Average teacher salaries in the U.S. (top and bottom 10)

Source:  Rankings & Estimates  (National Education Association)

Mapping the Great American Teacher Pay Gap.  (City Lab, 4/11/2018)

But it’s not just that these teachers are underpaid—it’s that they make much less than college-educated peers working in other professions across the country. And that gap persists nationwide. “There is no state where teacher wages are equal to or better than those of other college graduates,” a report by economist Sylvia Allegretto from the Center for Economic Policy reveals.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 76.3% of teachers are women.