To get information on the cost of living, we looked at data provided by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, which offers a look at how states compare to one another. Source: National Center for Education Statistics. According to this information, New York, Massachusetts and California-all places that are more expensive to live in-float to the top. This data estimates the average salary of public school educators in all 50 states. To create our rankings, EdSurge first compiled data for the 2014-15 school year provided by the National Center for Education Statistics. States where teaching salaries go furthest Teacher salaries go the least far in Hawaii, South Dakota, and Maine. Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wyoming and Ohio round out the top five states. That adjustment is important, because as any resident of the San Francisco Bay Area who have friends elsewhere (like this correspondent) can tell you, a dollar does not go equally far everywhere in the United States. The great state of Michigan tops the list of states where teachers can enjoy the highest average salary-adjusted for cost of living. Want to make your teacher salary go as far as possible? Go Midwest, young Padawan.
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