(Richmond, VA) -- We're learning more about teacher's salaries in Virginia, compared to the rest of the country. Sara Bartlett has the details.Preview: Voicer Script:
The National Education Association released new data this week on average teacher salaries across the U.S. The national average salary for teachers is 69-thousand-544. Virginia is below that with an average teacher's salary of 63-thousand-103 dollars for the 2022-2023 school year. It puts the Commonwealth at number 24 on states with the highest average salary for teachers. Virginia did see an increase from the 2021-2022 school year where the average was 61-thousand-367. The top five areas with the highest teacher's salaries are California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington State and D.C.