Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1533049
by the numbers Our Campaign Students attending 1,809 schools across California. 1 Million Of the students we support are low-income, English language learners or foster youth. 75% Classroom teachers, school counselors, school nurses, social workers, bus drivers, custodians, instructional aides and more. Over 80,000 Educator unions across California are negotiating collective bargaining agreements to address these key issues in 2025. 32 Combined annual revenue of our districts. $23.5 Billion wecantwait.info Notes: Figure shows average weekly wages (2023$) of public school teachers (elementary, middle and secondary) and other college graduate (nonteacher) peers. Data points for 1994 and 1995 are unavailable; dotted lines represent interpolated data. See Allegretto and Mishel 2019. Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data accessed via the EPI Current Population Survey Extracts. Version 1.0.53 (EP| 2024a), https://microdata.epi.org. Other college grads Public school teachers OUR CAMPAIGN BY THE NUMBERS "I look at friends I went to college with, and they have higher salaries with less education. It is disheartening." —Ana Reyes-Becerra, United Teachers of Richmond 19 M A R C H 2 0 2 5