Teacher Salaries in the Mountain West, 2019 - 2021

Authors

Corryn Richardson, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Joshua Padilla, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Hira Ahmed, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Zachary Billot, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

11-22-2022

Publication Title

K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 7

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

4

Abstract

This fact sheet examines state-level data of teacher salary benchmarks from the National Education Association, a labor union representing public school teachers and other education faculty in the U.S. Data are presented on average teacher salaries, average teacher starting salaries, and teacher pay penalties in the Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah).

Keywords

Education; Teacher; Wage; Living wage; Salary; Starting salary; Nevada

Disciplines

Economics | Education | Educational Administration and Supervision | Education Policy | Income Distribution | Public Affairs | Public Policy

File Format

pdf

File Size

101 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Richardson, C., Padilla, J., Ahmed, H., Billot, Z., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2022). Teacher Salaries in the Mountain West, 2019 - 2021. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 7, 1-4.

Repository Citation

Richardson, C., Padilla, J., Ahmed, H., Billot, Z., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2022). Teacher Salaries in the Mountain West, 2019 - 2021. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 7 1-4.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_k12/7