For a 9 month a year job! And I thought the average in our district was overly generous at $60K. This, in an area where a pretty decent home sells for around $130K.
Not to undermine the job teachers do, let us face the cold hard truth. A teacher’s job does not require much risk, no need to invent anything, no need to design a new concept, no chance of getting sued due to product failure, no need to learn new theoretical stuff, and not much risk of a layoff.
All of above risks are ever present in the life of a person working for a profit making outfit. And to top it off, most people are lucky to get 2 weeks paid vacation. Not 3 months paid time off in summer.
Based on all that, teachers in high-school and below do not deserve any more than the average salary of a factory worker.