Oklahoma Teacher Pay Ranks 12th in Nation, Education Remains Top Priority

    Oklahoma's teachers' average pay package (including benefits) is now the highest in the region when cost of living is taken into consideration, second highest when cost of living is not a consideration. Here is a chart that spells out the real facts. Depending on how you look at the numbers, Oklahoma's teacher pay package is now either 11th, 12th or 13th in the nation.
     The Oklahoma Republican Senate Caucus is committed to developing a long-range plan for education, perhaps something like the 8-year plan that has helped us make outstanding progress in repairing and replacing the state's highways and bridges.
   

Sources:
Teacher Salary: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_211.60.asp?current=yes
(NCES source was National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics. )

Cost of Living: https://www.missourieconomy.org/indicators/cost_of_living/index.stm 

Per Capita Income: https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2018/spi0318.htm