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Hal K. Fine of Township High School District 214 at the time of retiring has received $10,115 so far since closing the book on their career as an educator.
They taught from 1984 to 2016, earning $158,144 annually by the time they retired.
A study by Andrew J. Rotherham at Bellwether Education Partners, said less than half of the U.S.’s millions of teachers receive any kind of pension. At issue is the standard teacher pension not accommodating teachers who move between school districts.
Rotherham said a sizable amount of teacher pensions are made in the last five years of a pension, approximately between 25 and 30 years of contributions.
Many U.S. pensions for public teachers aren’t as well-protected at 401(k) plans, according to Ryan Fralich with Teach For America. He pushed for more education to teachers about how their retirement funds are handled and more regulation.
The average teacher salary in the US is roughly $60,000 in 2019. Teachers just starting out can expect to earn less than $40,000, according to Melanie Weir with Business Insider.
| School District | Average Salary |
|---|---|
| Riverside School District 96 | $366,103 |
| Marquardt School District 15 | $357,117 |
| Illinois Association of School Boards | $310,583 |
| Indian Springs School District 109 | $305,954 |
| Posen Robbins Elementary School District 143 5 | $294,148 |
| Lincolnshire-Prairie View 103 | $293,232 |
| Salt Creek School District 48 | $288,306 |
| Northbrook-Glenview School District 30 | $276,260 |
| Hazel Crest School District 152 5 | $275,000 |
| Ball Chatham Community Unit School District 5 | $269,389 |
| North Palos School District 117 | $267,037 |
| Forest Ridge School District 142 | $264,163 |
| Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 | $262,617 |
| Herrin Community Unit School District 4 | $247,446 |
| Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 | $244,203 |
| DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 | $243,006 |
| New Lenox School District 122 | $242,154 |
| Richland School District 88A | $234,774 |
| Lincoln-Way Area Special Education | $234,520 |
| Morton Grove School District 70 | $233,533 |
| Rochester Community Unit School District 3A | $232,120 |
| Flanagan-Cornell Unit District 74 | $230,878 |
| Lincolnwood School District 74 | $230,579 |
| Beecher Community Unit School District 200U | $229,433 |
| Prospect Heights School District 23 | $227,390 |
| West Northfield School District 31 | $227,283 |
| Glen Ellyn School District 41 | $227,098 |
| Diamond Lake School District 76 | $225,196 |
| Kirby School District 140 | $225,010 |
| Brookwood School District 167 | $223,594 |
| ECHO Joint Agreement | $223,167 |
| Manhattan School District 114 | $223,157 |
| Mannheim School District 83 | $223,072 |
| Channahon School District 17 | $222,857 |
| Hillside School District 93 | $221,788 |
| Community Consolidated School District 93 | $220,223 |
| La Grange Area Department Special Education | $220,079 |
| Lake County Area Vocational | $219,720 |
| Crete Monee Community Unit School District 201U | $219,078 |
| Libertyville School District 70 | $218,996 |
| Carterville Community Unit School District 5 | $218,284 |
| South Holland School District 150 | $218,090 |
| Dolton School District 148 | $217,644 |
| Palos Heights School District 128 | $217,204 |
| Park Forest School District 163 | $217,131 |
| Illinois State Board Of Education | $216,941 |
| Keeneyville School District 20 | $216,907 |
| Schiller Park School District 81 | $216,769 |
| Worth School District 127 | $215,821 |
| Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | $215,403 |
| Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 | $212,983 |
| Eisenhower Cooperative | $212,792 |
| Elementary School District 159 | $212,347 |
| Berwyn North School District 98 | $211,976 |
| Community Consoldated School District 146 | $211,937 |
| East Prairie School District 73 | $211,637 |
| Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative | $211,610 |
| Will County School District 92 | $211,533 |
| Ridgewood Community High School District 234 | $210,183 |
| Marengo Community High School District 154 | $209,891 |
| Dixon Unit School District 170 | $209,019 |
| Center Cass School District 66 | $208,592 |
| Carbondale Community High School District 165 | $207,441 |
| Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 | $207,407 |
| Butler School District 53 | $206,971 |
| East Peoria Community High School District 309 | $206,829 |
| Flossmoor School District 161 | $206,092 |
| Emmons School District 33 | $206,031 |
| Sunset Ridge School District 29 | $205,860 |
| Aurora East Unit School District 131 | $204,529 |
