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Originally Posted by sloanst
For those presenting this single piece of data (yearly salary) without also presenting the average cost of living in a specific location, then you're just trying to present an elaborate lie. The cost of living in New York City is easily twice of our region of Florida not to mention the taxes in New York and the dangers of living in the city.
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Florida cost of living is very different from county to county and City to City. Orange County is very different from Sumter, Lake or Marion etc. etc. $ 49,000 starting teacher salary isn’t all that bad (for 10 months annual salary) in some parts of Florida but in others a very poor starting salary. The teacher shortage is real in Florida and other places in US. Wages, working conditions and college costs are the main culprits keeping young people from becoming the next generation of teachers.