The supply side matters. Teaching has one of the largest labor pipelines in America, which weakens bargaining power for higher wages. Large numbers of education degrees are awarded every year, while many districts can still fill positions from a broad applicant pool compared to highly specialized professions.
Meanwhile, professions with tighter labor supply like engineering, medicine, and advanced tech fields generally command much higher salaries because shortages increase leverage.
That is basic supply and demand economics, whether people like hearing it or not.
Nope! Infinite supply of teachers equals modest pay. Supply and demand matters.
You can absolutely give more of your money to teaxhers if you are serious about it.
But im not. Id give more to my self. So I can lift myself up, then my family, then my community.
Where is the infinite supply of teachers?
Somewhere at the bottom of their water bottle full of gin. They’ll find them down there eventually.
We haven’t got a supply, even dwindling one… there are no teachers.
Basic supply and demand matters.
The supply side matters. Teaching has one of the largest labor pipelines in America, which weakens bargaining power for higher wages. Large numbers of education degrees are awarded every year, while many districts can still fill positions from a broad applicant pool compared to highly specialized professions.
Teachers are also among the largest professional workforces in the country: www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/07/teachers-among-most-educated-yet-pay-lags.html
Meanwhile, professions with tighter labor supply like engineering, medicine, and advanced tech fields generally command much higher salaries because shortages increase leverage.
That is basic supply and demand economics, whether people like hearing it or not.
Well stated