[An American In Dairyland]

The salaries listed do not include the Fringe Bennies which are somewhere around $30,000 or more a year.

Also keep in mind that teachers do NOT work a Full Time job like us taxpayers in the private sector do. They do not work 8 hour days. They do not work 40 hour weeks. They do not work 12 months a year. That means that those salaries are appreciably HIGHER than the private sector...far higher than they appear at first glance.

[muawiyah]

But are they "higher" than comparable jobs in the private sector? Are they even "higher" than private sector teaching jobs?

Just what are they really higher than ~