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Chicago, Illinois
Teacher $32,213
Registered Nurse $52,000
Management Trainee $40,640
Software Designer & Developer $60,000
Accountant (Public) $53,900
Peoria, Illinois
Teacher $33,800
Registered Nurse $39,520
Project Engineer $50,507
Accountant (public) $44,000
Consultant  $53,280
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
Teacher $37,184
Accountant (public) $48,271
Management Trainee $38,500
Field Engineer $50,000
Software Designer & Developer $52,333
Houston, Texas
Teacher $39,611
Management Trainee $41,875
Auditor (public) $48,250
Field Engineer $62,643
Systems Analyst & Designer $58,000
Denver/Boulder, Colorado
Teacher $29,876
Accountant (public) $45,207
Field Engineer $54,864
Software Designer & Developer $57,338
Management Trainee $36,250
Kansas City, Missouri
Teacher $36,000
Accountant (public) $46,000
Registered Nurse $40,000
Field Engineer $53,325
Software Designer & Developer $57,364
Las Vegas, Nevada
Teacher $31,175
Market Researcher $31,200
Registered Nurse $54,080
Project Engineer $49,078
Software Designer & Developer $45,000
Los Angeles, California
Teacher $39,943
Accountant (public) $51,000
Paramedic $41,000
Market Research $45,000
Auditor (Public) $48,000
San Francisco, California
Teacher $40,000
Accountant (public) $51,583
Production Engineer $56,000
Human Resources $50,000
Management Trainee $40,000
New York Metro Area
Teacher $42,105
Registered Nurse $60,000
Accountant (public) $54,250
Software Designer & Developer $66,400
Field Engineer $56,580
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teacher $31,750
Registered Nurse $56,167
Management Trainee $42,000
Accountant (public) $49,583
Software Designer & Developer $56,000
Raleigh/Durham,
North Carolina
Teacher $27,000
Registered Nurse $39,500
Management Trainee $33,000
Accountant (Public) $50,000
Computer Programmer $49,000
Charlotte,
North Carolina
Teacher $27,450
Registered Nurse $48,000
Management Trainee $43,000
Accountant (public) $49,000
Computer Programmer $55,000
Greensboro,
North Carolina
Teacher $34,159
Management Trainee $38,917
Registered Nurse $40,243
Market Researcher $38,000
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer $52,000
Salt Lake City, Utah
Teacher $29,447
Registered Nurse $43,680
Management Trainee $39,500
Auditor (Public) $37,000
Software Designer & Developer $56,000
St. Louis, Missouri
Teacher $33,372
Registered Nurse $39,874
Accountant (public) $42,300
Project Engineer $50,000
Software Designer & Developer $45,000
Tucson, Arizona
Teacher $30,686
Registered Nurse $43,970
Accountant (public) $42,300
Software Designer & Developer $59,667
Field Engineer $56,600
Phoenix, Arizona
Teacher $33,220
Registered Nurse $45,681
Accountant (Public) $48,000
Software Designer & Developer $58,100
Field Engineer $51,667
Washington/Baltimore, DC/Maryland
Teacher $34,500
Management Trainee $50,000
Researcher (Non-technical) $44,000
Field Engineer $51,500
Software Designer & Developer $59,860
 
Professional Pay
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NEW TEACHER PAY LAGS BEHIND COMPARABLE PROFESSIONS
New teachers earn less than their peer in other professions requiring comparable education and responsibilities. Wages start low, and the gap keeps widening, causing many good teachers to leave the profession for greener financial pastures.

› Scroll over cities on the map to find the average beginning salaries for new teachers, and how they compare with beginning salaries for nurses, managers, and other comparable professionals.
National Average
Teacher
$32,488 Teacher $31,408
Researcher
(non-technical)
$41,667  
Management Trainee $41,864  
Registered Nurse $41,616  
Accountant (public) $46,289  
Field Engineer $52,277  

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