Idaho’s average teacher salary drops by nearly $900 | Southern Idaho Education

This 12 months’s declines diversified vastly. Whereas Southeast Idaho’s Soda Springs noticed a mean drop of simply $20, Canyon County’s rural Notus Faculty District posted a decline of $11,921.

Declines have been much less pronounced in Idaho’s eight largest college districts, with Boise posting the one improve from final 12 months:

Regardless of widespread declines, common instructor salaries rose from final 12 months in at the very least 80 districts and charters.

These will increase additionally occurred on a large spectrum. Salmon-based Fernwaters Constitution Faculty led the statewide pack, leaping from $73,154 in 2019-20 to $79,931 this college 12 months. East Idaho’s Madison Faculty District posted a barely noticeable $5 achieve.

Different notable will increase from throughout the state:

• Idaho Falls-based Whitepine Constitution Faculty and Alturas Worldwide Academy noticed common salaries rise by $2,004 and $1,602, respectively.
• East Idaho’s Teton Faculty District noticed a rise of $1,056.
• The Moscow Faculty District’s single-year improve: $278.

Little’s profession ladder freeze performed a “main” function in Bonneville’s $43 common wage drop, mentioned Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme. “As a result of we didn’t improve instructor asalaries, all the new lecturers that have been employed would have been employed at a decrease wage than retiring lecturers.”