Housing costs are nearly half of new San Diego teachers' salaries: report

SAN DIEGO — Newer San Diego teachers are dishing out nearly half of their annual earnings to pay for housing, a new study finds. A report from the ...

September 10, 2023
6:18 AM

SAN DIEGO — Newer San Diego teachers are dishing out nearly half of their annual earnings to pay for housing, a new study finds. A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality found that renting a typical one bedroom home in the San Diego Unified School District costs 41% of a beginning teacher's salary. That conclusion is based on the average income for emerging educators in San Diego, which the think tank reports to be $50,744 per year. In fact, this San Diego school district is considered the third least affordable in the country for new teachers to afford based on this report.

Amber Coakley