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Muscadine76 t1_jbtew0q wrote

Reply to comment by HomicidalHushPuppy in How can we attract more people into the teaching profession? by jekomo

The thing is, not only is there school/district variation, but also: compared to what? Median teacher salaries are 56k in PA and typically ranging 47-68k, according to salary.com data. Compare with a BSW social worker’s median salary of 66k in PA and typically ranging 59-74k. Or a newly graduated RN: 67k ranging 60-77k. The low end ranges for these jobs are higher than the median salary for teachers.

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Hazel1928 t1_jbu4b69 wrote

But look at days off per year. Conservatively, teachers get 20% more.

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bambiying t1_jbupk3n wrote

They also work a lot more outside of their paid hours.

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Hazel1928 t1_jbuq1ua wrote

Nurses and social workers also work outside their paid hours. I work in a nursing home and the typical nurse is there an hour after her shift finishing computer work five days a week. Social workers have more irregular extra hours, but they have them. Also teachers aren’t scheduled for an 8 hour day so their extra hours compared to those other jobs shouldn’t begin being counted until they work more than 8 hours. I know many teachers work far more than 8 hours. But I wonder if you added up the hours worked per year how it would compare.

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Muscadine76 t1_jbuydqb wrote

Nurses typically receive overtime for extra work. Teachers do not.

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Muscadine76 t1_jbuz27m wrote

Everyone doesn’t consider more unpaid time off for lower pay an upside, especially when teachers commonly spend much of that time training or preparing for the next year/ session, and/or have to get creative about a side hustle to make enough money. That’s besides the already cited issues by other commenters about teachers commonly having to use their own money for supplies, and working long hours for various tasks beyond the school day (lesson planning, grading, etc).

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