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Teachers’ Wages ‘Essentially Flat’ for 50 Years, Analysis Says
The largest teachers union spent $220.5 million on political activities last year, compared with $45.4 million on local collective bargaining-related matters.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during a protest outside the offices of the Department of Education in Washington on March 13, 2025. Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Teachers’ salaries have changed little for more than five decades, a recent report states.
Nonprofit research and data analysis firm Network Contagion Research Institute stated in a May 18 report that teacher wages have remained “essentially flat” for more than 50 years, according to an analysis of figures adjusted for inflation.
Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
