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On average, teachers made 26.4% less than other similarly educated professionals in 2022—the lowest level since 1960. |  |  |\n| Key findings\u003Cbr> The pay penalty for teachers—the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and college graduates working in other professions—grew to a record 26.4% in 2022, a significant increase from 6.1% in 1996.\u003Cbr> Although teachers tend to receive better benefits packages than other professionals do, this advantage is not large enough to offset the growing wage penalty for teachers.\u003Cbr> On average, teachers earned 73.6 cents for every dollar that other professionals made in 2022. This is much less than the 93.9 cents on the dollar they made in 1996.\u003Cbr>Why this matters\u003Cbr>Teachers have one of the most consequential jobs in the country—they have the future of [the U.S. in](the U.S. in) front of them every day. But teaching is becoming a less appealing career choice for new college graduates. Not only are levels of compensation low, but teaching is becoming increasingly stressful as teachers are forced to navigate battles over curriculum and COVID-19 related mandates as well as rising incidence of violence in schools.\u003Cbr>Low pay makes recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers difficult. A lack of well-qualified teachers means we cannot equip future tech innovators, researchers, and educators with the training they need to emerge as leaders.\u003Cbr>How to fix it\u003Cbr>The downward trend in teacher pay must be reversed. Local and state politiciansand community members can show respect for the profession by significantly boosting teacher pay. Targeted policy action is needed on school funding as well. State and local governments will require federal support to maintain and improve resources for schools. Finally, public-sector collective bargaining should be expanded since unions can advocate for improved job quality and a higher level of resources. |  | Charting the problem\u003Cbr>|  |\n|  |  | | once labor |\n|  |  | pool of women to depend on. That is no longer the case. |  |\n\nView online [at](at epi.org/274103)[ epi.org/274103](at epi.org/274103)  \nI s the United States compensating teachers at a  \nsufficient level to retain current staff and recruit a  \nhighly skilled pool of future college students into the profession? My former co-authors and I have been concerned with this question for the last two decades.1 We have been warning for years that the worsening trends documented in this series have become a significant and growing challenge for the teaching profession.  \nBecause public school teachers must attain at least a bachelor’s degree to teach in the U.S., this research compares teachers with college graduates working in other professions. Providing teachers with compensation commensurate with that of other similarly educated and experienced professionals is necessary to retain and attract qualified workers into the profession. Over the past two decades, the weekly wages and total compensation of public school teachers have fallen further and further behind. This update adds 2022 data to this long-running series.  \nKey findings  \n• Recent high inflation has significantly reduced the average weekly wages of teachers but has had less of an effect on other college graduates. 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In 2022, it reached a record 26.4%.\"},{\"question\":\"Why doesn’t better benefits for teachers fully solve the pay gap?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers tend to have better benefits than other professionals, but the report says this advantage is not large enough to offset the growing wage penalty.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors and policy actions does the report suggest for improving teacher compensation?\",\"answer\":\"The report recommends reversing the downward trend in teacher pay through increased state and local funding, federal support to sustain resources, and expanded public-sector collective bargaining.\"}]","Teacher pay penalty still looms large - Trends in teacher wages and compensation through 2022 | PDF",1792049626,38]