What are the best states for teachers? While it'southward obviously hard to generalize work experiences for an entire state, some areas absolutely do better than others in terms of instructor pay, job availability, perks, and education. We combed through multiple best states for teachers lists to country on these three. Here's why.

Alaska

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Overall, Alaska has a high starting salary ($77,307 median instructor salary) and is great for the adventurer in you. There is a higher cost of living (v.six percent college than the national average), which is fifty-fifty greater if you lot live in ane of the isolated northern communities that is simply accessible by gunkhole or when in that location'south not snow on the ground.

Merely, y'all'll have a one time-in-a-lifetime experience with the Northern Lights on your way to work, commuting to and from school on an ATV or snowmobile, and taking students water ice angling. Alaska is also 1 of the top five states in terms of instruction funding, spending more than than $20,000 per student. It also has strong union membership, which could be a pull if you want to get involved and shape didactics in your state.

(Read more most one special teaching instructor's experience teaching in rural Alaska.)

Connecticut

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Known for high teacher salaries ($78,330 median teacher salary), Connecticut does accept a higher cost of living than other areas (viii.7 per centum greater than the national boilerplate). But that data is skewed past a few pricey areas (looking at you, Stamford), while other cities (Hartford and Bridgeport) are more reasonable. The Nutmeg State is another with loftier education funding, and it's in the top five for highest-performing districts , too.

Connecticut offers a trivial of everything. It'south close to New York and Boston, has its own piece of oceanfront (yes, seafood!), and is horse country. You'll teach through all four seasons, including lots of nor'easter snowstorms and leaf-peeping flavor, when New England trees explode into oranges, yellows, and reds.

Texas

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Boots on and BBQ flowing! Teacher salaries are lower ($56,536 median teacher salary) in the Lone Star State, only then is the price of living (iii.five per centum less than boilerplate). Texas, as you know, is huge and has everything from quirky Austin to sprawling Houston to the flowing Rio Grande. Because of this diversity, you can discover schools that accomplish and teach all kinds of kids, and districts are working to recruit teachers that reverberate the diversity in their classrooms. In particular, Texas schools want teachers who are bilingual that can teach ELL students. Texas also has four high schools at the height of U. S. News and World Report'due south rankings.

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