I don't know one suburban teacher, anywhere, that is making close to 100k with summers clean off and I know a lot of teachers. I do know two that inherited some money and started a business on the side that are doing ok. Really, just one inherited the money but they are married.
johnnydrama said:
And if you think teachers anywhere are making $100k, you're nuts. College professors at big schools can make six figures, but most teachers are lucky to break $50k.
It's clear that you two have been in school way too long and still have 1990s salary references.
Among the highlights of the Naperville, IL (population 141,000) teachers' salaries:
--- 2 sex ed teachers pulling down $122k and $115k
--- A $112k drivers ed teacher
--- 14 guidance counselors pulling down between $100k and $124k
--- 21 gym teachers with six figure salaries, the highest being $151k
--- 8 social workers and 4 psychologists reeling in 6 figures
--- And of course, an army of 57 administrators pulling down between 100k and $242k a year.
http://chicagolampoon.blogspot.com/2011/05/napervilles-fat-teachers-salaries-union.html
Naperville School District:
NAME SALARY
Aaron, Candice $89,844
Abbott, Jean $82,209
Abshire, Carolyn $81,587
Adamatis, Patricia $111,231
Adams, Kyle $60,756
Albiniak, Mike $74,627
Albiniak, Sarah $19,876
Allen, Megan $43,781
Allen, Richard $118,797
Allen, Tarah $77,311
Alles, Colleen $52,979
Allison, Patricia $46,642
Aloe-Millsaps, Mary $96,914
Alstadt, David $81,309
Amberger, Robin $104,179
Amburn, Amanda $68,048
Ameri, Charity $71,092
Ancira, Sara $74,560
Anderson, Debra $24,503
Anderson, Erin $123,814
Anderson, Kristen $65,060
Anderson, Noel $70,886
Anderson, Sarah $78,591
Anderson, Sheryl $30,325
Anderson, Susan $122,434
Anderson, Wayne $137,492
Andonian, Ann $64,063
Andre, Donald $110,314
Andrees, Lynn $33,753
Angelos, Kathleen $107,541
Antonio, Dennise $86,965
Antonio, Lisa $108,002
Applegate, Lee $97,869
Arizaga, Sylvia $80,522
Arlis, Thomas $98,840
Armitage, Geralyn $116,625
Arndt, Jeffrey $48,225
Ashton, Cary $64,928
Aspan, Stephanie $57,347
Atiq, Jihan $69,458
Atseff, Jennifer $42,629
Atseff, Laura $70,373
Auld, Thomas $83,899
Awe, Nanette $86,460
Bach, Janel $31,780
Bachar, Candace $51,326
Bailey, Joyce $101,227
Bailey, Mark $94,146
Baird, Hiram $67,549
Baker, Debra $84,463
Baker, Diane $97,127
Bakke, Brian $111,582
Bakke, Mary $96,550
Baldwin, Barry $91,802
Ballard, Richard $89,016
Banach, Nancy $57,928
Barach, Denise $120,352
Barbino, Eleanor $59,227
Barenbrugge, Karen $59,177
Barr, Katherine $54,510
Barrett, Andrea $48,506
Barry, Kathleen $73,748
Barth, Amy $70,937
Bartosz, Rebecca $83,966
Barz, Margaret $115,511
Baumgartner, Gina $82,944
Baumgartner, Jennifer $101,105
Bean, Marcia $107,971
Bedore, Jeffry $77,464
Bee, Martin $122,679
Beehler, John $118,210
Beehler, Julie $120,255
Behrends, Charlene $113,744
Belasich, Taryen $44,945
Bell, Barbara $76,215
Bell, Charles $104,199
Bell, Christine $104,470
Benages, Kevin $58,130
Bender, Doris $62,234
Bennett, Linda $60,754
Benning, Allison $55,385
Benson, Joan $71,945
Bentel, Christina $45,520
Bentley, Jeromy $68,558
Benyo, Christopher $109,526
Berg, Dori $69,597
Bergantino, Angela $55,488
Berkley, Ross $61,208
Bessler, Linda $105,354
