The Jeffco teacher I know has a Master's, has been there for 10+ years and is making 60K a year with summer off. She could make more working during the summer but likes the time off. Not too shabby plus PERA which promises a 7% return every year on their pension plan which is a benefit that would be very expensive to give out in the private sector. Maybe it could be 100K with benefits and if you based the wage on a 52 week year.
Little side note: Equal pay for equal effort for teachers? Not in her case, she started in a poor Adams County district with bad pay, horrible conditions, and trying to teach many minorities English first. But once she had the experience, she moved on up to Jeffco.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
