Blog 5: Teachers' Cost of Living

After reading the article, “Teachers’ Cost of Living Matters More”, I was not shocked to learn of the effect that adjusting income of teacher’s based on the cost of living in an area. This article showed numerical data that supported the argument that although some teachers may make a higher salary in some areas, they are actually able to buy less with their salaries due to a higher cost of living. This argument will hold true for almost any profession. When I first started the job hunt, I would see large salaries and get excited to think that I could make so much money. However, most of the time this would only be a deceiving figure after I adjusted it to the actual cost of living in the area. The fact that New York City’s elementary teachers receive the highest pay in the nation did not surprise me, considering what they probably have to deal with. However, when the article pointed out that after adjustments, they actually ranked 25th in the nation, I felt like they definitely deserved more.