Hi everyone, I’m currently a college student really struggling with finding a job. I thought about subbing as I am an education major and I was wondering what do yall get paid? If yall have any other tips that would be much appreciated
Everyone in California who works at any job more than 30 calendar days in a year is entitled to limited sick pay. My district never informed subs, so I have made it my mission to let all California subs know about this one state mandated benefit they may not be aware of. If you need to cancel a job because you need sick time for yourself or to take care of a family member, don’t hesitate to ask for it.
My district gives one paid day for every 30 days you work. Check comes in July, which is kind of nice.
So if you need to cancel a day, then you still get paid for it?
Do they accumulate? Does the reason have to be because you’re sick?
This should answer most questions. It may be used if you are sick or are caring for someone who is sick.
Some districts don’t.. which sucks honestly.
11 dollars an hour in my district 🙃. Then they act shocked that they can’t keep subs. I’m hoping after getting experience, I can go to a neighboring district that gives 15 an hour.
That’s awful. Think of the level of responsibility a sub has — looking after the well being of an entire classroom of students — and you begin to realize that the pay comes nowhere close to how much you should be earning.
oh definitely. Initially I thought it would be OK and a low stress job. A few of my jobs have been literally me just sitting there (like when I did iss). But when I sub elementary it’s exhausting and hands on…and then in middle school you take a lot of verbal abuse. It’s disgusting how they take advantage. It’s also why I do the bare minimum (follow the sub plan, take them where they need to be, ask them to be quiet a few times, then just give up and sit there if the class won’t listen to me.)
If I was being paid $11/hr. I’d do the absolute bare minimum I could get away with. That is insulting. In California, the statewide minimum wage is $16/hr with many places setting it higher. Local fast food jobs in my area pay $18.00/hr.
It's about the same in florida if not less. Is 90 for a day.
That's how much Colorado and Wisconsin school districts paid me a few years ago. I'm guessing it hasn't changed too much
$225 a day as a full-time building sub. No other benefits or sick pay. If I don't work, I don't get paid. However, when my brother passed away last fall, the district gave me three paid funeral leave days (I was shocked...did not ask for them or expect them.) But when they found out that was why I needed time off they gave them to me.
Same here for me. I’m a building sub in Ohio. The gig is wayyy better than what they pay other subs, I just got lucky with the district I’m in
That’s $100 more than near me! Where are you located? General area of state
I live in a small town on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
woah that’s great pay, to me at least, and it’s nice your school has empathy for its staff
My condolences for your loss, and thanks for doing what you do
Google districts in your area and then Google how much each one makes. The pay is very different in every district and area
Around $70 a day
The anxiety is free, and the liquor store is on the way home, so it checks out
Ya I agree about no anxiety
That's how much I make for a half shift
Yep
200/ day contracted sub in California. With full benefits dental medical vision and retirement
Where in CA?
Central Valley, specifically madera unified school district. Couple districts out here offer full benefits I believe Fresno does as well. Pay is meh but I mean where else will I get benefits w the same pay
$223/Day here in Portland Oregon
Oregon is one of the better paying states for subs. The pay is mandated by the legislature at something like 85% of what a first year teacher earns. And the requirements for subbing are pretty strict, too. I envy you.
I’d prefer strict requirements. Where I live they hire anyone with over a ged and a clean background check. I literally didn’t even get interviewed - just told to show up at orientation. It bothers me because of how easy they’ve made it to get access to children.
I am a fully credentialed teacher. In my district, subs must have a B.A., a teaching credential, pass a background check, and submit an essay describing their teaching style..all before an interview is arranged. Substitute teaching is a tough job requiring intelligence, nerves of steel, flexibility, and the ability to think on one’s feet and remain calm in any situation. It amazes me that requirements are so lax in so many places.
Ohio dropped the Bachelor’s degree requirement in 2020 to an Associate’s (I think they went so far as HS Diploma or GED even). It was because there were too few subs in the pool during COVID.
Now that schools aren’t constantly having 5-10% of the staff out, they should 100% increase standards.
I got a job as a building substitute at the age of 19 with a high school diploma and clean background check. Lmao. They just threw me in with one hour of online training.
We did a 3 hour orientation and it was literally 1/3 about payroll and signing onto front line and 2/3 of how to handle an active shooter 💀. Nothing about classroom management, school policies, or anything. Half the teachers don’t even leave a note on what the extension for admin is if you need them.
247 in PPS, post-strike.
