Title: Colorado teachers struggle with low salaries, report shows | Colorado Public Radio
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Colorado teachers struggle with low salaries, report shows
Map: Mid-career teacher salaries in the U.S.
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Content: The figures don’t include pension contributions and haven’t been adjusted for cost of living. Map: Mid-career teacher salaries in the U.S.
The report found Colorado teachers with a graduate degree and 10 years of experience make less than a trucker. In fact, those same teachers who are the family’s breadwinners qualify for seven federal assistant programs designed for low-income families, such as the School Breakfast and Lunch program. “That’s not really the type of incomes that are going to attract the best and brightest into the profession,” said research fellow Ulrich Boser. One in five Colorado teachers take a job outside of teaching to make ends meet – one of the highest rates in the country. In 11 states, more than 20 percent of teachers rely on the financial support of a second job. “That could be anything from coaching, waitressing, selling Amway projects,” Boser said. The report found that mid- and late-career teachers don’t have much of an opportunity to grow their salaries. Nationally, the average starting salary for an elementary school teacher is $37,595.