The 15 worst US states to be a teacher
15. Michigan: Teachers there are quitting so often that the governor has called it a "crisis."
14. Nevada: Teachers held a protest earlier this year calling for better education funding.
Academic and work environment rank: 38
Opportunity and competition rank: 36
Source: Associated Press
13. Alabama: The state currently has a shortage of teachers, particularly in rural areas.
12. Missouri: Teachers get paid less on average than those in eight neighboring states.
11. Colorado: Educators in the state led the nationwide teacher strike in 2018 alongside West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona.
10. Tennessee: One-third of teachers in the state would leave the profession for something with higher pay, a 2019 survey found.
9. Maine: The state with the lowest annual average starting salary for teachers (adjusted for cost of living) at $30,462.
8. South Carolina: Teachers held a protest earlier this year for higher salaries.
7. Oklahoma: 30,000 teachers there have left the profession in the past six years.
6. New Mexico: The report said it had the worst school systems in the country.
5. West Virginia: Its ranking of teacher pay plummeted from 30th in the nation to 48th within the years 1990 to 2015.
4. Louisiana: It has the second worst school systems in the country, according to WalletHub.
3. Hawaii: The state with the lowest average annual salary (adjusted for cost of living) at $43,738.
2. New Hampshire: The state has among the lowest annual salaries for teachers in the country.
1. Arizona: It has the highest pupil-to-teacher ratio in the country at about 23 students per teacher.
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