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The cost of living matters because the taxpayers and tax payments matter. If the average salary in a farming community is 38,000, then the teacher’s salary may fall into that paradigm. In addition, some areas have different seniority (steps) that make pay different. Areas pay differently by computing education levels (bachelors, masters, doctoral). You can’t just right a blank check generalization of New York City teachers get paid this, while rural Floridian teachers get paid that.

Teaching is an art. It requires: flexibility, nurturing, multitasking management skills and knowledge. With this in mind you have to add the layer of preparation of daily events and the thick skin of tolerance.