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Public Education Finances 2008
Issued June 2010
U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Elementary-Secondary Per Pupil Spending 2007-08 (school year): $10,259

How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid?
January 2007

BLS data

Compared with public school teachers, editors and reporters earn 24% less; architects, 11% less; psychologists, 9% less; chemists, 5% less; mechanical engineers, 6% less; and economists, 1% less.

Full-time public school teachers work on average 36.5 hours per week during weeks that they are working. By comparison, white-collar workers (excluding sales) work 39.4 hours...Private school teachers work 38.3 hours per week.

Link:

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_50.htm