Do you work through ESS or directly with PPS? Currently going through ESS and they'll 'disclose the pay rate for your district after you're hired'. Just trying to figure out what I'm gonna get paid lol
PPS is all in-house. For comparison, North Clackamas pays 250, but no benefits, and uses a service.
Think I just figured out what’s going on. ESS has some of the Portland schools districts in it, I see Clackamas on their directory. So I guess I’m working through ESS and not directly with PPS. I just hope ESS doesn’t take a cut out of that 250 cus that would suck.
Nuh-uh we make $247 now with the recent raise
Do you work through ESS or directly with PPS? Currently going through ESS 'registration' and they'll 'disclose the pay rate for your district after you're hired'. Just trying to figure out what I'm gonna get paid lol
I work directly for PPS. You can search their jobs board for the link to the sub application.
Do you work through ESS or directly with PPS? Currently going through ESS and they'll 'disclose the pay rate for your district after you're hired'. Just trying to figure out what I'm gonna get paid lol
$120 a day for roughly 7-8 hour days in North Carolina. I am in a poor district, so pretty sure surrounding areas get paid more. No benefits and you have to schedule yourself daily if you want to work.
Northern Indiana is the same pay, and conditions.
This! My kids’ district is considered one of the top in Indiana & is located in a pretty wealthy area—I make $110 with full credentials. But I’d rather sub than be a full-time teacher. Way less stress & drama!
Agreed.
No making lesson plans, grading papers, dealing with crazy parents who don’t spend time with her kids, and make excuses for their kids.
No teacher DUTIES(morning, lunch, evening, hallway, etc.).
I sub in NC. High income area. I get paid $120 daily, net ~$106. I’ve been a sub for over 10 years. My county in NC $120 a day —whether you are in a long term job (I won’t do these because the work literally triples), SPED, elementary education (where I do “teach”), high school (babysitting), or middle school (you could not pay me enough) I do it because my husband has a good paying job with benefits, I can’t be home everyday or I’d be crazy, it was a great job when my kids were younger, it’s part-tile and flexible, I actually enjoy teaching (I just detest parents, meetings, office politics, and hurting when I see a kid everyday not living their best life). Rant over
A good rant :-)
I get ranted on by teachers every day at lunch :-)
Detroit metro paid me that much. I didn't work in Detroit proper, but the "rich" areas. If a township with the wealthiest people in the state can't pay me more than that, it's sadly not an abnormal thing. But I'd do anything to go back there. I moved to the South and only make $80 a day now.
$216 but that’s only because I’m a credentialed teacher. But I live in a very high cost of living area, my rent, car insurance, bills, and health insurance easily hit $2000 every month. I barely stay afloat.
$275 a day in San Diego
Still not much considering the high cost of living in that area, right?
It’s not much but it pays the bills
$110 per day in MA for per diem. LTS I think is $120
I make $350/day for anything more than 4 hours as an online substitute in California. The schools I sub for are in San Francisco but I live in San Bernardino.
Wow!!
ooh how can I be an online sub? I'm also in the same area ish
$27 - $31 per hour ($189-$217 per day)
$337/day Oakland California
Wow!
I made $12,500 from subbing in 2023. My main district pays $17 per hour. 6.75 hours per full day.
It’s all dependent on district, so you would have to check your local districts. In the area I teach it’s anywhere from $150-$200 a day. No benefits, only paid for days you work. I would assume it’s paid once a month as that’s how districts are here, but I don’t know for sure. This is in Colorado.
It’s $230 for per diem. But I’m a building sub and make $260. Northern California.
What district do you work for?
What is a building sub, in your district. What are the benefits and duties?
I work at a specific school everyday as a member of staff rather than picking and choosing assignments on Frontline. My office manager or admin gives me my job everyday. It could be covering a class or doing para or even running a project for the front office. I’m in charge of after school detention. I always have work and get paid, even when all teachers are accounted for. The downside is I don’t pick my own jobs.
$90 a day in New Hampshire.
$189 for a full day, $100 for half a day. If you work more than 25 full days a semester, the pay increases $25 a day.
SW Washington. We also accrue sick days.
ESS is a trashy outsourcing agency for many subs in 12 states. I get 158.00 but I'm in Virginia. My guess is most get 150 if they have 60 credits
When I long-term sub, I am paid a pro-rated salary. Currently, 61k. Otherwise, $145 per diem.
$80 a day in Louisiana. It's rough. I can't find another job so I'm stuck with it. I'm lucky my partner makes money at his job.
