Disgracefully Underpaid Missouri Teachers Finally Catching Up In 2023

Salaries for Missouri teachers have been shameful until very recently.

Check this recap . . . One more reason why nobody wants to babysit your rugrats AND a bit of hope on the horizon . . .

The average starting salary for Missouri’s teachers is just above $33,200. According to the National Education Association, only Montana pays new teachers less. The state’s average teacher salary also ranks 47th in the country, at $51,557.

The Kansas City-area Hickman Mills School District, which pays some of the lowest salaries in the region, voted in November to boost teacher pay. First-year teachers in the district currently make a minimum of $38,000. With the pay bump, new teachers will make a minimum of $46,500 and a maximum of $95,107 starting in the 2023-2024 school year.

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Missouri's teachers are among the nation's worst-paid. Some districts are getting creative to fix that

Missouri pays its teachers some of the lowest salaries in the nation, which makes it hard for school districts across the state to keep and attract educators. The average starting salary for Missouri's teachers is just above $33,200. According to the National Education Association , only Montana pays new teachers less.