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Illinois teachers make some of the highest Kâ12 educators' salaries in the country, averaging $59,113 a year. According to the Cost of Living Index, that's like $61,834.At $37,166, the starting salaries for teachers there are also some of the highest in the nation.1 Michigan. When cost of living is taken into account, Michigan teachersâ pay, at an average salary of $61,560, is the highest in the country. In that state dollars go further, so the adjusted income is more like $64,937. Michigan spends about 30 percent of all education expenditures on teachersâ salaries.
Between the years of 2007 and 2009, Illinois teacher salaries increased by a total of 7.15 percent. This includes a 5.69 increase from 2007 to 2008 and a 1.38 percent increase in the average teacher salary in Illinois the following year.