00:00 intro 00:40 where teacher pay comes from & benefits 03:01 teacher salaries in texas 07:43 teacher salaries in other U.S. states 10:56 ways teachers can earn additional money 11:52 teachers' workload 15:38 teacher strikes 17:03 sooo.. why would you want to be a teacher?
I got an associate’s degree (2 year degree) in radiology through Austin Community College, went into a job at an Austin hospital straight out of school, with zero relevant work experience, and I grossed $70k that first year. 3 years into my field, I have a job grossing $100k. On the one hand, I feel very fortunate to be making this amount of money with such a minimal educational investment (I have no student loan debt); on the other hand, even $100k doesn’t go that far these days, especially in a city like Austin, TX. It’s a basic middle class income in that city. On $50k, you’re barely living check to check and you better hope you have a spouse or significant other contributing to bills and rent. No thanks.
@@Nikky10000 - Hi! What a small world, the internet is! For me, the radiology/diagnostic imaging pathway has worked out well. I went straight into the cardiac cath lab at the Heart Hospital of Austin after graduating, and have worked in cath labs as a technologist ever since. I get to work on a team of professionals and directly help interventional cardiologists do things like placing stents and inflating balloons in patients’ arteries in order to open up blockages, implant pacemakers, remove or dissolve clots in blood vessels, and all sorts of other procedures. It’s at times very tedious work, but is also very interesting (there is a lot to learn!!), and very rewarding. And, I feel that I’m making pretty decent money for a two-year degree (good financial return on my relatively small educational investment). There are pros and cons to every career, though! Good luck!
@@Nikky10000 - I wish there were an easy, one size fits all answer to that question, but it really depends! It depends if you’re working PRN, part-time, or full-time; it depends which hospital system you’re working for; it depends whether you’re in basic/diagnostic X-ray, or you’re in an “advanced” modality like MRI, or cardiac cath lab, for example. New X-ray graduates doing basic/diagnostic X-ray in Austin, TX are generally not paid all that well, from my experience. I graduated in Aug. 2018, and most hospitals in the Austin area were paying around $20/hr for new grads in diagnostic X-ray. It could be somewhat different now, I don’t know. I moved to Minneapolis, MN 2 years ago (Nov. 2020). I can tell you that I decided to specialize in cardiac cath lab procedures (requires additional education and training) after I graduated, and I started out at $32/hr in Jan 2019. With call pay and overtime, I grossed ~$70k that first year out of school. At my current full time cath lab job in Minnesota, now with 4 years of work experience under my belt, I’m making just over $40/hr, and grossing a little over $100k annually with call and overtime pay factored in.
Teachers will never be rich on school salaries. :( They have to enrich themselves with their passion to teach and help students be the best they can. Teaching is an admiral profession. 💙
Hey! So, I am an English major with teacher certification. I am originally from Louisiana in fact, I took the 1st praxis the day the world shut down. Due to covid, I am a Texan now and even transferred to an A&M system. I was wondering if you could make a video about Teacher certification in Texas? I believe it is like the TexES or something? Thank you! Praying for you during this crazy time!!
The NYC salary is inaccurate. In 2021, a teacher with no experience would make $61k. In addition, with your masters you would be making $68.6k in your first year. And 2021 was our last year with the former contract. With our new contract teachers make $65k in their first year and with your masters 73k. Right now, the max salary is like $140k. You can also get your +30 which takes like 6 months to a year and will increase your salary by 6k. We also have free health insurance and other great benefits. Also what is stopping you from working only your contract hours? And you won’t catch me doing work on my time off lol. We get guilt tripped enough for taking personal days, my vacation days are for ME.
I tutor in an affluent district and charge $2 per minute. I tutor 5-7 students once or twice a week. I started an LLC and make enough though tutoring to use that income to pay my mortgage. Choose the right state and district. Southern states are the worst!
I don't know how anyone in Austin ISD makes it unless they bought their house a decade ago. Beyond ridiculous. Every district needs to pay more but that pay is even worse compared to Austin's cost of living. There are several districts that pay 58k starting out in the other big cities that aren't as expensive as Austin (don't get me wrong - still too low there too).
Is your degree in education? Mine isn't but I want to apply to a teacher residency program in my state. I think I would like to be a teacher even though the salary is not the highest.
I hate when teachers say that they don't teach for the money they teach for the kids, I don't hear pediatricians say that, That's STUPID!!!! Without teachers, no one would get an education. Teachers need to stop saying that they don't teach for the money.
It’s actually the smart ones that don’t think it’s hard. The smarter you are, the easier the job is. It really isn’t that hard after the first couple of years when you work out your curriculum and style. After that point, it’s auto pilot for most.
I just dont understand why anyone would become a teacher. Your literally nor making enough to survive. I make 70k a year... and my responsibilities and education is nowhere near that of a teacher
How is it that teachers always have the cutest clothes if they are paid so poorly? I’m seriously thinking about switching to be a teacher because I want the hours, I love kids and I want to get out of healthcare. I always hear that teachers are underpaid but every teacher that I know are always going on vacations and have the cutest clothing so it’s confusing
