re: #234 BryanS

Salaries? No. Benefits? Yes. Retirement benefits are quite high in particular. Especially when teachers can retire at 57 with full pension, based on highest year’s salary—which for experienced teachers is in the $50-$60k range. Wisconsin has a much lower cost of living than many other states, and I can say that is a very comfortable salary and retirement benefit for living in Wisconsin.

Starting pay for teachers sucks—typically in the mid $20k range, kept that way to pay for high salaries and retirement benefits by, you guessed it, the state teachers union WEAC.

how much have you been thinking about your retirement? how much will you get from social security? how’s your 401k?