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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 20 year career making six figures with a BA in History, having summers off, with decent benefits is not some impoverished existence many make it out to be. I think teachers should be paid more across the country, and maybe they could start a bit higher, but for what they do and where they can go, it’s a pretty good life.

I think a big issue at times can be student loans weighing down early career teachers for too long waiting to move to a reasonable pay band. If you are going to be a teacher, and I get many people don’t always know at the time, but go to CNU, not UVA. [/quote]

Which teacher do you know making 6 figures? I’ve been teaching over 10 years and make nowhere near 6 figures and don’t know any teachers (excepting those who became admin) who make that much.[/quote]

This is a thread about FCPS teachers. Take a look at the pay scale. Plenty of teachers making 6 figures. [/quote]

Teachers CAN make 6 figures, after 15 years of work with a Masters degree. And teachers CAN enjoy a pension… if they last.

But many don’t make it 15 years. Around 44% of teachers don’t last more than 4 years. Nationwide, the average teaching career is 14 years.

If you haven’t figured it out yet: teaching is a hard job. There’s good reason many teachers don’t make much: they choose to leave for jobs that pay more for less stress. It seems those unpaid summers aren’t enough of a perk to keep them.
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I agree but adding that it's after 18 years with a master's degree in FCPS that a teacher would break six figures.  Step 15 is for 18 years of experience, thanks to all of the step freezes over the years that make the pay scale a bit misleading.  18 years in teaching is a long time, and as PP noted, most burn out long before that.[/quote]
Making $100,000 at 40 years old is quite respectable. More than enough to make a good living in Fairfax county.[/quote]

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