Since you haven't chosen a state, we'll look at teachers in .
First, let's look at how much teachers in West Virginia have been earning since the 2003-04 school year.
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Great, so you live in ! I hear it's nice there.
Now, let's look at how much teachers earn in your state.
How much teachers in have earned in the past 15 years (not adjusted for inflation)
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Data from estimates by the National Education Association, largely aggregated from state data
It looks like all salaries have been increasing, but that's a bit misleading because we have to adjust for inflation.
This will tell us if teachers in your state have actually been getting raises or not. So in the graphic below, try pushing that bouncing button.
Salaries of teachers in : Adjust it by inflation
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Data from estimates by the National Education Association, largely aggregated from state data
This means teachers in
This is than the nation as a whole, where teachers have had their pay cut by an average of 3 percent when we adjust for inflation.
And since 2009, teachers in .
This is than how teachers in West Virginia have fared since 2010. There, teachers went on strike for nine days and received a 5 percent raise as well as a hold on raising health insurance costs.
This is why teachers in West Virginia went on strike for nine days and received a 5 percent raise as well as a hold on raising health insurance costs.