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In reply to the discussion: TIME's new cover: This is what it's like to be a teacher in America [View all]RayOfHope
(1,829 posts)75. Here might be the thing about that $60K--
that teacher may bring home significantly less than that.
In my state, teachers pay into retirement, I think its around 12% of your salary, and its mandatory. Then taxes on top of that. Then insurance. For me personally, I carry health insurance for my two children, dental insurance for our whole family. None of these insurance plans are great, so when we do use them, what we pay out of pocket is pretty significant.
When all is said and done, I bring home only 55% of my gross pay.
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It can't be overnight. The state of Illinois would have to change it's constitution
mucifer
Sep 2018
#4
You'd be surprised how fast pensions get lost in the negotiations over bankruptcy.
Nitram
Sep 2018
#14
Yes, there is a wide disparity I think between states/districts. My daughter is a teacher in a
seaglass
Sep 2018
#5
They impart knowledge to the next generation and this government wants to keep them ill informed
Soph0571
Sep 2018
#10
right now the government IS Repulican. But they hate it for a few reasons. Religion and money at the
TeamPooka
Sep 2018
#56
govt is us. we let 1500 radio stations spew pub ed privatization bullshit for 30 years
certainot
Sep 2018
#31
I was going to give you a researched range and what I recall from articles BUT
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2018
#49
The mantra of cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes in order to gain political office (the repugs in ...)
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#9
The median starting salary in Canada is $50,000 and health care is free nationwide.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2018
#15
But they're only supposed to work until they get married and have a man for support !
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2018
#52
I left teaching in 2006.i had only a bachelors degree. my salary was $89,200 per year.
3Hotdogs
Sep 2018
#53