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drxdrg08 t1_jaetxnf wrote

Reply to comment by tyrael459 in Pennsylvania’s Teacher Shortage Will Require Systemic Solutions, Report Says by Open_Veins_8

> their abysmal salaries

What is this based on?

There was plenty of discussion here about the Central Bucks school district.

And it was established that the median salary is $94,472 and $58,573 in benefits = $153,044 total compensation.

By what definition is this abysmal?

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Fightforoldc t1_jaeweh8 wrote

If there's a district paying 153k to teachers I'll put in tomorrow to change districts.

You should not add benefits to income. Benefits are not income, they are money taken out of income to assist you later.

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tyrael459 t1_jaey5ld wrote

My kid’s district just upped their step 1 salary over 50k for the first time ever. Not a heck of a lot of bachelor’s degree- required jobs that still hire under 50k, regardless of area. The teachers in this district also went without any sort of raise for five years. Not even a cost of living increase all that time.

And from what I hear, benefits aren’t what they used to be, either. High deductible plan that’s not too different from my own.

That’s pretty abysmal for a college-educated profession, if you ask me.

Central bucks may be much better off money-wise, I don’t know. They may also have a faculty that leans older and therefore has accumulated better salaries, I don’t know. And as the other guy said, adding benefits to someone’s salary like that is disingenuous.

Edit: Shit, sorry, I totally ducked that up. It’s actually a starting salary just over 30k for the first time. Holy shit lol

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