8. Kansas
Average annual salary of teachers of all levels: $44,076
After salary cuts and reduced funding to schools in 2015, the teachers were so infuriated at the state of education in the Sunflower State (and rightly so) that they began moving to other states in search of better-working conditions and more reasonable compensation. The appearance of Kansas on our list of states where teachers earn the lowest salaries indicates that nothing has been done to alleviate the situation up till now.
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