... breaks salary and benefits out separately (assume this government data is accurate). I expect the "benefits" side includes the employer portion of payroll taxes and not just health & retirement benefits. My guess at her tenure could be wrong.

Maybe I confused non-teacher employees and have teacher PTO policy wrong. The links below say: "Educators may take five (5) personal days annually at no dock in pay." Additionally, teachers in their first 3 years get 7 sick leave calendar days/year which they can accrue. Additional days are at the cost of $60/day.

At the beginning of their fourth year, teachers receive 180 calendar days of sick leave which they can use at any time and for up to three weeks at a time without a doctor's note. If they use all of those 180 days they get a two-year sick leave probation period where they are granted an add'l 21 calendar days/year of leave at which point they get another allotment of 180 days of sick leave.

This ignores professional or development days, allowances for maternity, family sickness, bereavement, education or sabbatical, etc. Please consult your HR resources for actual benefits advice.



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