The Gap Between Teacher Pay and Other Professions Hits a New ...

Teachers earn 23.5 percent less than comparable college graduates. In other words, on average, teachers earn 76.5 cents on the dollar.

Teacher pay penalty still looms large: Trends in teacher wages and ...

For men in the teaching profession, the penalty hit 36.6%, and for women, it was 21.3% in 2022. The benefits advantage for teachers has not been ...

The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high - Economic Policy Institute

In contrast, inflation-adjusted weekly wages of other college graduates rose from $1,564 to $2,009 over the same period—a $445 increase. The ...

Teacher 'Pay Penalty' Reaches Record High | NEA

The teacher pay penalty is the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and college graduates working in other professions. · A new report by the ...

Teacher Pay Rose in 2023, But Not Enough to Shrink Pay Gap

New research shows that the pay penalty for teachers — the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and other college graduates — grew to a ...

The teacher pay gap is worsening across the country, including in ...

Public school teacher salaries have fallen below the salaries of non-teaching professions for decades, but new data shows the gap is wider than ...

Teacher 'pay penalty' hits new high - The Washington Post

In 1996, the teacher wage penalty was 6.1 percent. Average weekly wages for teachers went from $1,319 in 1996 to $1,348 in 2021; for other ...

This one chart explains the teacher shortage - Axios

Wage gap between teachers and comparable college graduates ... Public school teachers have long made less money than other professionals, but last ...

Teacher compensation compared to other professions

Sylvia Allegretto and her colleagues at the union-backed Economic Policy Institute (EPI) have been arguing for over eighteen years that teachers are ...

The teacher pay gap is even worse now than it was in the 1990s, a ...

A new report says teachers are falling behind, earning just 73% as much as those in other professional jobs.

Teachers Work 50-Plus Hours a Week—And Other Findings From a ...

Teaching Profession The Gap Between Teacher Pay and Other Professions Hits a New High. How Bad Is It? Madeline Will , August 22, 2022. •. 3 ...

Teacher Pay Gap Narrows, But for How Long? | NEA

The difference in compensation between educators and similarly educated professionals is shrinking, but will this trend continue?

Teachers Are Among Most Educated, Yet Their Pay Lags

Although teachers are among the nation's most educated workers, they earn far less on average than most other highly educated workers and ...

The Teacher Pay Gap: Why are Teachers Underpaid?

Despite being one of the most crucial and demanding professions, teachers are consistently underpaid compared to other professionals with ...

Teacher Pay Fell Further Behind in 2022

The pay penalty for teachers—the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and other college graduates—grew to a record 26.4% in 2022, according to a new ...

New study shows gap between teacher pay, other professionals

“That is saying that teachers, on average, are making a third less than their non-teaching college graduate counterparts. That is a huge pay gap ...

Rising inflation worsens the 'teacher pay penalty' - K-12 Dive

Teachers' average weekly wages dropped $128 between 2021 and 2022, while other similarly educated professionals' pay remained fairly stagnant.

Does higher teacher pay result in better student performance?

A study of roughly 10,000 school districts, which isolated variables affecting student achievement, found increased teacher pay resulted in a ...

Equal Pay Day? Not for teachers. Why men make more than women ...

The gender pay gap is so pervasive it appears in one of the country's most female-dominated professions. Women make up roughly three-fourths ...

Teacher Salaries: A Critical Equity Issue

In about half of all states, the average teacher salary is less than the family living wage (figure 2). This aligns with other research findings. For example, ...