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Illinois teachers make some of the highest Kâ12 educators' salaries in the country, averaging $59,113 a year. According to the Cost of Living Index, that's like $61,834.At $37,166, the starting salaries for teachers there are also some of the highest in the nation.1 Michigan. When cost of living is taken into account, Michigan teachersâ pay, at an average salary of $61,560, is the highest in the country. In that state dollars go further, so the adjusted income is more like $64,937. Michigan spends about 30 percent of all education expenditures on teachersâ salaries.
That's a sensible bet. Making the public schools a desirable place to work goes hand-in-hand with policy reforms aimed at boosting the quality of those schools. Illinois has ponied up. Its average teaching salary of $58,686 in 2008 reflects a 43.4 percent increase over the last decade. The research firm TeacherPortal.com ranks Illinois No. 1 in its salary comfort index, which relates teacher pay to a state's cost of living. Nice work if you can get it.