Districts are awash in COVID relief funding but the inflation fueled by the pandemic means the power of teacher salaries has declined over the past 10 years, according to new research. And even though some states have given teachers big raises this year, this data suggests that a factor largely out of K-12 leaders’ controlthe rising cost of livingwill likely exacerbate the staff shortages many districts are already facing.
It’s estimated that the average teacher will make $66,397 for the 2021-2022 school year, as salaries have been increasing gradually. But when adjusted for inflation, this year’s earnings are also about $2,200 lessor about 4%than a teacher earned a decade ago, according to labor union.
In fact, inflation is “undoing all the gains made over the previous two years,” the report says, referring to recent wage increases.The same inflationary pressure is also causing a slight decrease in the value of the salaries of paraprofessionals and other support staff, who will earn an average of $32,837 for working a 30-hour week in 2021-2022.
The report also accuses some states of “short-changing” experienced teachers. It notes that Texas ranks 14th for highest starting teacher pay but slips to 28th in overall salary. “The disparity between starting pay and average salaries in the Lone Star State is due to salary structures that inadequately compensate teachers based on additional training and experience,” its authors say. that starting teachers earn about 19% less thanother college-educated workers with similar characteristics. Closing this gap would require starting pay to increase by $10,000, a level paid by only around 10% of school districts.
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In a February survey, teachers said higher salaries could help them cope with the heightened stress they’ve been experiencing during the pandemic. said the ordeals of COVID may force them to leave the profession earlier than they had planned.
Based on NEA’s data from more than 12,000 districts, here’s how the states rank for average teacher salary:
- New York: $90,222
- Massachusetts: $86,755
- California: $85,856
- Washington, D.C.: $80,659
- Connecticut: $79,742
- Washington: $79,388
- New Jersey: $77,677
- Rhode Island: $75,966
- Maryland: $74,006
- Alaska: $73,061
- Pennsylvania: $71,479
- Hawaii: $70,922
- 鴛鉛鉛庄稼看庄壊:油$70,705
- Oregon: $68,565
- 珂庄稼稼艶壊看岳温:油$66,561
- Delaware: $65,141
- 珂庄界鞄庄乙温稼:油$64,262
- 或鞄庄看:油$63,082
- Vermont: $62,483
- New Hampshire: $61,849
- Georgia: $60,553
- Wyoming: $60,234
- 安庄壊界看稼壊庄稼:油$59,992
- 鴛看敬温:油$58,831
- 閣庄姻乙庄稼庄温:油$58,506
- 遺看鉛看姻温糸看:油$58,183
- 鰻艶厩温糸温:油$58,167
- 意艶恰温壊:油$57,641
- 雨岳温鞄:油$57,226
- Maine: $57,167
- Nebraska: $56,463
- New Mexico:$54,923
- North Dakota: $54,837
- 或一鉛温鞄看馨温:油$54,762
- Alabama: $54,271
- Kentucky: $54,139
- Kansas: $53,619
- North Carolina:$53,458
- South Carolina:$53,188
- 珂看稼岳温稼温:油$53,133
- 鴛稼糸庄温稼温:油$53,072
- 意艶稼稼艶壊壊艶艶:油$52,871
- 晦看顎庄壊庄温稼温:油$52,472
- 粥姻庄噛看稼温:油$52,157
- 鴛糸温鞄看:油$51,817
- 粥姻一温稼壊温壊:油$51,668
- 珂庄壊壊看顎姻庄:油$51,557
- 酷鉛看姻庄糸温:油$51,009
- West Virginia:$50,261
- South Dakota:$49,547
- 珂庄壊壊庄壊壊庄沿沿庄:油$46,862
