Average Total Yearly Compensation For Milwaukee Teachers: $101,000

From Ace of Spades:

It's hard to make ends meet on that.

There is always the cry that teachers have to buy "supplies" for their students out of their own pockets. I can't help but think there's a reason for that -- that each year, a greater proportion of dollars earmarked for education goes to salaries, and is deducted from supplies.

$60,000 in actual money salary plus $41,000 per year in benefits package.

The stat is about Milwaukee teachers, not Wisconsin-wide teachers, as I first wrote.
But other districts in Milwaukee county pay their teachers even more:

That was lower than eight other school districts in Milwaukee County, including Greendale, Greenfield, Shorewood, Cudahy, Fox Point, South Milwaukee, Franklin and Nicolet, which was highest at just over $103,000.

Go read the whole thing.