“School teachers make a lot more money”
No, they don’t. Where I live a cop starts at $48,000. A school teacher starts at $36,000.
Where I live cops (after 5 years), and teachers (after about 15 years) will both make in excess of $100K. This does not even include the free health care, or almost free, unbelievable pensions and other incredible benefits. Yes, the politicians on Long Island and New York State know what Unions butter their bread....
Where I live the average teacher salary is $58,425.
The average police officer salary is $54,574.
Top pay for teachers after 12 years of service is $95,000. Also if a teacher wants to coach a sport and do some driver’s education, they can make up to $130,000 a year.
Our police have no legal opportunity to do that.
Same pay scale. That looks like $4000 a month each, figuring teachers work 9 months and cops work 12.