[HANASHIR:2334] Re: wages

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

Jewish teachers are about THE most underpaid professionals on the planet.
Salaries vary from place to place, but I think a fair estimate is about
$50 per two hour session.  If you multiply this by and average of two
sessions per week over a school year, that comes out to about $3,000 per
year.  Do YOU know anyone who could live on THAT??  Assume for the moment
that it WAS $100 per session.  You'd still be dealing with only about
$6,000 per annum. I'm really quite flabbergasted that anyone could think
this is exorbitant and puts Jewish education out of the reach of the
average Jew.

Judy

Terri Weiner wrote:

> Brian,
>
> Is that for real?  Do teachers somewhere get $65 - $100 per
> week for Sunday class?  Is that on this planet?
>
> How much must a year of religious school cost in such a place?
> Does the cost then discourage participation?
>
>                                         Terri
> >
>



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