Opinion: How much are California teachers really paid?
Teaching is hard work. No doubt about it. It’s a career chosen for the love of kids and desire to serve society. A noble profession.
Not included in those stories? Any actual data showing what the compensation of California teachers really looks like. Instead we see averages of salary schedules, recaps of starting pay rates, and “data” from websites that rely on self-reported numbers. But analysis based on real pay records is never a part of the conversation. “Teachers are underpaid”, and we’re supposed to simply accept that as fact.has almost 25 million records detailing $1.7 trillion in public employee compensation, including over 8 million entries from public school districts. This data is a result of making thousands of Public Records Act requests, and involves data straight from the districts’ own payroll systems.