Massachusetts No. 2 Place to Be For Teachers: Study

Massachusetts isn't the best state for teachers, but it's darn close.

In fact, personal finance website WalletHub ranked the Bay State the second-best state for teachers in the country.

WalletHub looks at a number of metrics when devising their rankings. For this edition, the website considered the 10-year change in teacher salaries and their own school systems rankings, both of which Massachusetts ranked No. 1 in, as well as projected student-teacher ratio by 2022, in which Massachusetts was in the middle of the pack.

New Jersey was deemed the top state for teachers, while Hawaii was deep in last place.

Here is how Massachusetts ranked in some of the metrics.

• 8th – Median Annual Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 1st – WalletHub “School Systems” Ranking
• 4th – School Safety
• 22nd – Projected Number of Teachers per 1,000 Students by Year 2022
• 1st – 10-Year Change in Teacher Salaries
• 11th – Pupil-Teacher Ratio
• 8th – Public-School Spending per Student

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