| Special Education Cooperative Joint Agreement 803 Proviso Area for Exceptional Children | $203,680 |
| Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 | $203,451 |
| Ridgeland School District 122 | $203,359 |
| Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 | $203,314 |
| Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 | $202,525 |
| Grayslake Community High School District 127 | $201,408 |
| Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | $201,381 |
| Winthrop Harbor School District 1 | $201,174 |
| Hoover Schrum School District 157 | $200,716 |
| Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 | $200,285 |
| Lincoln Community High School District 404 | $200,170 |
| Bannockburn School District 106 | $199,231 |
| Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | $199,111 |
| Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 | $197,836 |
| Maercker School District 60 | $197,549 |
| Special Education Cooperative Joint Agreement 804 NSSED | $197,326 |
| La Grange Highlands School District 106 | $197,008 |
| Harvard Community Unit School District 50 | $196,911 |
| Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 | $196,675 |
| South Holland School District 151 | $196,000 |
| Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 | $195,867 |
| Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70 | $195,695 |
| Medinah Elementary School District 11 | $195,553 |
| Oswego Community Unit School District 308 | $195,497 |
| Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 | $195,486 |
| North Chicago School District 187 | $195,194 |
| Pleasantdale School District 107 | $194,934 |
| Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 | $194,930 |
| Lombard School District 44 | $194,695 |
| Richland County Community Unit School District 1 | $194,588 |
| Rantoul City School District 137 | $194,486 |
| Skokie School District 68 | $193,886 |
| Park Ridge Community Consolidated School District 64 | $192,770 |
| Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 | $192,766 |
| Queen Bee School District 16 | $192,437 |
| Jacksonville School District 117 | $192,294 |
| Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 | $192,183 |
| Wilmington Community Unit School District 209 | $192,136 |
| Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oak Lawn School District 126 | $192,083 |
| Macomb Community Unit School District 185 | $191,969 |
| Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 | $191,196 |
| Granite City Community Unit School District 9 | $190,925 |
| Woodridge School District 68 | $190,342 |
| Berwyn South School District 100 | $190,204 |
| LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 | $190,174 |
| Alden Hebron School District 19 | $189,846 |
| Pinckneyville School District 50 | $189,455 |
| Anna Jonesboro Community High School District 81 | $189,118 |
| Wilmette School District 39 | $188,462 |
| Winnebago Community Unit School District 323 | $188,013 |
| Rock Falls Township High School District 301 | $187,911 |
| SASED | $187,729 |
| Lemont Township High School District 210 | $187,383 |
| Clinton Community Unit School District 15 | $187,330 |
| Thornton Township High School District 205 | $187,235 |
| Lyons School District 103 | $187,046 |
| Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | $186,976 |
| Big Hollow School District 38 | $186,708 |
| Winnetka School District 36 | $186,435 |
| North DuPage Special Education Cooperative | $186,111 |
| Hononegah Community High School District 207 | $185,934 |
| Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 | $185,647 |
| Benton Community High School District 103 | $185,301 |
| River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 | $185,235 |
| Leyden Community High School District 212 | $184,942 |
| West Chicago Community High School District 94 | $184,918 |
| Bloomingdale School District 13 | $184,917 |
| Glencoe School District 35 | $184,861 |
| Taft School District 90 | $184,573 |
| Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 | $184,487 |
| Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 | $184,404 |
| Gower School District 62 | $184,390 |
| Morris Community High School District 101 | $183,896 |
| Northbrook School District 28 | $183,689 |
| Avoca School District 37 | $183,655 |
| Lockport Township High School District 205 | $183,577 |
| Summit Hill School District 161 | $182,818 |
| Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School District 307 | $182,815 |
| Mt. Zion Community Unit School District 3 | $182,543 |
| Bloom Township High School District 206 | $182,348 |
| Kenilworth School District 38 | $182,318 |
| Homer Community Consolidated School District 33 | $181,984 |
