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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think either is underpaid. It depends on where you live. Teachers are well paid in some areas, and so are nurses. Underpaid seems to be the exception, not the rule. [/quote]

I disagree.  Virtually all of the south, and most of the rest of the country underpays it's teachers.  Parts of IL, parts of CA, parts of NY, parts of NJ and a few other places pay decently.  I'm in IL, there are a few suburbs that pay well.  The city pays well.  But nearly all of the south suburbs of Chicago pay crap.  Nearly all of IL outside of an hour from the city pays ok or terrible.  And if you change districts or move across the country you get 2-5 years credit in the new district.  My spouse is in one of the top four paying districts in our state and he can never leave until he retires.  We looked at moving to Madison, WI and he would take more  than a 50% pay cut.  Madison might have a slightly lower COL but not 50% lower.

I know teachers in AZ and NOLA.  They both work second jobs just to survive.  I'm talking people in their 50s who are frugal.

That said, if you can get a job in a place where COL isn't crazy and pay is highish and the pension is strong, AND you can survive the system 30-35 years, the pension can be very, very good.  My spouse will teach at his school til he hits 34 years to get the max pension.  I left my public school that paid decently, not amazing, 18 years in cause I couldn't take the behavior any more.  My pension will be much, much smaller than his.  That's ok.  We are on track to be well positioned for retirement as we've always saved heavily on top of contributing to the pensions.

And nurses, I personally believe no nurse should make less than 100k as a starting salary.  Those people are my heroes.

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