NEA: With Low Hourly Wages, ESPs Struggle to Subsist

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Potosi, Wisconsin
Living Wage	$11.73
Paraprofessional (teacher's aide)	$10.31
Food Server	$10.31
Custodian	$10.91

Pueblo, Colorado
Living Wage	$13.35
Paraprofessional (teacher's aide)	$7.55
Bus Driver	$9.32
Custodian	$9.32

Collier County, Florida
Living Wage	$15.38
Library Clerk	$10.12
Paraprofessional (teacher's aid)	$10.47
Secretary	$10.47

Searsport, Maine
Living Wage	$13.28
Custodian	$10.86
Secretary	$10.86
Bus Driver	$12.40

Cascade, Washington
Living Wage	$16.15
Secretary	$11.02
Bus Driver	$11.03
Custodian	$12.32

Sussex County, Virginia
Living Wage	$12.59
Custodian	$8.76
Paraprofessional (teacher's aid)	$11.34
Secretary	$12.10

Fairbanks, Alaska
Living Wage	$14.60
Food Service Employee	$11.21
Paraprofessional (teacher's aide)	$13.09
Custodian	$13.37

WITH LOW HOURLY WAGES,
ESPs STRUGGLE TO SUBSIST
In many parts of the country, Education Support Professionals (ESPs) make less than what is considered a "living wage"—the minimum amount of take-home pay needed to subsist in America.

› Scroll over cities on the map to
see how ESP salaries compare to the
actual living wage.

The living wage is calculated using the Economic Policy Institute's Basic Family Budget calculator, which includes only the amount needed for food, shelter, and clothing, and transportation—no extras—for a family of one adult and one child. The hourly pay is calculated from the annual living wage by dividing by 2,080 (40 hours per week times 52 weeks per year).

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