| Eureka Community Unit School District 140 | $181,042 |
| Illinois Federation Of Teachers | $180,833 |
| Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325 | $180,637 |
| West Chicago Elementary School District 33 | $180,411 |
| Northbrook Elementary School District 27 | $180,221 |
| Hampton School District 29 | $179,895 |
| Warren Township High School District 121 | $179,228 |
| Mundelein Community High School District 120 | $178,935 |
| Joliet Township High School District 204 | $178,895 |
| Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 | $178,870 |
| Chicago Ridge School District 127 5 | $178,700 |
| Washington Community High School District 308 | $178,534 |
| Morrison Community Unit School District 6 | $178,440 |
| Moline Unit School District 40 | $178,135 |
| Charleston Community Unit School District 1 | $177,672 |
| Milford Area Public School District 124 | $177,670 |
| Wabash Community Unit School District 348 | $177,215 |
| Special Education- Region 3 | $177,198 |
| St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 | $176,969 |
| Urbana School District 116 | $176,949 |
| Eastland Community Unit School District 308 | $176,923 |
| West Carroll Community Unit School District 314 | $176,767 |
| La Grange South School District 105 | $176,413 |
| DuPage High School District 88 | $176,307 |
| Pleasant Valley School District 62 | $176,305 |
| Community High School District 218 | $176,217 |
| Argo Community High School District 217 | $175,974 |
| Plano Community Unit School District 88 | $175,855 |
| Paris-Union School District 95 | $175,620 |
| Joliet School District 86 | $175,292 |
| Community Consolidated School District 180 | $175,272 |
| Hall High School District 502 | $175,214 |
| Chaney-Monge School District 88 | $175,000 |
| Freeport School District 145 | $174,157 |
| Community Unit School District 300 | $173,702 |
| Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 | $173,619 |
| Belleville School District 118 | $173,601 |
| Thornton Fractional High School District 215 | $173,591 |
| Pana Community Unit School District 8 | $173,533 |
| Downers Grove Grade School District 58 | $173,482 |
| Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 | $173,457 |
| Plainfield School District 202 | $173,384 |
| Lisle Community Unit School District 202 | $173,158 |
| Carbondale Elementary School District 95 | $173,118 |
| Mid-Valley Special Education | $172,839 |
| West Harvey Dixmoor School District 147 | $172,754 |
| Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 | $172,616 |
| Mt. Vernon School District 80 | $172,355 |
| Sunnybrook School District 171 | $172,091 |
| Deerfield School District 109 | $172,020 |
| Champaign Community Unit School District 4 | $171,854 |
| Libertyville Community High School District 128 | $171,674 |
| Massac Unit School District 1 | $171,443 |
| Minooka Community High School 111 | $171,363 |
| Lemont-Bromberek Consolidated School District 113 | $171,052 |
| Decatur School District 61 | $170,769 |
| Highland Park Township High School District 113 | $170,719 |
| Pekin Community High School District 303 | $170,467 |
| Tremont Community Unit School District 702 | $170,143 |
| SPEED | $169,920 |
| Lake Forest Community High School District 115 | $169,769 |
| Jersey Community Unit School District 100 | $169,478 |
| Argo-Summit School District 104 | $169,413 |
| Delavan Community Unit School District 703 | $169,205 |
| Central Community High School 71 | $169,196 |
| Belle Valley School District 119 | $168,959 |
| McLean County Unit School District 5 | $168,928 |
| Darien School District 61 | $168,686 |
| Country Club Hills School District 160 | $168,505 |
| Community Unit School District 200 | $168,368 |
| Hinsdale Township High School District 86 | $168,065 |
| Signal Hill School District 181 | $168,031 |
| Villa Park School District 45 | $167,745 |
| Paris Community Unit School District 4 | $167,705 |
| Oak Park-River Forest School District 200 | $167,598 |
| Northfield Township High School District 225 | $167,400 |
| New Trier Township High School District 203 | $167,382 |
| Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 | $167,231 |
| Batavia Unit School District 101 | $167,076 |
| Downers Grove Community High School 99 | $166,968 |
| River Forest School District 90 | $166,398 |
| Mahomet Seymour Community Unit School District 3 | $166,379 |
| Bloomington School District 87 | $166,377 |
| Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit School District 11 | $166,241 |
| Elmhurst School District 205 | $165,590 |
| Effingham Community Unit School District 40 | $165,154 |
| Heyworth Community Unit School District 4 | $164,970 |
| Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65 | $164,828 |
| Barrington Community Unit School District 220 | $164,701 |
| Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191 | $164,636 |
| Rockford School District 205 | $164,349 |
| Rockton School District 140 | $164,027 |
| Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3 | $163,640 |
| Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 5 | $163,151 |
| Seneca Township High School District 160 | $163,124 |
| Norridge School District 80 | $162,952 |
| La Grange School District 102 | $162,630 |
| Adlai Stevenson High School District 125 | $162,384 |
| Valley View Community Unit School District 365 | $162,307 |
| Union School District 81 | $162,134 |
| Reavis Township High School District 220 | $161,971 |
| Washington School District 52 | $161,502 |
| Naperville Community Unit School District 203 | $161,426 |
| Central Community Unit School District 301 | $161,206 |
| Fox Lake Grade School District 114 | $160,336 |
| Skokie-Fairview School District 72 | $160,315 |
| Mt. Pulaski Community Unit School District 23 | $160,290 |
| NSSEO | $160,031 |
| Winfield School District 34 | $159,958 |
| Rock Falls Elementary School District 13 | $159,929 |
| Niles Township Community High School District 219 | $159,483 |
| Calumet City School District 155 | $159,418 |
| Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302 | $159,201 |
| Arbor Park School District 145 | $159,115 |
| Meridian Community Unit School District 15 | $158,692 |
| Harvey School District 152 | $158,366 |
| Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 | $158,361 |
| Huntley Consolidated School District 158 | $158,202 |
| Olympia Community Unit School District 16 | $157,882 |
| Sangamon Area Special Education | $157,492 |
| Evanston Township High School District 202 | $157,315 |
| Ogle County Special Education | $156,932 |
| Bremen Community High School District 228 | $156,400 |
| Metamora Township High School District 122 | $156,331 |
| Community Consolidated School District 59 | $155,800 |
| Township High School District 214 | $155,781 |
| Lyons Township High School District 204 | $155,513 |
| Consolidated High School District 230 | $155,488 |
| Rock Island School District 41 | $155,444 |
| Winnebago County Special Education | $155,382 |
| Itasca School District 10 | $155,181 |
| Professional Development Alliance | $154,901 |
| Silvis School District 34 | $154,767 |
| Orland Park School District 135 | $154,440 |
| Palatine Township High School District 211 | $154,366 |
| Staunton Community Unit School District 6 | $154,197 |
| Ford Heights School District 169 | $153,637 |
| Lena Winslow Community Unit School District 202 | $153,592 |
| Maine Township High School District 207 | $153,580 |
| Columbia Community Unit School District 4 | $153,559 |
| Glenbard Township High School District 87 | $153,517 |
| Richmond Burton Community High School District 157 | $153,515 |
| Berkeley School District 87 | $153,436 |
| East Dubuque Unit School District 119 | $153,365 |
| Kankakee School District 111 | $153,287 |
| Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | $153,281 |
| Riverside-Brookfield School District 208 | $153,244 |
| Cicero School District 99 | $153,185 |
| Lake Park Community High School District 108 | $153,152 |
| Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 | $152,798 |
| Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 | $152,794 |
| Dolton School District 149 | $152,437 |
| Brimfield Community Unit School District 309 | $151,808 |
| Western Springs School District 101 | $151,685 |
| Zion Elementary School District 6 | $151,643 |
| Fenton Community High School District 100 | $151,082 |
| Wesclin Community Unit School District 3 | $150,885 |
| Westmont Community Unit School District 201 | $150,779 |
| Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 | $150,733 |
| Aurora West Unit School District 129 | $150,670 |
| Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 | $150,446 |
| Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5 | $150,284 |
| McHenry Community High School District 156 | $150,000 |
| Special Education of McHenry County | $149,730 |
| North Mac Community Unit School District 34 | $149,430 |
| Belleville Township High School District 201 | $149,247 |
| School District U46 | $149,142 |
| Pontiac Township High School District 90 | $148,877 |
| Oak Lawn Hometown School District 123 | $148,630 |
| Lindop School District 92 | $148,398 |
| Matteson Elementary School District 162 | $147,929 |
| Atwood Heights School District 125 | $147,833 |
| Bushnell-Prairie Community Unit School District 170 | $147,707 |
| Stockton Community Unit School District 206 | $147,667 |
| Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 | $147,602 |
| Grant Community High School District 124 | $147,050 |
| Central Stickney School District 110 | $146,885 |
| Momence Community Unit School District 1 | $146,821 |
| Paw Paw Community Unit School District 271 | $146,706 |
| North Boone Community Unit School District 200 | $145,875 |
| Arlington Heights School District 25 | $145,815 |
| Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 | $145,095 |
| Wabash & Ohio Valley Special Education | $145,029 |
| Auburn Community Unit School District 10 | $143,527 |
| Golf Elementary School District 67 | $143,222 |
| Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 | $143,193 |
| Lake Forest School District 67 | $143,126 |
| Benjamin School District 25 | $142,776 |
| Lansing School District 158 | $142,677 |
| Panhandle Community Unit School District 2 | $141,976 |
| Alton Community Unit School District 11 | $141,856 |
| St. Joseph Ogden Community High School 305 | $141,800 |
| Streator Elementary School District 44 | $141,318 |
| Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 | $141,309 |
| Newark Community High School District 18 | $141,265 |
| Special Education District of Lake County | $141,185 |
| Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 | $140,433 |
| Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 | $140,140 |
| Gallatin Community Unit School District 7 | $139,082 |
| Gurnee School District 56 | $138,491 |
| Round Lake Area School District 116 | $138,384 |
| Nippersink School District 2 | $138,288 |
| Rich Township High School District 227 | $137,495 |
| St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 | $137,177 |
| Geneva Community Unit School District 304 | $136,784 |
| Proviso Township High School District 209 | $136,071 |
| Highland Community Unit School District 5 | $135,923 |
| Community Unit School District 4 | $135,402 |
| Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 | $133,078 |
| Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 | $132,443 |
| East Maine School District 63 | $132,437 |
| Byron Community Unit School District 226 | $129,858 |
| Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 | $128,231 |
| Springfield School District 186 | $128,123 |
| Oak Park Elementary School District 97 | $126,320 |
| Peoria School District 150 | $124,821 |
| Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 | $121,692 |
| Community High School District 155 | $121,686 |
| J S Morton High School District 201 | $119,581 |
| Mt. Prospect School District 57 | $117,492 |
| Mendota Township High School District 280 | $114,244 |
| Earlville Community Unit School District 9 | $114,018 |
| Burbank School District 111 | $108,025 |
| Maywood School District 89 | $105,858 |
| Mundelein Elementary School District 75 | $103,024 |
| Franklin Park School District 84 | $101,201 |
| Princeton Elementary School District 115 | $100,690 |
| North Shore School District 112 | $96,280 |
| Bi-County Special Education Cooperative | $91,636 |
| Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 | $90,279 |
| Brookfield School District 95 | $89,211 |
| Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 | $86,629 |
| St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256 | $84,538 |
| East St. Louis School District 189 | $83,402 |
| Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | $80,170 |
| Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education at Roosevelt | $79,722 |
| Illinois State Board of Education - Regional Superintendent | $74,230 |
| McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 | $73,308 |
| Payson Community Unit School District 1 | $70,364 |
| Dakota Community Unit School District 201 | $70,055 |
| Dwight Township High School District 230 | $66,521 |
| Lincoln Elementary School District 156 | $51,914 |
| Kiley Developmental Center | $50,142 |
| Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 | $44,530 |
| Galva Community Unit School District 224 | $38,155 |
| Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 | $33,483 |
| East Alton School District 13 | $27,415 |
| Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 | $24,398 |
| Duquoin Community Unit School District 300 | $23,845 |
| Illinois Education Association | $22,060 |
| River Bend Community Unit School District 2 | $20,564 |
| Christopher Unit School District 99 | $19,650 |
| Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 | $13,047 |
| Central School District 104 | $11,244 |
| Tmcsea | $8,579 |
| Fremont School District 79 | $943 |
| Carroll-Jo Daviess-Stephenson Regional Office of Education | $399 |
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