What Impacts Teacher Salaries Infographic

For those who choose teaching as a career, it isn't typically for the high paycheck. But, there are some things that can have a positive or negative influence on a teacher's pay. And some of them may surprise you.

• University
  • What you teach can increase or decrease your salary.
• Secondary
• • Secondary school teachers with a master's degree make 7% more than those with just a bachelor's degree.
  • Those with a PhD make 11% more.
• Elementary
  • Teaching at a private school can reduce a teacher's salary by 11%
  • 86% of elementary teachers are female.

Best-Paying Metro Areas

• Elementary
  • Bridgeport, CT $53,500
  • Bakersfield, CA $51,300
  • Riverside, CA $49,600
• Secondary
  • Riverside, CA $54,700
  • San Jose, CA $54,700
  • New Haven, CT $53,600
• University
  • Boston, MA $103,000
  • Philadelphia, PA $99,100
  • San Francisco, CA $97,700