The Teacher Weekly Wage Penalty Hit 21.4 Percent in 2018, a Record High

From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/):

EPI’s newest report on the teacher weekly wage penalty shows that teachers were paid 21.4 percent less in weekly wages than similar college graduates in 2018, after accounting for education, experience, and other factors that affect earnings. According to EPI’s Lawrence Mishel and University of California economist Sylvia Allegretto, teachers’ benefit packages only partially mitigate the wage penalty, which reached a record high in 2018. Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Colorado—four of the states with the highest wage penalties—were among the states where teacher protests occurred last year, drawing national attention to the crisis. Read the report at https://www.epi.org/publication/the-teacher-weekly-wage-penalty-hit-21-4-percent-in-2018-a-record-high-trends-in-the-teacher-wage-and-compensation-penalties-through-2018.