Here in Fairfax County, starting salary for a teacher with a Bachelor’s degree is $44K/year.
10 years with a Master’s degree is $60K and after 30 years it hits the $90 to $95K range depending on degree held.
Fairfax County teachers have two retirement plans, the standard one and a supplemental plan.
And, many benefits with relatively low contribution.
The benefit systems are too complicated for an easy summary, but it seems to be (no surprise here) a very generous system.
And Virginia teachers with 30 years at retirement get OVER 50% of their top 3 year avg. salary as retirement pay!
How many businesses have that kind of plan for employees, with a 3 month vacation every year!