ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4/Gray News) – A former teacher at a high school in St. Louis who resigned after her OnlyFans page was reported to district officials has been fired after just days on a new job. Brianna Coppage was a teacher for five years, spending two at St. Clair High School. She was ... Read more
  • FloMo@lemmy.world
    1212·
    8 months ago

    If only we paid them a living wage so they wouldn’t have to seek additional income to survive.

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1147·
      8 months ago

      If only we paid them a living wage

      ST. LOUIS…Her yearly teaching salary was $42,000

      In 2016, the median household income in the City of St. Louis was $42,000. source (expand the dropdown: What does this indicator measure’)

      She made as much teaching as the median household income in the area by herself (completely ignoring the rest of her household). Since when is that not a living wage?

      • Lodo3@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        8 months ago

        Hello!
        I couldn’t get your link to work to check your source, but data commons said the median personal income for St Loius in 2022 was around 35k.
        I believe the data came from the US census, so it includes students and retirees. It is probably safe to assume that household median has gone up since 2016. She probably earned a living wage, but not the living comfortably wage I believe teachers deserve. (Not trying to start an arguement, just trying to be helpful.) Have a good day!