yes, I guess you are right. that's what you get for living on long island, where the public school teachers are making $100K, I guess I thought $40K for a home depot worker was fair.
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http://www.aft.org/research/survey01/index.html The average teacher salary continues to fall well below the average wages of other white-collar occupations. While mid-level accountants earned an average $52,664, computer system analysts an average $71,155 and engineers an average $74,920, teachers averaged only $43,250 in 2001. Even in the schoolhouse, teacher salaries increased at a slower rate in 2000-01 than the salaries of superintendents, principals, school secretaries, teacher aides, custodians, cafeteria workers and bus drivers.
Teacher salaries vary considerably across the states. Connecticut had the highest average salary at $53,507. The other top five states were California at $52,480, New Jersey at $51,955, New York at $51,020 and Michigan at $50,515. South Dakota had the lowest average salary at $30,265. "
[Notebob] - teachers in Texas start about 24-26k, dependinging on area. walmart/home depot jobs $6-8/hr.