We then
analyzed what that
average salary will buy in terms of median house value in a state to determine the «bang for your buck» factor, as well as the growth rate in the total number of
teachers from 2014 to 2024, to ultimately derive the ranking of the best states in which to be a
teacher.
Miles» report, which
analyzed both state and national public school spending trends, pointed to numerous shortfalls in the state's school finance structure, including that North Carolina has the fifth lowest
average teacher salary in the nation when adjusted for cost - of - living, and that the state's
teachers earn only about 67 percent of the pay given to «similarly - educated, non-
teachers.»