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Not sure how you’re defining major cities, but starting salaries in the top 5 CoL cities are definitely not near $100k

Boston $60k https://btu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Salary-Grids.pdf

Seattle $65k https://www.seattleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ce...

LA $55k https://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/doma...

SF $60k https://uesf.org/members/2017-2020-contract/

NYC $60k https://cdn-blob-prd.azureedge.net/prd-pws/docs/default-sour...

Looks like you can add $10-20k with a masters and a few grand per year of tenure.

Key word in my comment was “competitive”, which these aren’t for trained/skilled workers with other options.

In the most expensive locations I would agree that it is not very competitive, and the same goes for entry-level police and other needed services. (Though nimbys reap what they sow here.) The entire education system is inefficient and anachronistic. School should run all year, simply emphasizing more sports and nature in the summer. Then you don't need to fit the career and compensation structure of the personnel into seven contract hours a day working 180 days a year. You can pay a true salary, end regression and lower criminality in the summer, while also helping working parents be more productive.

Don't get me started though! College is even dumber. 36 weeks of class per year for 18 year-olds? Wtf. Kids graduate high school and ought to be in class or an apprenticeship the next Monday. Most young adults go to non-selective universities to get simple credentials like nursing or education. It's not about fancy internships at Google or other nonsense like gap years. That's relatively decadent stuff most young adults can't indulge in.

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