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The average starting teacher salary for the country that year was $36,141. But that's only the starting salary, which can be an unreliable indicator of the overall pay structure in a school system. How high salaries go â and how quickly they climb â is subject to a number of factors discussed below.
Alaska and New York pay teachers nearly double the salaries of those working in Mississippi and Oklahoma, says a new study by GoBankingRates. According to the finance website, teachers in Alaska and New York are paid each year on average $77,843 and $76,953, respectively. By contrast, the averages in Mississippi and Oklahoma are $42,043 and $42,647, respectively. To be fair, many of the states with higher teacher pay also have higher costs of living.