Preschool teacher salary

[Anonymous]

Anymore ideas??? I'd like to learn more!

[Anonymous]

I think the highest I have heard of is $15.00 per hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe my preschool pays their teachers about $18.50 an hour.

While I do agree pre-school teachers are vastly underpaid, how many people could afford pre-school for their children if the teachers' salaries had to be in the 30's or 40's?

interesting point, PP
And I, too, agree that ALL teachers should be paid more.

I believe that public schools, in their attempt to expand their program by including pre-K and K, are trying to level that playing field by making schools "affordable" (through taxes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not Enough!!!

Preschool/ECE teachers are one of the most underpaid professions lol.

I have my Bachelors degree in ECE and I make 15/hour at what is considered a quality relatively expensive preschool (tuition is averaged around 1000/month). Parents bringing there children are well-paid professionals (lawyers, doctors, etc) and they make 100s of thousands of dollars a year.

After taxes and health insurance I average about 18,000 a year...which means after bills, student loans I have nothing left.

Needless to say, I'm looking for another job...I love it but I can't afford to be a preschool teacher.

Then where does all the $1,000/month go if the teachers are making so little? Just curious, is an expensive preschool expensive to maintain, or is someone at the top of the preschool make a lot of $?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Childcare needs to stop being such a bargain!!!

Then parents/family/neighbors could do it. We could be a village, all helping one another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not Enough!!!

Preschool/ECE teachers are one of the most underpaid professions lol.

I have my Bachelors degree in ECE and I make 15/hour at what is considered a quality relatively expensive preschool (tuition is averaged around 1000/month). Parents bringing there children are well-paid professionals (lawyers, doctors, etc) and they make 100s of thousands of dollars a year.

After taxes and health insurance I average about 18,000 a year...which means after bills, student loans I have nothing left.

Needless to say, I'm looking for another job...I love it but I can't afford to be a preschool teacher.

Then where does all the $1,000/month go if the teachers are making so little? Just curious, is an expensive preschool expensive to maintain, or is someone at the top of the preschool make a lot of $?

I've often wondered that myself...no real way to know unless their finances/budget is audited. My (non profit) preschool is charging 1200-1500 dollars a month for the upcoming year. So if the average teacher at my school makes 15/hour or less (I know of several that makes 9 or 10 dollars an hour) than roughly two children from each classes tuition equals the two teachers in the classes salary. So where does the rest of the money go? Especially for the older classes that have 18-20 kids? Some must go towards utilities, supplies, etc but thats a lot of money.

I highly suspect that it goes into the directors pockets. But I guess no way to know without auditing their finances lol. Maybe that's what should happen along with state inspections...having preschools audited to make sure the money isn't being spent on unnecessary things.

[Anonymous]

Preschools have high overheads; teachers are the bulk of the budget plus their fringe benefits such as health care(about 25% of salary), then there is rent for the space, insurance against accidents, snacks, and classroom supplies.