“We're the richest country on Earth and can afford to pay educators decent wages,' the senator tweeted.
Bernie Sanders declared Wednesday afternoon that the starting salary for teachers in the country should be at least $60,000. According to one report, that kind of minimum salary would be much higher than the average salary of teachers in 37 states.
According to edweek.org, the average salary for public school teachers in the country is $61,730. New York teachers top that list with an average salary of $85,889, while educators in Mississippi have an average salary of $45,589. In Mississippi, the starting salary this school year for a public school teacher with zero years of experience and the lowest level of certification was $34,390, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. A $60,000 starting salary would be a jump of $25,610 for someone with no experience and the lowest level of certification — or a 75 percent pay raise.
Public schools are most often paid for by taxes. And with a hefty pay raise across the board for the nation's teachers, it would mean local taxes would most likely rise as well.
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