Texas teacher pay lags behind other states, but salary depends on many factors.
would give across-the-board raises and increase the state’s minimum salary schedule, which he argued is pushing teachers out of the classroom.How much a teacher earns is tied to where they work.
District pay is often determined by whether it’s in an urban, suburban or rural area, which aligns with the varying cost-of-living across Texas. Those in city centers -- with tough competition from neighboring schools -- tend to offer higher salaries. Teachers in major suburban districts tend to earn the most, with an average salary of nearly $60,000 in 2020 –Teachers in rural districts, meanwhile, had the lowest average at just over $51,000.Teachers in the Houston region are generally paid the highest, earning an average of $62,589 last school year. North Texas averages are also near the top of the list. Teachers in the Richardson region – which includes Dallas – are paid $60,501 on average, according to data from the 2021-22 school year.
The areas surrounding Abilene and Mount Pleasant have some of the lowest paid teachers, with average salaries of just under $51,000.How long an educator has been in the classroom makes a difference as salary schedules often increase pay with years of experience. Across the state, beginning teachers averaged a starting salary of roughly $51,000 last year. Those who had put in three decades worth of years in the classroom were earning about $20,000 more than that on average.But some districts in Texas are moving away from this salary scale design.Dallas ISD was among the first to create a pay-for-performance system for educators. DISD teachers can earn huge salary increases if they prove to administrators that they are highly effective at their jobs..
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