Isle teacher pay at bottom in survey of 50 U.S. areas
Honolulu teacher salaries were the lowest out of 50 U.S. metropolitan areas in 2003-04 when adjusted for the cost of living, and likely will remain so despite a planned pay raise, according to a nationwide analysis.
Hawaii's average public-school teacher salary of $45,467 for that period -- the most recent complete set of data -- ranked 26th in the country, according to the conservative National Center for Policy Analysis,which compiled the inaugural study.
However, Hawaii's high cost of living reduced that figure to an effective $27,048, dead last in the survey, it said.
(Star-Bulletin)
Honolulu teacher salaries were the lowest out of 50 U.S. metropolitan areas in 2003-04 when adjusted for the cost of living, and likely will remain so despite a planned pay raise, according to a nationwide analysis.
Hawaii's average public-school teacher salary of $45,467 for that period -- the most recent complete set of data -- ranked 26th in the country, according to the conservative National Center for Policy Analysis,which compiled the inaugural study.
However, Hawaii's high cost of living reduced that figure to an effective $27,048, dead last in the survey, it said.
(Star-Bulletin)
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