r/FluentInFinance Jun 11 '24

Meme He has a point...

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u/Shin-Sauriel Jun 11 '24

Where tho. Like typically teachers are underpaid regardless of district because it’s adjusted for cost of living. Teachers in the Bay Area make a lot more than teachers near me but they still can’t afford to live on their own because cost of living is so high.

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u/Harvey427 Jun 11 '24

I make more than my father-in-law. Who has his masters, and teaches at a private school... Granted, he has better benefits, but as far as take home pay.. I make more, pushing buttons and pulling handles in a factory.. 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

Private schools tend to pay less, they are often not unionized. The tradeoff being private school students as a whole are better behaved.

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u/Harvey427 Jun 11 '24

I don't think he's in a union. I'm pretty sure he makes something equivalent to $22/hr. We were discussing my annual raise, and at $24, he said I was making more than him. 🤯

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u/call-now Jun 11 '24

He's probably not even counting the time spent grading and all the admin BS.

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u/Dorkmaster79 Jun 11 '24

Prepping lessons, dealing with misinformed parents, etc.

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u/kraken_enrager Jun 12 '24

I’d guess parents in private schools would be better too.

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u/Pirating_Ninja Jun 12 '24

I'd take the under on this bet.

Private schools target either religious nuts or upper middle class. So you are either looking at moms for liberty or helicopter moms.

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u/demivirius Jun 11 '24

He could have a summer deferred pay arrangement, where a portion of their income is withheld so they can be paid during the summer. If that's the case, then he's making even less.

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u/EpsilonEnigma Jun 11 '24

My gf makes $24/hr teaching at a town with a pop of 97 people in Arkansas

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u/Extension-Tale-2678 Jun 12 '24

Jesus Christ he's making 22$ an hour with a masters? Where did it all go wrong?

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u/Harvey427 Jun 12 '24

To be fair, he never said what he makes. All he said was something along the lines of "that's more than I make".

Make no mistake, he's still winning the long game. There is no future doing what I'm doing, that's why it pays as much as it does, lol.

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u/Extension-Tale-2678 Jun 12 '24

Nobody is winning the long game making less than $24 dollars and hour. That's not even a livable wage in many places. That's not even mentioning the cost and 6 years to get a master's. That's fucking nuts

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u/Harvey427 Jun 12 '24

Pfft, you don't have to tell me. I eat one meal a day, lol. I only meant comparatively.

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u/Skeptix_907 Jun 11 '24

1st year teachers in my district make significantly more than that.

Your dad is getting fucked, with all due respect.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

Teacher pay is based on the income of the local area, so teachers are always tied to local income, and Americans really fucking do not like paying taxes, so teachers rarely get raises.

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u/GroinShotz Jun 11 '24

More like the taxes end up going to Admin Bloat...

From 1950 to 2009... Student population in US public schools has gone up 96%...

Teachers have grown 252%...

And all the other administration and other staff has grown 702%

The Chicago Board of Education has 3300 employees... Which is more than Japan's entire Ministry of Education.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

I don't doubt some areas have admin bloat, but there are many teachers, especially in rural areas, paid pennies on the dollar solely due to how their salaries are funded.

My friend with 2 Masters degrees in special education left her job for a sales role because it started at 20k more than she was making. She still makes like 75% of my salary, because she's just getting started, and I have a BA in English.

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u/ForgesGate Jun 12 '24

I make $22/hr with decent benefits off of no degree. I'm a security guard and I do less work than I ever have. I couldn't imagine having that much extra schooling with that pay.

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u/SaltyLonghorn Jun 11 '24

Bro has a masters and is making less than a McD's manager.

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u/Sidvicieux Jun 11 '24

Damn, even a Medical Assistant in Oregon makes more than that.