Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-23
EDUCATORS UNEQUALLY y.
PAID FOR EQUAL WORK


| SPECIAL corr<srorpsHcs 70 noHsfNo JOURNAL
| Washington. Aug. 22.--Wide varia-
ton In the pay for the same or similar
| work is one Of the most striking situa-
tions revealed by the investigation Of
teachers salaries Just completed by
the United States bureau of education.
under the direction of j G. Boylin.
editor, OF the bureau Public clemcn-
ltary school teachers may receive
81, 400 year, as some do In New York
City. or $40 year. as In certain rural
Communities Even In cities of the
same class there are considerable diff
fcrences In the salaries paid teachers.
on the administrative side there are
county superintendents with pay
ranging from S1f5 to $4,000 per an
mum, and college presidents receive
ling all the way from 5000 to $12, 400.
In city school systems salaries have
increased steadily In recent years, par
ticularIy In the western states; and. in
general. salaries in city school sys-
tens are fairly well standardized. The
average salary OF the superintendent
Of schools In cities OF over 100000
population is s7.17s: the range is from
$4,000 to $4,000. In the same group
Of cities high school principals aver
age 1866 and elementary teachers
$l.0fS. Even In the smallest cities
listed. those between 5000 and 10000
population. salaries are fairly uniform.
The maximum for superintendents In
this group is $4,000 and the average
$1,9l5; but elementary teachers show
an annual average of 1888. with sal
aries as hlsh AZ S1,350 and MS low AK
S104. II is In the colleges and uni
versities that the widest variation pre-
walls The salaries of men with the
rank Of professor" range from $3.50
to $500. professors In some insti-
tutions receive less than Instructors
or even assistants" in others. Salaries
of deans of these institutions vary
from $500 to $1,000. University teach
ers OF subjects for which there Is d.
rect commercial demand outside re-
ceive somewhat higher salaries than
those In charge OF the traditional
academic subjects. but the difference
is less than might be expected The
highest average salaries for full pro-
fessors are paid In law and civil en-
cheering Law claims the highest
paid professorship in any subject, with
one salary of $500: but there are
professors Of physics, geology and
Latin who received $1,000. II is sienifi-
cant. however, that on the basis of
the figures reported most college
particularly in the first two
years, is done bv men of instructor
grade with salaries ranging from |
81 900 to $1,000, or by assistants who |
receive on the average about $500. |
usually for half-time services
Quite as noteworthy is the variation
In salaries for state superintendent !
Of public instruction.. The salaries of |
the chief school officers In the vari- |
Gus states range from $4,000 in New |
Jersey and New York. $500 in llli- |
nois; $500 In Massachusetts, and |
5000 in Pennsylvania. Wisconsin. |
Indiana and Louisiana, |
down to $4,000 in Delaware, Nebras-
ka and Nevada; $1,000 in South Caro-
lima; and $500 in South Dakota.
The report contains detailed com
PARSONS. showing the increase in
teachers salaries at different periods.
rhe figures thus collected will be util-
zed aslthe basis for further investiga
lion by the bureau of education and
by organizations such as the National
Education association, 10 determine
he actual conditions of the teaching
profession.