[Amelia]

Interesting info! Lots of well-paid administrators in that area.

I found this...it's a little bit dated but it shows that average teacher salaries can vary wildly from state to state...

2004-05

Rank	State	2004-05
1	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	58,456	*
2	CALIFORNIA	57,876	*
3	CONNECTICUT	57,737
4	MICHIGAN	56,973	*
5	NEW JERSEY	56,682	*
6	NEW YORK	56,200
7	ILLINOIS	55,421
8	MASSACHUSETTS	54,679
9	RHODE ISLAND	53,473	*
10	PENNSYLVANIA	53,258	*
11	ALASKA	52,424
12	MARYLAND	52,331
13	DELAWARE	50,595
14	OHIO	48,692	*
15	OREGON	48,330
	UNITED STATES	47,674	*
16	MINNESOTA	46,906
17	INDIANA	46,583
18	GEORGIA	46,526
19	HAWAII	46,149
20	WASHINGTON	45,718
21	VERMONT	44,535
22	WISCONSIN	44,299
23	COLORADO	43,949
24	NEW HAMPSHIRE	43,941
25	NEVADA	43,394
26	NORTH CAROLINA	43,348
27	ARIZONA	42,905	*
28	VIRGINIA	42,768
29	SOUTH CAROLINA	42,189
30	IDAHO	42,122	*
31	TENNESSEE	42,076
32	FLORIDA	41,590
33	TEXAS	41,011
34	KENTUCKY	40,522
35	WYOMING	40,497
36	ARKANSAS	40,495	*
37	MAINE	39,610
38	NEBRASKA	39,456
	UTAH	39,456
40	NEW MEXICO	39,391
41	KANSAS	39,345
42	IOWA	39,284
43	MISSOURI	39,067
44	LOUISIANA	39,022
45	MONTANA	38,485
46	WEST VIRGINIA	38,360
47	ALABAMA	38,186
48	OKLAHOMA	37,879
49	NORTH DAKOTA	36,695
50	MISSISSIPPI	36,590	*
51	SOUTH DAKOTA	34,040

NEA Research, Estimates Database (2006).

[tj21807]

“I found this...it’s a little bit dated but it shows that average teacher salaries can vary wildly from state to state...”

I hate when those statistics are used, as the larger percentage of near retirement skew that statistic up.