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New Working Paper Posted

June 30, 2008

Discussions about teacher pay in comparison to pay in other occupations have used a variety of bases to identify comparable occupations, ranging from educational level to tested literacy level. In this WCER Working Paper, Anthony Milanowski reports on the results of a study using information from the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET occupational information database to identify occupations comparable to K–12 teaching. In general, the closest comparison occupations to K–12 teaching were health services, social services, and other teaching occupations. Salary comparisons with these occupations are made based on salary information collected by the U.S. Department of Labor, and implications for policy makers concerned with the competitiveness of teacher salaries are drawn. Read the full paper here.