Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2021
Abstract
In Part I of this report we provide a detailed explanation of how the salary matrices are calculated and the results of the updated analyses based on 2019-20 data. Previous salary matrices are included for comparison. In Part II we present an analysis of staff education and experience profiles across districts by district size, poverty level and rurality in order to investigate whether salary matrices are allocating funds in ways that support or undermine equity goals embedded in the EPS funding model. Part III presents analysis pertinent to Maine’s recent policy change to increase minimum teacher salaries to $40,000. The increase is to be phased in over three years starting at $35,000 in 2020-21 and arriving at the full $40,000 in 2022-23. We analyzed salaries paid to teachers and other staff eligible for the new salary floor by comparing minimum salaries by education, experience, position and school type. Part III also includes descriptions of the number and percentage of staff currently earning below the minimum salaries by district size, poverty level and location to assess differential impacts of the $40,000 salary floor across district types.
Recommended Citation
Morris, Lisa PhD and Johnson, Amy F. PhD, "EPS Component Report of Findings: Salary Matrices" (2021). Salary Matrices. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/eps_salmat/1
