One sure has to be a special person to be a teacher. I mean it in a good way, obviously.
It looks like we are about the same on the pay scale, on average. Taken from the outdated OECD report:
But it appears we are just “poorer” in general, lol:
A couple of people I know here in Alberta who were teachers most of their lives and are now in their late 50’s making about or just below 100K CAD, on average. Of course, there is also good pension and whatnot.
This is also interesting though from jj’s second link:
These rankings do not account for regional cost-of-living differences. Last year, an analysis from NPR and EdBuild showed that the rankings changed when cost of living is taken into account—for instance, New York dropped to No. 17 on the list.
Interestingly, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police salaries, for example, are (directly from the RCMP website):
When you successfully complete the Cadet Training Program and have been offered employment, you will be hired as a Constable at an annual salary of $53,144. Usually, within 36 months of service, your annual salary will have increased incrementally to $86,110.
Salary scale:
- Entry: $53,144
- 6 months service: $69,049
- 12 months service: $74,916
- 24 months service: $80,786
- 36 months service: $86,110
And up from there. In addition, during the whooping 26-week long training they are talking about:
You will receive an allowance during your 26-week training. The current cadet recruitment allowance is $525/week. The RCMP also covers your room and board, uniform, training courses, insurance and travel to and from Depot.
Kind of shows where the priorities are. I guess it takes a lot of good old policing to deal with those poorly educated drymounters.
Funny enough, the daycare people (while mostly not “very” educated) make next to drymount all. My wife used to be on the board of directors at the local daycare when the first daughter went there. What a fudge show.
Which brings us to fin’s point in the Moss thread.