there. Wouldn't be surprised if people in Medford Lakes were making that much too.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Too much, all they do is complain. they should be more focused on raising the childrens.

Exactly. F-ing freeloaders.

 

[The Hank]

My wife taught in Arizona for 3 years before we moved to PA; she started out at $31 and by year 3 she was around $28K due to budget cuts. Arizona sucks for education.

She worked about 60 hr weeks including time after school and at home lesson planning, grading, getting classroom ready.

She is certified to teach in AZ and PA, but she is working from home watching a few other kids (in addition to our own) and is bringing in much more $.

Oh, also any sort of extra materials (aside from textbooks) for the classroom/kids came out of her pocket - no reimbursements from school

 

[Ignoramus]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

WHICH CITY?

Do you mean the school name?

Whatever your teachers were paid it was too much.

This whole exchange.

 

[desert rose]

In my district in New Mexico, a first year teacher makes $30K. After earning a phd and 28 years of experience, they top out at almost $55K.

 

[KCitons]

My girlfriend's friend's husband is a junior high school teacher at a public school that I would say is slightly above average by state standards. Not a large school. Maybe about 200 kids in each graduating class.

Dude's a good guy, but he seems to brag a lot, so I'm not sure whether to believe half the crap he says. The other day we were talking about work and he hinted to the fact that he makes six figures. I didn't argue, mainly because I don't have a clue what teachers make. But that seemed ridiculously high.

Is this a realistic amount? He's been a teacher at the school for about 12 to 15 years.

Which city?

Do you mean what is the largest metropolitan city to his school? Because it's not a city school. Philly would be the closest city.

WHICH CITY?

Do you mean the school name?

Whatever your teachers were paid it was too much.

This whole exchange.

It was a one room school house in the town of Walnut Grove. Right next to Oleson's Merchantile.

Does that answer your question, half pint?

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Plus they get to drink and smoke all day in the break room.

How hard can it be to put Voyage of the Mimi into the VCR and push play?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Plus they get to drink and smoke all day in the break room.

How hard can it be to put Voyage of the Mimi into the VCR and push play?

Everything is streaming now.

 

[GroveDiesel]

I do see one district in the Philly area where teachers make over $100k if they are in the 90th percentile and that's Cherry Hill NJ.

No surprise there. Wouldn't be surprised if people in Medford Lakes were making that much too.

Actually, their 90th percentile is only about $87k.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I do see one district in the Philly area where teachers make over $100k if they are in the 90th percentile and that's Cherry Hill NJ.

No surprise there. Wouldn't be surprised if people in Medford Lakes were making that much too.

Actually, their 90th percentile is only about $87k.

Nobody likes math.

 

[Frostillicus]

All this whining about having to pay for extra school supplies out of their own pocket. How about this: DON'T BUY EXTRA STUFF. Just make due with the old stuff. Tape pencils together, use knives instead of scissors, write on the floor instead of using paper. I swear it's so simple.