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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.
40. The average teacher salary in Illinois has remained consistently above the national average between the years of 2007 to 2009. While the national average for teacher salaries was $48,353 in 2008 and $49,720 in 2009, teaching salaries in Illinois were $56,505 and $57,283.33, respectively.ut of all 50 states, teaching salaries in Illinois have maintained a respectable high ranking. Teacher salaries in Illinois put the state at 11th in the nation in 2007 and 9th in the nation in both 2008 and 2009, as summarized in the Illinois teacher salary schedule below.