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Nurses also make significantly more than teachers do, as well.

North Carolina where my wife is a teacher:

Registered Nurse RN Salary $62,560

North Carolina Avg Teacher $37,631

And some other numbers:

2017-18 National Average Starting Teacher Salary: $39,249

U.S. Registered Nurse RN Salary $73,550

U.S. National Average Salary $50,620

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No salary would be worth my life. Not everyone cares about money as much as people on HackerNews. And nurses definitely have more exposure to covid-19 than teachers.

Did you intend to compare starting salary to average salary?

Yes! Just wanted the other numbers to compare -- NC is paying less than the national starting salary on average for teachers and less than the national average for nurses. In both cases starting pay and average NC pay are less than the US average salary.

My wife could match her salary working at the local Sheetz gas station which does not require a masters degree AFAIK.

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