While the costs of daycare are skyrocketing, child care workers in both private and public facilities tend to make comparatively lower
salaries than other professions — even those who do not involve working with our future generations.
Not exact matches
Breaking tradition: A fixed - dollar pay raise strategy that benefits teachers and school districts In this analysis Marguerite Roza examines both the degree to which pay systems for teachers are more heavily back - loaded
than for many
other professions and the ramifications of this steep
salary curve for teachers, states and school...
In countries that are experiencing the most educational success, such as Finland and Singapore, teacher
salaries are about the same or better
than the
salaries of those in
other professions that require similar levels of education and experience.
In this analysis Marguerite Roza examines both the degree to which pay systems for teachers are more heavily back - loaded
than for many
other professions and the ramifications of this steep
salary curve for teachers, states and school districts.
With an average annual
salary of slightly more
than $ 36,000 for new teachers and slightly more
than $ 58,000 overall, most teachers are compensated less
than they were 30 years ago, when adjusting for inflation.69 In addition, teachers earn 60 percent of what similarly educated professionals earn, which is much lower
than in
other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries.70 This has made it harder for schools to attract young people to the teaching
profession and for high - need schools to attract excellent teachers.
After becoming a teacher in South Carolina, it may take longer to see high pay
than it may in
other professions, but
salaries for those with teaching certification in South Carolina who are many years into their professional experience can be fairly high.
In the United States, new teachers only make an average of about $ 36,000, and the average
salary for all teachers is just over $ 58,000 — which, in today's dollars, is lower
than the average
salary during the 1989 - 1990 school year.63 Teachers make 60 percent of what similarly educated professionals earn, much lower
than the proportion in
other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.64 Partly as a result of low teacher pay, young people are avoiding the teaching
profession, excellent teachers are staying away from high - need schools, the teaching
profession is not as diverse as it needs to be, and far too many great educators leave the
profession altogether.65
The recent findings of the School Teachers» Review Body state that average starting
salaries and opportunities for pay progression remain lower for teaching
than for many
other graduate
professions.