&quot;The pay is bad. Really, really bad.&quot;<p>No, it isn&#x27;t, or at least not everywhere. At one time teacher salaries were, in fact horrible. Now they mostly range from &quot;meh&quot; to &quot;pretty good&quot;. They vary a <i>lot</i> from state to state, and from district to district within states.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;answer-sheet&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;15&#x2F;how-much-teachers-get-paid-state-by-state&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;answer-sheet&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;...</a><p>By comparison, the median income for a person with any bachelor&#x27;s degree is about $50,000. Most of the teacher salaries shown are right in that neighborhood.<p>Teacher salaries do tend to be lower in places like (say) Mississippi than (say) California, but living in Mississippi is also a <i>lot cheaper</i> than living in California.