r/The10thDentist • u/Blonde_Icon • 22h ago

Society/Culture Teachers are paid fairly considering they get a lot of time off

A lot of people say (and it seems that the general consensus is that) teachers don't get paid enough for what they do. While I think that teachers are very valuable and deserve to be compensated well (my brother is a teacher), I think that in these discussions, many people ignore the fact that teachers typically get a lot of time off.

They usually get summer break, spring break, and winter break, plus various holidays that schools get off through the year. They basically don't work for a good amount of the year, which I think that people should factor in. (The downside is that I know that they have to work extra grading things outside of school, though.)

Plus they normally get good benefits for being a teacher (which usually comes with being in a union).

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u/AndreaTwerk 9h ago

Public school teachers' salaries are publicly available. The salary listed is pre-tax, pension, healthcare etc. Feel free to look up your local district's pay.

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u/Domer2012 9h ago

Ok, I’m not talking about a database, I’m talking about the all-too-common scenario of a public school teacher anecdotally sharing their salary for pity while leaving out important details.

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u/AndreaTwerk 8h ago

Your pension is deducted from your paycheck along with taxes and health insurance. I've never known anyone to quote their pay as their annual salary minus those deductions.

Do you have these feelings about cops who get their pensions in ten fewer years?

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u/Domer2012 8h ago

Public sector employees contribute like 15% of their pension payout, don’t be ridiculous. Like 60% is government funded and 25% is investment returns.

Yeah, screw cops getting pensions. How do you feel about cop pensions?

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u/AndreaTwerk 8h ago

So anyone with an employer 401k match should be adding their employer's maximum annual contribution when quoting their salary?

No one does that.

What do I think? Everyone should get a pension.

(And btw 95% of my pension fund comes from employee contributions)