Idaho teacher pay up 2.1%

Idaho teacher salaries went up by an average of $912, a 2.1 percent increase, under the first year of the state’s teacher career ladder. For 2015-16, Idaho’s average teacher salary was $45,117, according to an Idaho Education News analysis of salary data. A year earlier, the average came in at $44,205. (Click here to download our spreadsheets , and see how your district or charter stacks up.) The 2015-16 increases came after the 2015 Legislature put $33.5 million into funding the first year of the career ladder/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Ed News. More here.