Comment 81107

By jimbo (anonymous) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 16:03:28 in reply to Comment 81105


Paramedics $30 ph, at 1800 hours a year that's $52K

Early childhood educator? Here's a govt posting at $15-16 per hour, or $28,000: http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/detail-eng.aspx?OrderNum=6646173&Source=JobPosting

Nurses? $40 ph is pretty normal for a public health nurse, comes to $70K.

Court Services Officer? $800 pw.


Teachers are quite simply paid far above most public sector workers. You can bring in people higher on the list like doctors and crown attorneys, but that doesn't show that they are not paid more than most.

"You're trying to tell me that someone with a 3 or 4yr degree, or even an MA, who then does a teaching certificate, and continues to upgrade their skills over the course of their career shouldn't approach $95k?"

This is the crux of your argument. Yes I am contesting this. $95000 is a LOT of money. The average Canadian wage is something like $27000. If teachers think they have some sort of herculean job that warrants them earning three times the average, then I think there's something wrong.

This page gives a pretty good breakdown if you continue to disagree: http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/1821-how-much-money-are-we-earning-the-average-canadian-wages-right-now

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