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Our is $56,757, and I'm in NC, but I live in a large city. That seems like a good salary for this area. I think we have an average cost of living.

@regberadaisy: Does that include district staff? And other non-instructional staff? I would think those would really skew the numbers.

NCES is a reputable site:

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_211.60.asp

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_211.30.asp

But these dont break down by district.

Looks like 48,000. I live in a big city. That doesn't sound terrible but that's not enough to own a home or comfortably raise a family in the city.I should know, since I'm a teacher! I was making more than that in another district before I was married and bought a condo by taking advantage of a government program that helps public servants get down payments and low interest mortgages. I was paycheck to paycheck. It isn't easy to live on a teacher salary here. The suburbs are easier since cost of living is much lower.
Eta: what's sad is that I have a masters degree and 50K in student loans so that I could teach!

$42,000. Teacher pay is a huge problem in our area.

almost 50K-ish? the range is 41 to 93K

The starting salaries are not good money at all compared to the cost of living in our county/district. The middle and higher wage steps seem like very good compensation though. Master's prepared teachers have the potential to significantly out-earn what I make as an RN.

Based on convos with MANY people in my district (I'm my schools union rep) I'd estimate our median is about $39k for teachers. I live in Phoenix, so, medium cost of living??? AZ has one of the lowest student spending budgets in the nation, and has drastically cut since the recession . There is a ridiculous amount of turnover- 25% of our district teachers leave each year, and the new hires rarely are able to "transfer" their years of experience so they start at the bottom. Furthermore, this salary schedule is misleasing. This only determines your starting base pay. All future raises are a flat percentage or amount, based on board approval. In the past 4 years, I've gotten raises ranging from $400-$500, which is negated by the decreases in benefits. Sometimes they are not even raises, they are one-time payouts. Also, we have to contribute a mandatory 10%ish (can't remember the exact #) to our pension.

Also it's very rare for teachers to get a masters here because it take about 6-8 years for the cost to be covered by your raise. And forget the doctorate.... ha. Only some principals have those.

about 50K

@DesertDreams88: I'm a teacher in Texas and getting a masters in most districts only gives you $1-2k more a year. That's one reason why I decided to not get a masters. It would take me 10 years of working just to pay off getting my masters if I did one of the various online master's programs that are advertised to us as teachers.

I know that some of these medians sound good on paper but the benefits in my area are so expensive compared to your take home pay. Here is a link with healthcare costs. Districts contribute very little to these costs. I find it ridiculous that I am offered a healthcare plan with a very high deductible while also spending 1/3 of my monthly take home pay towards my insurance premium if I covered my whole family. Thankfully my husband's monthly premium is a fraction of the cost for a family with better coverage. I have teacher friends who are married to teachers. I don't know how they afford their health insurance!

http://www.trs.state.tx.us/TRS_activecare/documents/ppo_rates_benefits_fy16.pdf

I'm in central Florida and teach only because I want to. The pay isn't good. I work for a private school but my pay is comparable to public school. I've been teaching 10 years and have a masters degree and make 41K

@Anagram: We're in Westchester, NY and a lot of the districts here are very affluent but the cost of living is also incredibly high.

@Boopers: Yes, Im in Texas too and had gotten my masters while I lived in NY. It cost me almost $30K. In 31 years I will have made $1K on having my masters.

@Anagram: I'm just basing it on districts near me, there are plenty in the county as a whole that have much lower medians - and it's true, it won't get you too far unfortunately.

from google - 58k and we live in a high cost of living city

in dhs school district, it starts at 38k up to 70k at 10 years and 92k after 20+ years (with masters degree). he works in a semi-inner city school district.

in the school district we live in, it starts at 45k up to 79k at 10 years and up to almost 100k at 20+ years (with masters degree).

@fancyfunction: wow!! thats more than dh makes, and hes a principal! we need to move asap

@ShootingStar: Tampa is very affordable and a great place to raise kids. My husband is a Fed Employee and gets a 13% Geo increase just for being at his office (not Tampa), whereas Tampa employees for his same department do not get a Geo increase b/c COL is low.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yeah we went to look at a house for fun while we were on vacation last week. It was bigger than our house and about $200k less. In our town it would probably go for about $200k more than our house. We love the idea of a lower COL and no more winter weather. Not sure how strong the tech market is there though.

@aprild: I don't think that number is accurate.

@DesertDreams88: NC seems to be very similar to you. My husband is a teacher and I was too, until last year, so I feel you. It's really unfortunate.

In MA; $72,594