But, even as the funded ratio dropped from 78 percent in 2006 to 54 percent funded in 2012,
the average teacher retirement benefit increased from $ 37,241 in 2006 to $ 46,440 in 2012.
As Chicago's pension funding is falling,
the average teacher retirement benefit is rising.
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Under a continuous career, our hypothetical
teacher would obtain 30 years of service by age 55, qualifying her for «normal»
retirement benefits immediately at 75 percent of final
average salary.
In the median state, less than half of all
teachers are expected to work long enough to vest in their
retirement plan — meaning that despite big spending and promises, less than half of all public - school
teachers, on
average, will ever receive
retirement benefits for their years on the job (see Figure 3).
Our results suggest that the
teacher retirements caused by the ERI program did not reduce student achievement on
average, and they may even have increased it.
Thus, a
teacher with 30 years of experience earns 75 percent of her final
average salary upon
retirement.
Under these plans, a
teacher's
retirement benefit is based on a combination of factors: how many years he or she worked, some percentage (also known as a «multiplier» or «accrual factor,» for instance 2 percent), and a final
average salary (FAS).
After the early
retirement incentive program, Illinois had a dramatic influx of new
teachers and a rapid decline in
average teacher experience.
Tier 2 offers worse benefits for new
teachers: it has a higher minimum service requirement (up from five to 10 years, making it more difficult for new
teachers to qualify for a minimum benefit), a higher normal
retirement age (meaning
teachers have fewer years to collect pension payments over a lifetime), a less generous pension formula (calculating the final
average salary from the last eight years of service instead of just four), and a lower COLA.
If we do some back - of - the - envelope math and
average the state's and the Ingersoll estimates together, it means that 85,000 current Illinois
teachers will leave the profession in the next ten years with little
retirement savings to show for their experience.
While the
average civilian employee receives $ 1.92 per hour worked for
retirement benefits,
teachers receive $ 7.38 per hour in
retirement compensation.
On
average, over the past 10 years,
teacher salaries have increased 1.4 percent a year, compared with 4 percent for health insurance and 7.8 percent for
retirement.
In New York, as in most other states, pensions are based on an employee's years of service and final
average salary, and
teachers, principals, and superintendents all participate in the same
retirement system.
South Carolina contributes 1.6 percent of
teacher salaries toward
retirement benefits, which is below the national
average and could leave
teachers vulnerable to insufficient
retirement savings.
Overall, state
teacher retirement plans received an
average grade of a «C -.»
Administrators (who are disproportinately male) out earn
teachers; their
average final salaries are much higher, leaving them ahead not only during their working years, but into
retirement as well.
New Jersey contributes 3.5 percent of
teacher salaries toward
retirement benefits, which is below the national
average and could leave
teachers vulnerable to insufficient
retirement savings.
Our analyses of the data indicate that the
average age of
retirement for
teachers is 59 and that the number of
teachers retiring will probably reach an all - time high in 2011 — 12 and then begin to decline.
According to the National Council on
Teacher Quality (NCTQ), 40 states have raised district retirement system contribution rates an average $ 1,200 or more per teacher eac
Teacher Quality (NCTQ), 40 states have raised district
retirement system contribution rates an
average $ 1,200 or more per
teacher eac
teacher each year.
Benefits are calculated using age at the time of
retirement, years of service, and the
average of a
teacher's highest three consecutive years» salaries.
However, on
average,
teachers were willing to pay just 20 cents of their current compensation for a dollar of future
retirement benefits; hence, these
teachers preferred current wages over pension wealth by a factor of five - to - one.
While the
average civilian employee receives $ 1.78 for
retirement benefits per hour of work, public school
teachers receive $ 6.22 per hour in
retirement compensation.
To take one example, in the state's
teacher pension system, the
average age of participants is 44 years, while
average retirement age is 60.
Since 2004, total employer contributions for
teacher retirement benefits, inclusive of Social Security, have increased from 12 to almost 23 percent of salaries on
average nationally.