Latest news from Hazel Green, AL collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: American (35.4%), English (6.1%), African (3.9%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%), Irish (2.2%), Scottish (1.9%). Current Local Time: CST time zone. Elevation: 790 feet. Land area: 10.0 square miles.
For both kindergarten and elementary school teachers, Alaska, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and California are the five highest-paying states in the nation. Rhode Island reported the highest average salary for kindergarten teachers, $71,820, compared to the national average of $52,350.
Tuesday, May 5 is National Teacher Appreciation Day , celebrated each year on the Tuesday of the first full week of May. To honor the day, the Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighted how much elementary school teachers (not including special education teachers) earn on average in each state . New York's school teachers were the highest paid in the country, earning $74,830 per year on average in May 2014. The average elementary educator in Mississippi, on the other hand, was paid only $41,010. The salary data can be found at the Bureau of Labor Statistics here.