A shocking number of teachers under 30 work a second job

A shocking number of teachers under 30 work a second jobA shocking number of teachers under 30 work a second jobEveryone knows that teachers have a difficult job weve all heard the stories of how they buy classroom supplies with their own money or crowdfund for resources. Recently, new data came to light that one in five teachers are over-burdened by their housing costs.But a recent analysis by Pew Research Center found even more economic realities of teachers lives. It was revealed that 16% of public and secondary teachers subsidize their low teaching salary by taking a second, non-school related summer job.However, about the same percentage of teachers 18% held second jobs during the school year as well 2015-16 was the school year measured, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreIts the younger teachers with less exp erience that are more likely to work a summer job outside the school system according to Pew. A third working a non-school job during the summer of 2015 (the school year measured) had one year or less of experience.A quarter (26%) of teachers under 30 workers during the summer of 2015, compared with 16% of teachers aged 30 to 39, and so on the number gets smaller as the teacher gets older.On average, a teachers summer job accounts for about 7% of their total income. Their school-year second job accounts for 9% of their total income.