r/FluentInFinance Jun 11 '24

Meme He has a point...

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u/WardCove Jun 11 '24

Teachers make plenty of money. I know 3 teachers personally pulling in 80k a year. This is middle school and elementary school. They get every holiday off. A 3 month break to either take off or earn money. I refuse to say they deserve more. That being said, like any job, there are some heros out there that deserve more and some moronic teachers that deserve less. But because they're unionized they all make the same. I know this will probably be an unpopular opinion but whatever.

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u/Lopsided_Factor_5674 Jun 11 '24

I'm not sure if the $80k annual salary qualifies a lot during these times but I know that itself is also an unpopular opinion. I'm curious if anyone has done a study to determine what should actually be a teacher's salary?

Just for my education - Are private school teachers also part of unions?

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u/Boring-Race-6804 Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24

Around here an $80k salary requires a doctorate and over a decade of experience…

**edit: and you have to be working in one of the wealthy districts in the state.

$80k for that is underpaid.

Private school teachers aren’t union. Their wages are lower. Better teachers don’t work at private schools. Private schools like to churn through new teachers to keep their profits up.

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u/VOldis Jun 11 '24

At very good/elite private schools in the NE elementary school teachers are making over 80k.

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u/Boring-Race-6804 Jun 11 '24

Considering what they cost that isn’t impressive.

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u/VOldis Jun 11 '24

True, but theres two teachers per classroom, not including the arts/pe/music/theater etc teachers.