A new government-employed teacher in NC will be paid a base salary of $33,880 for approximately ten months of work. Which number better represents the new teacher's compensation arrangement?
The 40k number is an inappropriate accounting methodology. The teach will be able to choose the 34k over 10 months and get 33,880 a month and nothing in the two off months. Or over all 12 months for 2,823 a month.
It is inappropriate to extrapolate the same earnings potential experienced during the 10 months to the 2 unpaid months as unless the teacher gets a second job, that additional earning potential will never be realized.
So if I own a fishing boat and earn 50k in January and don't fish the rest of the year, a comparable job wage would 600k a year? No. The job is built around a 1 month season. The teaching job is a ten month season.
I'm not. I'm comparing someone who's profession is so regulated that they can only work for one month out of the year to someone who is unregulated working 12 months. They both make 50k a year.
Yes, they both make $50,000/year if the fisherman doesn't work for the rest of the year. But it would be horribly misleading to compare the two against one another.
He can't fish the rest of the year because it's illegal. Just like the teacher can't teach under the same employment contract for the remaining to months.
It's understood that teachers get summers off, so no I don't think it's misleading.
It doesn't matter why they only work a portion of the year. The fact is that they do.
Someone getting paid $34,000 for ten months of work is not the equivalent of someone getting paid $34,000 for a full year of work.
No, my wife will be a teacher after she finishes grad school this year.
I just think it's misleading to use the $34,000 number and call it "low pay" when $40,000 would be the appropriate number to compare it against others.
I guess if you were having an abstract discussion about annual salaries, then $40,656 would make more sense. If you were discussing the specific 10-month contract, tell it like it is.
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