U.S. Cities with the Highest- and Lowest-Paid Elementary School Teachers

THE CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST- AND LOWEST-PAID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 10 METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST-PAID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 10 METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH THE LOWEST-PAID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS BRIDGEPORT -STAMFORD - NORWALK, CT $83,590 TWIN FALLS, ID $42,000 MODESTO, CA $85,110 KINGSTON, NY $92,090 SAN FRANCISCO -OAKLAND IDAHO FALLS, ID $41,280 10 NEW YORK -NEWARK -JERSEY CITY, NY-NJ $83,990 9 -HAYWARD, CA $84,040 MERCED, CA $89,910 RIVERSIDE -SAN BERNARDINO -ONTARIO, CA $90,270 SAN JOSE -SUNNYVALE -SANTA CLARA, CA $86,350 ROCKY MOUNT, NC $41,990 8 LAKE HAVASU CITY -KINGMAN, AZ $43,090 LOS ANGELES 10 -LONG BEACH -ANAHEIM, CA $87,120 JOPLIN, MO $43,030 EL CENTRO, CA $87,260 7 GAINESVILLE, FL $42,760 YUMA, AZ $40,370 PRESCOTT, AZ $43,050 SIERRA VISTA TUCSON, AZ $42,630 -DOUGLAS, AZ $37,880 25 METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST-PAID 25 METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH THE LOWEST-PAID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS $92,090 Kingston, NY 1 Riverside-S, Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2 Merced, CA 3 1 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $37,880 $90,270 2 Yuma, AZ $40,370 .. . $89,910 3 Idaho Falls, ID $41,280 $87,260 $41,990 El Centro, CA 4 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 6 Modesto, CA (7 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 8 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 9 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 10 Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 11 Visalia-Porterville, CA 12 Bakersfield, CA 13 New Bedford, MA 14 4 Rocky Mount, NC $87,120 5 Twin Falls, ID $42,000 $86,350 $42,630 6 Tucson, AZ 7 Gainesville, FL 8 Joplin, MO 9 Prescott, AZ 10 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $85,110 $42,760 $84,040 $43,030 $83,990 $43,050 $83,590 $43,090 $83,460 11 Lawton, OK $43,140 --.-.-........... $83,280 12 Jackson, MS $43,150 $82,430 13 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $43,410 $81,500 I $43,710 14 Cape Girardeau, MO 15 Greenville, NC 16 St, Joseph, MO 17 Evansville, IN 18 Fayetteville, NC 19 Hammond, LA $81,420 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 15 $43,980 ............. $81,420 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA 16 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 17 $44,320 $81,410 $44,440 $80,970 Fresno, CA 18 California-Lexington Park, MD 19 Napa, CA 20 Pittsfield, MA 21 New Haven, CT 22 $44,550 $80,940 1$44,760 $80,670 1$44,870 20 Hattiesburg, MS 21 Rapid City, SD 22 Jonesboro, AR $79,490 I$44,990 ............ $78,490 I$45,030 $78,430 $45,100 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 23 Leominster-Gardner, MA 24 Bend-Redmond, OR 25 23 Jacksonville, NC 24 New Bern, NC 25 Coeur d'Alene, ID ........ .... $78,110 $45,660 ..-...-........-..-........... $77,780 $45,700 S124,000 Less than Close to Teachers in Oklahoma typically make less than More than 71% $10,000 SS00 20% is the salary of teachers in Luxembourg, the number 1 country in the world for teachers' salaries. The United States ranks seventh in the world. of Americans feel that teachers should annually is how much many first-year teachers can expect is how much the average teacher spends on their classroom supplies. $33,630 of teachers in the United States work be paid higher salaries, according to a 2018 PDK poll. a second job. per year. It's the lowest-paying state for teachers. to earn in the United States. Playground Equipment Sources: www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252021.htm www.businessinsider.com/10-alarming-facts-about-teacher-pay-in-the-united-states-2019-10