[Vigilanteman]

It also varies greatly by area. Our school district (SW Pennsylvania) has about 300 qualified applicants for every vacancy. The Carolinas and Georgia have less than three.

Average salary in our district is about $58K per year. For the Carolinas and Georgia it is about in the mid 30's.

Pennsylvania colleges and universities graduate (surprise!) about a 30% surplus of newly minted education majors. Many of them end up working in (double surprise!) the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia.

Our local district hires some of these U-Turners-- they've gone south and obtained some actual experience, so they tend to stand out amoung the 300 or so qualified applicants for every vacancy.

[trisham]

Average salary in Boston: $80,000.