Whether you want to be a designer, doctor, engineer or teacher, the salary can be a major defining factor when you actually make your career choice. Being aware of the returns you’ll get before you select your major will ward off any disillusionment in future.
There are several factors that affect the amount you take home at the end of the month from your workplace. Your qualifications, the job in question, your employer and the city you live in are the important ones. Salaries differ widely from city to city, for instance, right now for a teacher; a salary can vary from $51,266 in Montgomery, AL, to $61,634 in Albany, NY, a difference of approximately $10,000.
Often, the salary a teacher takes home is in keeping with the city where he/she lives and the cost of living there. The more expensive the city, it's more likely the higher the salary will be, but it all boils down to the same thing – which is to continue living as you did in a less expensive city, you will need to earn the new city’s equivalent.
The current U.S. national average teacher salary is $58,354, with the highest and lowest salary recorded being $97,363 to $40,600, respectively. One cannot help but notice the wide variation between the highest and lowest salary packages teachers make in the country.
If you are a teacher, it makes sense to be aware of the salary others in your profession make. This will give you an inkling as to whether you are being paid according to your efforts, so that the next time you walk in to ask for a raise, you know the figure you should quote.
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