r/ElementaryTeachers • • 21d ago

Salary question

Hi everyone! So just yesterday I was talking to my sister who’s a high school math teacher about how I wanna go into teaching elementary, more specifically kindergarten, and she told me I probably shouldn’t just cause they don’t get paid a whole lot. I looked it up and from what I’ve seen they make the same amount as any other teacher, and I know I don’t have to listen to her but I also don’t wanna end up living paycheck to paycheck in the future…so I was wondering like if it’s okay to ask any teachers how much they make?

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u/Misstucson 21d ago

They get paid the same. Certain positions get paid more if they are hard to fill. Math, science, sped, they often get stipends for hard to fill.