Few teachers getting even average salaries

The Hill - Rhode Island is the only state in 2017 to pay public school teachers a salary above the average worker, The Washington Post reported. Labor Department data from the early 1990s showed that teachers and support staff in public schools made above-average paychecks in 26 of 42 states but earnings have significantly dropped since that time. The department only looked at the 42 states for which it has comparable data.