3.2 TEACHER SALARY
Ohio teacher salaries are outlandish when compared to Ohio’s ”median” income, even without considering teachers partial work year. The Ohio Department of Taxation calculates the “median” income using the number of tax returns filed from each school district.
The O.D.E. reports Ohio’s median income is $31,341, while the median income in the Sycamore residential community is $48,308. Both are well below the Sycamore $68,209 average teacher salary. Sycamore teachers are paid on average $19,901 more than Sycamore’s residential taxpayer’s income. Teachers, on average, are paid 41 percent more than resident’s income.
Sycamore teachers work only 180 days a year. A “full year’s” work is 260 days. Sycamore’s FY09, $68,209 average teacher salary equates to $98,524 on a full year basis.
Sycamore’s $68,209 average teacher salary (ATS) is $10,777 more than the $57,432 ATS of all Ohio Excellent With Distinction districts. And, $13,553 more than the $54,656 ATS of all Ohio districts.
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How did the salaries become so extordinarily high? Here’s one way:
Sycamore and the news media don’t mention the ‘step raise’ nor the total pay increase, misleading the public into believing the negotiated wage increase is reasonable.
In November, 2008 the Sycamore B.O.E announced salary increases
of 1%, 2.25%, and 2.5% for school years 2009, ‘10 and ‘11.
A closer look at the salary schedule reveals something quite different. For example, a MA30 DEGREE* teacher will actually receive a 22.4 percent increase over the same three year period. 6.3% increase in 2009; 7.3% in 2010; 7.3% in 2011 school years. *Yrs Exp 1,2,3,4.
MA30 Degree Group VII
Base Salary Increase 1% 2.25% 2.5%
| YRS EXPSteps | Effective2007-08 | Effective2008-09 | Effective2009-10 | Effective2010-11 |
| 0 | $41,510 | $42,444 | $43,505 | |
| 1 | 43,343est | $43,781 | $44,766 | $45,885 |
| 2 | $46,055 | $47,091 | $48,269 | |
| 3 | $48,328 | $49,415 | $50,651 | |
| 4 | $50,600 | $51,738 | $53,032 | |
| 5 | $52,875 | $54,065 | $55,416 | |
| 6 | $55,146 | $56,386 | $57,796 | |
| 7 | $57,420 | $58,712 | $60,180 | |
| 8 | $59,693 | $61,036 | $62,562 | |
| 9 | $61,962 | $63,356 | $64,940 | |
| 10 | $64,236 | $65,682 | $67,324 | |
| 11 | $66,508 | $68,005 | $69,705 | |
| 12 | $68,782 | $70,330 | $72,088 | |
| 13 | $71,055 | $72,654 | $74,470 | |
| 14 | $73,328 | $74,978 | $76,853 | |
| 15 | $75,599 | $77,300 | $79,232 | |
| 16 | $77,872 | $79,624 | $81,614 | |
| 17 | $80,146 | $81,949 | $83,381 | |
| 18 | $80,146 | $81,949 | $83,381 | |
| 19 | $82,420 | $84,274 | $86,998 | |
| 20 | $82,420 | $84,274 | $86,998 | |
| 21 | $84,774 | $86,681 | $88,848 | |
| 22 | $85,602 | $87,528 | $89,717 | |
| 23 | $85,602 | $87,528 | $89,717 | |
| 24 | $85,602 | $87,528 | $89,717 | |
| 25 | $86,396 | $88,340 | $90,548 |
$43,343 to $46,055 = 6.3% increase.
$46,055 to $49,415 = 7.3% increase.
$49,415 to $53,032 = 7.3% increase.
$43,343 to $53,032 = 22.4% increase.
The Wyoming school board Monday rejected a proposal that would have raised the base salaries of its teachers by 2.8 percent this school year and 3.3 percent for each of the next two school years. The raises would have been in addition to “step’ raises many teachers receive after passing various educational and longevity milestones.
The average step increase at Wyoming is 3.1 percent annually, officials said. The Wyoming Education Association in July rejected the board’s offer of a 2 percent annual raise, a $1,000 stipend and some health concessions. District Treasurer Brian Rabe said that proposal would necessitate a 6-mill levy proposal in 2012 while the union’s proposal would require 10 mills.”
Source: Wyoming teachers don’t get a raise. THE ENQUIRER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009.
St. Bernard-Elmwood Place board approved teachers’ contract, effective Aug. 1, 2009-July31, 2012, with no salary increase first year, 2 percent increase second and third years.
Source: The Enquirer February 21, 2010.
School board OKs staff reductions (The Enquirer February 20, 2010)
The Princeton school board Thursday night discussed the district’s plan to cut its budget and authorized Superintendent Gary Pack to cut $1 million in administrative wages and benefits by reducing staff.
Board members did not settle on who or how many staff would be affected. A salary freeze on administrators went into effect earlier this month.