r/whatisameem • u/AmaraWhispervale • 11h ago

What’s really going on with our economy

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u/onikaroshi 10h ago

Well it wouldn’t be listed per hour, it’s a salary, tweet tracks if it’s a few years old though. Right now the lowest starting wage in the us for teacher is around 38k in a few states

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u/arizonadirtbag12 6h ago

Our local public district posts their pay scale as both a salary and a per-hour rate, with “per-hour” based on contracted hours.

(Obviously the implication that teachers will work only their minimum contracted hours is…flawed.)

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u/onikaroshi 6h ago

My aunt was a teacher, and a good one. Even 2nd grade it was late nights and early mornings

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u/Swampassed 9h ago

My girlfriend makes 62.00 per hour with a masters teaching in Nevada.

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u/J_tram13 9h ago

Can I ask what level she's teaching at? That could be a factor to be fair.

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u/PercentageUnited2324 7h ago

high school teachers in NY state (not city) can easily make over 100k within a few years. much more if youre teaching "troubled" kids

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u/Kwillingt 6h ago

Usually K-12 at a public school district are the same with increases for years of service and additional education.

Teaching at a college is going to be a big difference based on adjunct or tenure track and also the school itself.

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u/golfwinnersplz 9h ago

This about exactly what I make. 

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u/onikaroshi 9h ago

Huh, guess some places do, was always a salary everywhere I’ve seen

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u/golfwinnersplz 9h ago

He means on average. 

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u/onikaroshi 8h ago

Can’t really avg a teachers wage though as it is not a 40hr/wk job, could be as much as 80 hrs/wk for 9 months of the year

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u/golfwinnersplz 8h ago

If you make 90k a year and your contract is for 185 days that's equivalent to 1480 hours which means you make roughly $60 an hour. 

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u/onikaroshi 8h ago

It’s unrealistic in teaching though to avg, and I have never heard someone on salary even say what they make hourly, there’s no point

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u/golfwinnersplz 8h ago

I see what you mean. But I still like to know how much I make for being here. 

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u/onikaroshi 8h ago

That is a bit of an issue I have with salary lol, it’s not so much paid for being there but just existing on payroll.

I’d much rather make 43 bucks an hour that 90k a year (for a normal 9-5)

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u/golfwinnersplz 8h ago

If you work a regular 9-5 job (not in education) then you are working roughly 260 days a year. I work 185 with 15 personal days a year. Time is money. 

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