One of my wife’s co-workers at the school she teaches at use to teach in LA. She said that there is a very high pay for substitute teachers because they were at high risk for being shot.
Every job has good and bad benefits.....
I was a cop for LAUSD for 6 years. I have worked at all sorts of schools in the inner city (Jefferson, Fremont, Dorsey, Locke, Washington, etc.). I never took a report, let alone handled a call involving a sub being harassed or assaulted/battered— or shot. There are a few obnoxious kids who make it nearly impossible to teach in some of those schools, though.
The subs are paid well, though. Around $200/day. Higher for long-term subs. I would imagine that the market demands a higher pay rate because there is such a huge number of subs needed on a daily basis, and the obnoxious kid factor. The last school where I worked had subs there that were there every day. High pay, and no responsibility for lesson planning— unless they were in a long-term slot. Then they’re paid an extra $30 or so per day. Many of the subs are retired teachers getting their pension on top of their sub pay.
$200 per day (6 hours of work) for 180 days— $36000 per year. Plus summer school, too.
...but enough about the angry taxpayers finding out how much a teacher makes for working only 9 months of the year...