Teachers are not making Enough Money to Survive — Market Mad House

America’s public school teachers are not making enough money to survive. Disgustingly, 18% of teachers have to work at a second job during the school year to pay the bills, Pew Research reports.

Meanwhile, 16% of teachers had to work summer jobs during the 2015–2016 school year. Moreover, teachers are three times as likely to work at a second job as the average American.

Younger teachers are even more likely to work at a second job. Pew estimates 26% of teachers under 30, or more than one in four work at second jobs. Additionally, 26% of all male teachers; over one-fourth, have second jobs.

Teacher Pay Is Falling

The obvious conclusion here is that America does not pay teachers enough. In fact, teacher pay has been stagnant for two decades, Chalkbeat claims.

Disturbingly, the average teacher salary has declined by $3,000 since 2009 when adjusted for inflation, the National Center for Education Studies (NCES) estimates. Moreover, teacher pay in some states is far below the national average.