The Praxis Â® Study Companion 2Welcome to the Praxis Â® Study Companion Welcome to the Praxis Â® Study Companion Prepare to Show What You Know You have been working to acquire the knowledge and skills you need for your teaching career. Now you are ready to demonstrate your abilities by taking a PraxisÂ® test.
National Pay Scale. According to industry website Teacher Portal, the average starting salary for teachers was $33,950 as of 2011. During the first one to four years, average pay increased to $35,873, while teachers with five to nine years of experience reported annual salaries that averaged $41,391.irst-year teachers in New Jersey averaged $38,408 per year, those in Illinois reported starting salaries averaging $37,500, and New York ranked fifth with an average starting pay of $37,321.
03/06: Report: NC teacher pay slides against peer states. The state's average teacher salary of $45,967 is almost $10,000 less than the national average. Starting pay for a teacher in North Carolina is $30,800 a year, and it takes 15 years to get to $40,000.We love what we do, but we also have to make a living, said Paula Trantham, principal of Millbrook Elementary Magnet School. Trantham said she recently lost teachers to Kentucky and Tennessee. few years ago, North Carolina was close to the national average in teacher pay. Six years of state budget cuts and pay freezes have left the state 46th in teacher salaries and 48th in per-student spending.