'Rithmetic/Stats

 

                                            'Rithmetic/Stats

 In the 2018–19 school year, the average immediate costs to taxpayers of compensating each full-time public school teacher in the U.S. were:

• $61,730 in salary, or 67% of the total.
• $30,749 in benefits (such as health insurance, paid leave, and pensions), or 33% of the total.
• $92,479 in total compensation. 

Immediate costs of compensating teachers do not include unfunded pension liabilities and non-pension post-employment benefits like health insurance. 

Adjusted for the costs of living in different states, the average immediate costs of compensating each full-time public school teacher in the 2018–19 school year ranged from $72,069 in Florida to $112,041 in Massachusetts.

Full-time public school teachers work an average of 1,490 hours per year, including time spent for lesson preparation, test construction, and grading, providing extra help to students, coaching, and other activities. 

Full-time private industry workers work an average of 2,045 hours per year, or about 37% more than public school teachers. This includes time spent working beyond assigned schedules at the workplace and at home