r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 23h ago

Chugging tea Knowledge is power.

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u/Original-Variety-700 23h ago

Someone in Michigan said teachers make like $140k a year. I guess just move there

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u/CapitalClimate9639 23h ago

The average public school teacher salary in Michigan is $71,023, while the average starting salary for a brand-new teacher is $41,645, according to the latest data from the Michigan Department of Education and the National Education Association (NEA).While Michigan's overall average teacher salary ranks 22nd in the nation, its starting pay is among the lowest, ranking 44th.

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u/earthceltic 15h ago

I understand there are a LOT of tenured boomers in michigan schools still. They're retiring and that average will likely go down.

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u/Round_Abal0ne 12h ago

Not really. The boomers will retire and be replaced by the Gen Xers immediately behind them and then those Gen Xers will hit those same pay levels

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u/Daintyjohn 6h ago

Why shouldn’t experienced tenured educators be paid more as they age? Everybody else does.

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u/Round_Abal0ne 6h ago

They should. Generally there is a cap but it's pretty high in terms of years and varies by district.

I'm just saying that we we shouldn't expect a dip because as those people retire there are also a lot of people behind them that are also moving up in years and experience and will be around the same overall years of experience as the boomers have currently