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Old 09-14-2012, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mlewis View Post
I can't speak for Marie, but my husband teaches 4th grade in a rural county at a title 1 school, and he does not make much over that 30k. And maxing out with a Master's Degree after 20 years is somewhere around $46k. Six years of school for that little money and a stressful job is not very encouraging.

And I think that 75k-200k is a REALLY wide range for middle class!
It definitely depends on where you teach. We max out without a masters at just over $50k and that's after 15 years. I'm not sure what the masters max is... I haven't gotten mine yet. That said I teach at a school with 75% free and reduced. We aren't a title 1 school but we have a couple in our district.

My husband teaches at an alternative school and makes about half of what I do.

I'd agree that middle class starts around $75k and that the 200-250k is the tippy top. We are barely middle class! Lol
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