According to a new study by the Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan policy research organization, Utah’s teachers are paid below the national average and less than their peers in our eight neighboring states.
It’s an average of $47,000 a year, which is $13,000 less than the average U.S. teacher.
They also earn about 3/4ths less than working adults in the private sector with similar levels of education.
As a result, “[Utah] may not be getting the highly effective teachers in the classroom that you want and you may not be keeping the highly effective teachers in the classroom that you already have,” says Shawn Teigen, of the Utah Foundation.
Teigen points out that the state’s benefits plan, which includes Utah’s public school teachers, is generous compared with other states.
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