Teaching your 2 year old what the colors on the traffic lights mean is all fun and games until she yells at you for turning right on red because “RED MEANS STOP!!!”
After estimated federal/FICA taxes ($6,396), state taxes ($1,360), and retirement ($3,735), a first-year teacher brings home about $30,009.
$10,080 in state insurance premiums and we’re down to $19,929 in take-home pay.
Now factor in deductibles, childcare, rent, food, etc.
Doctors said after Damar Hamlin awakened last night, he asked in writing who won the game. Doctors told him: “Yes, you won. You’ve won the game of life.”
Starting this month, Mississippi teachers with a spouse + kid on their state health insurance will have an $840 premium deducted from their paycheck (up from $792 in 2022).
$10,080 a year. ⅓ of take-home pay for a first-year teacher. Why would we do this?