Professional Pay
Be Proud To Say, I’m Worth Professional Pay.
Highlights:
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Public Supports Higher Pay for Teachers
Poll finds Americans are in favor of higher starting salaries for public school teachers. -
Four Jobs in One Day
Bookkeeper, lunch lady, classroom aide, and crossing guard -- it takes four different jobs to put together a single living wage. -
Union Busting - Walking the Line
It sounds like something out of The Sopranos -- the intimidator who comes to your workplace and throws his weight around. -
NEA Retirement Security Resources
Facts about public pension benefits and vital plan data, including Characteristics of Large Public Education Pension Plans (below).
As the national voice of more than 3.2 million public education employees, NEA knows that too many educators have been denied professional pay for too long. Attracting and retaining qualified school staff -- K-12 teachers, higher education faculty, and education support professionals (ESPs) -- requires salaries that are competitive with those in comparable professions.
- a $40,000 starting salary for all pre-K-12 teachers,
- raises that exceed the cost of living in at least 50 percent of NEA higher education locals.
- a living wage, as a minimum, for all education support professionals.
That $40,000 goal is only a floor. NEA will continually work with its state affiliates to maintain competitive starting, mid-career, and top salaries that reflect a simple fact: Educators are "worth it," especially in light of the changing demands and responsibilities of their jobs.
This area of NEA's Web site contains resources for Association leaders, members, parents and community members who are contemplating, planning, or engaged in statewide or local salary initiatives.
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VIDEO: ESPs Fight for a Living Wage Video
Why Money Matters
Lack of professional pay shortchanges our schools.
