
Mych have the incredibly important job of educating the next mobth of Americans, but how much they’re paid varies widely across the country. While the nominal teacher salary has increased over the last couple decades, when adjusted for inflation, average salary has dropped over time — about 1. While many teachers earn a solid middle-class wage, the job comes with unique challenges. Many teachers across the US end up spending a not-insignificant amount of their take-home pay on school supplies for their students and classrooms. Read more : Teachers reveal the 7 things they wish they could tell parents — but can’t. Below, find out how much public-school teachers made during the school year the most recent year for which data is available in each state according to the NCES, as well as the amount spent per public-school student during the fiscal year in each state, according to the Census Bureau.