Mississippi teachers have some of the lowest pay in the region, analysis shows
K-12 public school teachers in Mississippi are paid lower starting salaries than their peers in 15 other Southern states, according to a new analysis of pay rates across the region.
The Teacher Compensation Dashboard released by the Southern Regional Education Board, an Atlanta-based nonprofit studying how to improve education, shows starting pay for a first-year teacher in Mississippi averaged around $36,500 during the 2019-20 school year.
The only state paying teachers less than Mississippi was Arkansas, where average starting pay was about $35,200. Maryland had the highest starting wages in the 16-state region, where teachers averaged pay of over $47,000 their first year.
In Mississippi, first-year teachers took home just $26,581 after standard deductions, including retirement and health care costs.
Read more: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/11/22/mississippi-teacher-pay-among-lowest-region-new-analysis-shows/8717988002/
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Where do you get off anyway, thinking you should be entitled to make enough money to splurge on luxuries like groceries, utility payments, and rent? You should be grateful for whatever crumbs they decide to throw at you, and if you can't afford the indulgence of 3 square meals a day on that, well, that's what food pantries and soup kitchens are for!
