Your table of NC teacher pay.
First here are some data points from your table:
with NBPTS certification:
0-2 years: $34,080
10 years: $42,240
15 years: $45,000
20 years: $47,390
25 years: $51,300
Someone I looked at yesterday has 27 years and makes $62,800. She might have taken some learning programs that boosted her pay but she doesn’t get additional pay for coaching or some other above-and-beyond activity. She’s just a teacher. She’s in the Wake County system.
Not my table, the state’s. Wake is one of the big systems in the state anyway (local governments are allowed to add to teacher pay, and the big localities usually do so) and most teachers don’t have National Board Certification. My point being is that most teachers in NC don’t make the top end salary you indicated, and the only reason I wished to make that point, was that in your earlier post you cited a teacher of 15 years making that much, and in my experience that would be unlikely unless you lived in certain areas. Just striving for accuracy- no bitching meant.