Salary Map
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 below to find the average beginning salaries for new teachers, and how they compare with beginning salaries for nurses, managers, and other comparable professionals.
National starting salary averages:
|
Teacher |
Researcher (non-technical) |
Management Trainee |
Registered Nurse |
Accountant (public) |
Field Engineer |
| $34,935 |
$37,541 |
$42,123 |
$51,341 |
$47,453 |
$52,277 |
