Bolstering teacher pay in the state has been a primary concern for years, but according to Robison and Monty Exter, governmental relations director at the Association of Texas Professional ...

In the $32 billion proposal, starting teacher pay would increase this year to a little over $54,000 per year and over $56,000 for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

House File 2612 is gradually increasing starting pay for teachers in Iowa over two school years. For the 2024-2025 school year, minimum starting teacher pay increased to $47,500 from $33,500.

Texas lawmakers are advancing a school funding bill that raises teacher pay. Search our database to see the average teacher pay in your school district and how it could change under House Bill 2.

Under that system, a teacher could make as much as around $100,000. Evaluations conducted in 2025-26 will determine teachers' pay the following year.

Florida, he said, remains 50th in the nation for teacher pay. “It really creates an issue in the state of Florida and in Hillsborough County in dealing with vacancies all the time,” he said.

House Bill 579, by Rep. Julie Emerson, R-Carencro, eliminates three education trust funds in order to pay off debts related to the state’s teachers retirement system, for which individual school ...

Only about 25,000 teachers — out of nearly 400,000 in Texas — currently receive pay raises under the initiative. Less than half of more than 1,200 districts participate.

The wage gap between teachers and other similarly educated professionals also persists, with Florida teachers earning just $0.78 for every dollar compared to their peers, according to the Economic ...

From last year to now, Virginia raised teacher pay an average of $3,000. But the commonwealth’s average pay for teachers is stagnant compared to other states.

National average beginning teacher pay was $46,526 during the 2023-24 school year, according to the NEA. Average teacher pay nationally, at all experience levels, was $72,030.