Congrats!  Teaching has it's goods and bads.  The pay is not one of the goods.  The good news is you only have to work 190 days a year.
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				and its not here in NC.  My wife took about a 50% pay cut when she moved from NJ to NC.  Of course, it was worth it to be out of Jersey.   
			
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 They start you off at $30,000 a year here in NC now.

It pays to get a masters degree (10% pay raise) and National Board Certification (12%? raise)