I see teachers’ salaries every day in North Carolina. $60,000 is not extraordinary for a teacher with about 15 years service.
“... $60,000 is not extraordinary for a teacher with about 15 years...”
In our county, teachers make close to six figures after 9 years. It must depend on the state/county.
They might get that if they teach in Charlotte-Mecklenburg or some similar place. The rest of us don’t:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/finance/salary/schedules/2011-12schedules.pdf