Thread: Happened for the second year in a row

That's pretty typical around here. Generally our health insurance takes my pay raise every year. It stinks that someone can get MORE money for experience and MORE money from a raise and MORE money for taking on extra duties, and still have LESS MONEY TO BRING HOME.

Our health insurance actually went up so much two years ago that the state gave us a raise in the middle of the year to help make up the difference!

IF we get a pay raise, it's usually less than cost of living plus insurance seems to go up.

I'm having a hard time hearing that Boeing machinists have decided to go out on strike. It was reported in the news that they were being offered a $6000 signing bonus, a 10% increase in their pension benefits, good insurance benefits, a raise, and other things. They are going on strike. Wish we were offered half that!

What you described is a very typical scenario for our school district.

That is too bad. Sounds like times are tough all over.

My Aunt's boyfriend was a truck driver and a member of the teamsters. When he retired he retired with full pay and full benefits.

If only the teamsters were in charge of education unions.

My pay has risen a grand total of 6.5% in the last 10 years.

Yes. SIX POINT FIVE and TEN.

I can't even begin to express my disgust.

Lisa

Other NC people help me out on the exact figures, here, please . .. but I THINK that we got a paltry 2.5% increase this year. Doesn't nearly keep up with inflation (or gas prices). At the same time, last year our stinky state medical insurance went from a $250 deductible to a $350 deductible.

In addition, on our state salary scale (available to all online), I have already seen my biggest pay step increase before this pay year - year 7 for me. From now on (year 7 to year 30), I think the largest increase is around $400 per year. I think. Which comes out to around $75 take home per month. So if you've been in the game 30 years, you take home not a whole lot more than someone in the game 6 years. And you've been taking BACKWARDS steps in regard to cost of living increases for each of those years.

I do love what I do, am fascinated by it, love the students, and am frankly pretty good at it. But I am keeping my eyes open for a job that pays more money, and has a chance at keeping up with cost of living plus maybe chances for money advancement and a good health plan. I am not like many in this field who can "afford" to teach because their spouse earns the bigger bucks or has the 'real' medical insurance. My hubs also teaches in the same county and has the same low pay, low increases and bad medical. I don't know how much longer we can keep teaching, financially speaking, with 2 kids about ready to go to college.

Your figures look pretty much dead on to me- except I think the deductible is $400, not $350. (Don't hold me to that). Here's the salary schedule:

[url="http://www.ncpublicschools.org/salary_admin/salsched05-06.pdf"]http://www.ncpublicschools.org/salary_a ... d05-06.pdf[/url]

If your locality gives a supplement, that will make it go higher. And you get longevity if you last long enough. Not real sure I'd look too hard outside the profession in NC though- some of my friends working outside of teaching make a bit less than I do.

well i have to say that the situation is like that everyhere. It is really abd her because our cost of living is so much higher than most.. but you learn to deal and manage your pay. I am glad that our base salaries are a little higher than most...

wow...wow...wow OMG
That really bites that your state pay is so low, honestly I'm not going into teaching for the money but man let me tell you if it was that low here where I live there is no way I would even think about leaving my current job no matter how bad I wanted to teach.

That really upsets me that they don't pay more where you live. How do they expect teachers to survive on such a low income.