“Schools have more money than ever but spend a shrinking share of it on teacher salaries”
- American teachers’ pay, relative to other occupations, is the lowest estimated ratio among all OECD countries. The median teacher earnings in the U.S. earns is equivalent to the 30th percentile in earnings among college-educated non-teachers.
- Retirement and other payroll benefits don’t make up for low salaries because they’re about the same share of total pay for teachers as for other professionals.
- Schools have more money than ever but spend a shrinking share of it on teacher salaries; better pay is a question of priorities, not funding.
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1 million adults work as “school administrators.”
