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% Please edit documentation in R/data-teacher.R
\docType{data}
\name{teacher}
\alias{teacher}
\title{Teacher Salaries in St. Louis, Michigan}
\format{
A data frame with 71 observations on the following 8 variables.
\describe{
\item{id}{Identification code for each teacher, assigned randomly.}
\item{degree}{Highest educational degree attained: \code{BA} (bachelor's degree) or \code{MA} (master's degree).}
\item{fte}{Full-time enrollment status: full-time \code{1} or part-time \code{0.5}.}
\item{years}{Number of years employed by the school district.}
\item{base}{Base annual salary, in dollars.}
\item{fica}{Amount paid into Social Security and Medicare per year through the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA), in dollars.}
\item{retirement}{Amount paid into the retirement fund of the teacher per year, in dollars.}
\item{total}{Total annual salary of the teacher, resulting from the sum of base salary + fica + retirement, in dollars.}
}
}
\source{
Originally posted on SODA Developers (dev.socrata.com/data), removed in 2020.
}
\usage{
teacher
}
\description{
This dataset contains teacher salaries from 2009-2010 for 71 teachers
employed by the St. Louis Public School in Michigan, as well as several
covariates.
}
\examples{

library(ggplot2)

# Salary and education level
ggplot(teacher, aes(x = degree, y = base)) +
  geom_boxplot() +
  labs(
    x = "Highest educational degree attained",
    y = "Base annual salary, in $",
    color = "Degree",
    title = "Salary and education level"
  )

# Salary and years of employment
ggplot(teacher, aes(x = years, y = base, color = degree)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(
    x = "Number of years employed by the school district",
    y = "Base annual salary, in $",
    color = "Degree",
    title = "Salary and years of employment"
  )
}
\keyword{Michigan}
\keyword{datasets}
\keyword{degree}
\keyword{education}
\keyword{salary}
\keyword{teacher}
