alt Hacker NewsComplexifiers for teaching: K12 cash comp in major population centers (CPS, SFUSD, Philly, MSP, &c) is sharply higher than that median, and, more importantly, teachers get a huge amount of non-cash comp. Can't say enough how valuable a defined-benefit pension is. All-in comp for a lot of rank-and-file K12 teachers in major metros is competitive with software development (in those regions; obviously excluding SFUSD).
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hoppyhoppy2 • last Saturday at 8:24 PM
Many teachers need a masters degree, which is much less true of the average worker.
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Oh for sure. Many people are surprised to learn how much more public teachers make than private teachers :)
A ton of details that medians aren't showing.
I was just mentioning why folks may be on different sides here. We should at least be talking about the same thing.
If it's a "they deserve" conversation, that's very different than others.