Teachers with 15 years of experience earn a little less than $40,000 a year.

Base pay is about $30 a month, high for this country, where teachers earn $20.

Last year, teachers earned about $3,300 for the summer session.

Some teachers earn extra money during the summer by doing other jobs.

The teachers earn $23,000 to $43,000 a year, about the same as colleagues with similar education levels in the rest of the state.

A starting black teacher earns less than $240 a month.

Simply put, the average teacher would not earn more in a private sector job.

Experienced teachers in that state earn $50,000 a year on average.

But many teachers earn much more than their base salaries.

In 2011, the average teacher earned $44,442 annually, not including benefits.