Betterman, Kathleen $116,521
Bey, Charles $60,470
Beyer, Susan $71,979
Bibby, Carole $74,365
Biddinger, Patricia $100,661
Biggs, Kathryn $72,791
Bilardello, John $103,310
Billings, Nancy $81,059
Birch, Stephanie $66,168
Bishop, Emily $75,068
Biskup, Jamie $72,756
Blackburn, Thomas $117,867
Blaisdell, Regina $105,764
Blaskovich, Kathryn $0
Blaskovitz, Jennifer $45,779
Blondell, Matthew $33,844
Bluhm, Karen $0
Blumthal, John $49,241
Bochenski, Michael $79,595
Bockman, Gwen $113,659
Bodinet, Dora $52,936
Bogen, Suellen $118,548
Bohdan, Thomas $116,188
Bonet, Don $100,937
Boor, Jane $105,534
Borgetti, Caryn $30,207
Borgman, Brianne $55,660
Bornancin, Nathan $54,823
Bostrom, Barbara $69,006
Bowman, Barbara $75,258
Boykins, Denise $107,531
Bradley III, Charles $55,331
Brady, Lori $90,196
Brady, Seth $67,509
Brandes, Jennifer $58,746
Brasel, April $66,448
Brate, Philip $120,900
Braun, James $122,735
Breese, Karen $116,431
Brenner, Lindsey $60,755
Breslin, Pamela $68,416
Brindle, Kristin $85,432
Briseno, Dr. Kathleen $120,624
Brooks, Renae $116,250
Brotherly-Lamb, Ann $108,270
Brown, Catherine $76,535
Brown, Daniel $53,188
Brown, Melissa $65,161
Brown, Timothy $89,406
Brucker, Elizabeth $81,518
Buckland, Allyson $104,060
Buckley, Michael $96,096
Buhrandt, Sue $112,683
Bukusi, Wanjugu $79,559
Buresh, Scott $26,226
Burghardt, William $75,997
Burke, Jeffrey $96,178
Burke, Lisa $110,580
Burke, Marjorie $118,548
Burke, Tamara $82,969
Burns, Kathleen $105,521
Burns, Lauren $57,382
Butler, Heather $27,494
Cabrera, Karen $95,153
Cain, Sarah $55,251
Callahan, Jane $114,681
Campbell, Karen $62,210
Campise, Gino $51,041
Campos, Christine $111,855
caneff, Cathy $104,179
Cannon-Ruffo, Colleen $83,519
Cantu, Joey $55,905
Canty, Karen $52,741
Carbonaro, John $77,756
Cardenas, Lisa $39,887
Carlson, April $107,971
Carlson, Janet $108,427
Carlson, Keith $59,886
Carlson, Lisanne $47,808
Carpenter, Madeline $59,397
Carroll, David $80,929
Carson, Jean $114,996
Carter, Joyce $86,021
Caruso, Amy $62,828
Casey, Edward $51,996
Castner, Kimberly $108,689
Catalano, Lisa $97,541
Catapano, Rosanna $49,871
Caudill, James $147,514
Cave, Joseph $129,803
Cavlovic, Amy $70,449
Cerchio, Pamela $97,303
Ceresa, Andaree $63,380
Cesareo, Meghan $0
Cesena, Joseph $118,548
Champion, Thomas $84,942
Chaney, Jeremiah $89,734
Chavez-Davalos, Laura $67,235
Chenelle, Julia $43,661
Cheng, Yvonne $57,868
Chesters, Katherine $62,857
Chiappetta, James $58,381
Chidley, Carin $79,146
Chipman, Katrina $74,365
Chiszar, David $124,843
Chiu, Piling $82,236
Choate, Pamela $121,648
Christensen, Cynthia $107,990
Christenson, Lynette $51,989
Christoff, Samantha $66,938
Churchill, Keri $91,920
Cibils, Lynn $60,742
Cirko, Leslie $95,542
Clancy, Marissa $64,828
Clark, Cheryl $105,316
Clark, Leslie $53,522
Clark, Lorraine $80,159
Clarke, Barbara $64,807
Clarke, Jennifer $60,346
Clayton, Linda $93,694
Cleveland, David $125,712
Cluver, Michael $96,066
Cohen, Deborah $92,178
Cohoon, Catherine $102,926
Cole, John $61,143
Collier, Flint $63,703
Colon, Laura $72,847
Comerford, Julie $52,960
Compton, Jeffrey $120,726
Conant, Elizabeth $57,069
Cone, Eva $49,015
Conley, Jennifer $44,854
Connell, Lisa $86,221
Connolly, Mary $117,619
Connor, Martha $112,728
etc
etc
You get the point.