Latest news from Hazel Green, AL collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: American (35.4%), English (6.1%), African (3.9%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%), Irish (2.2%), Scottish (1.9%). Current Local Time: CST time zone. Elevation: 790 feet. Land area: 10.0 square miles.
For both kindergarten and elementary school teachers, Alaska, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and California are the five highest-paying states in the nation. Rhode Island reported the highest average salary for kindergarten teachers, $71,820, compared to the national average of $52,350.
Chicago-area teachers top state in earning six-figure salaries. An extraordinary number of public school teachers in the Chicago region earned $100,000 or more in 2009, straining school budgets and taxpayer wallets and fueling the debate over what teachers are worth and how they get raises.