I also subbed in Michigan and made $120 a day. When we moved, I was NOT happy with the drop in pay. I also heard at Louisiana's orientation that I "came at the right time" because this year they gave the subs a $20 raise from last year. 🙃
After going thorough a majority of comments- my observation is.........NY is NOT the place to sub.
I noticed that too. I live in North Texas thankfully lol
$225 a day. I was hired by a school to cover two maternity leaves during this school year with intervention work in between those. I'm a salaried employee with full benefits.
Prior to this, I was making $185 a day, with no benefits, and only got paid the days that I worked.
$110 in DFW texas
I’m in NYC and make $200 a day with no benefits. I’m subbing because I’m an actor and it’s so flexible. I’m looking for catering jobs to fill in pay for the weeks when the kids are off school for breaks or for when I have to take off from subbing for auditions etc. A lot of people combine subbing with another part time gig but the subs only work 8-3 so it’s not too bad. Most districts are desperate for subs so you shouldn’t have trouble being hired, although some close off applications for the school year in late winter.
Subbing is a great way to find a teaching job. You’re already working in the schools, showing what you can do, and it gives local administrators a chance to get to know you. I have a lot of teacher friends who got their first teaching job after spending a year as a sub.
I worked in the Midwest as a sub for a year before I moved east. I was offered full time teaching jobs at several schools and had to explain that my degree isn’t in education and I’m not certified. A lot of schools are desperate. In NYC I was offered the opportunity to sub full time for a school near my house on my first week on the job.
It is a great foot in the door. I'm getting my teaching degree, and I will have a teaching job immediately at the school I sub at. I've already been making a list of schools I like and ones I won't work at (unsupported admins).
230 a day in kern county California
$238 a day in San Francisco
bout 15 bucks an hour for a 7ish hour day and $50 bonus on Mondays and Fridays.
7 hour day? That would be heaven. $150 per day. $200 a day if you do long term subbing. I’m degreed with Teacher Certification in Texas, so I get “Top Dollar!” Report at 7am and leave when the last student is picked up (4:30 ish) makes for a long day🥴
it's 7 and a half with unpaid lunch
$168/day in upstate NY.
$200 a day. WA
Depends on the school I sub at. I sub for multiple schools because I cannot depend on one for a full week of work (because I live in a rural area). Some schools pay my state minimum wage ($11 an hour) and some schools pay a little higher. I never make more than $12 an hour.
Same here. Teachers always ask me what school I normally sub at. I have to be open to all of them otherwise I don’t work more than 3 times a month.
140 a day. 200 if you are a building sub or sub in the same school for 11+ days, $30 an hour if you work 21+ days
What is a “building sub?”
They just report to one school everyday and fill vacancies. Also called permanent subs!
Thank you.
Do they pay an extra bonus for being a building sub?
In my area, they make about $7 more an hour and are eligible for health insurance and retirement. Just depends on the district!
Where I’m at a building sub means you are hired by the district to go to the same school daily regardless if they need a sub or not. It no one calls off (which is rare), you usually assist with other things (usually behavior in my experience or hall duties).
When I did it in Oregon it was about $200 a day. But just be prepared to be on a very short leash and schools will act very irrationally if you do something they perceive as wrong. Plus no benefits, protection from a union, or job security if a school decides they don’t like you. It’s a good way to build some experience, but I wouldn’t do it long term.
Alberta, Canada.
$228 for a full day. $114 for a half.
It varies a bit area to area, but that's most of the province.
The pay will be differer by district. You should just google your district. I’ve seen as low as $10/hr and as high as $35/hr. My district in VA pays us $22.50 and requires a minimum of 30 college credits
$330 ish before taxes in BC
$96 a day in rural Illinois.
$24 an hour in my county, $36 an hour long term (building subs) California
Central California:
35 a period for highschool. Usually 5 periods but sometimes you can pick up another making it 6.
K-8 in best school district here: 160 a day. Outlying district: 185 a day City school district: 250 per day (if you can get in) 240 at other outlying K-8
$220 a day, $240 long term. Southern California
Not a sub, but my district pays $250 a day. Subs make more than new teachers.
$287/day in SF which works about to about $41/hr. My district has more strict requirements though. Fingerprint, must pass bg check, interview, submit personal statements on your application, bachelor’s, and you need a credential (my district helps with that ). We have access to health and I think dental benefits after 1 full year of working, I just don’t use mine because I’m still on parent’s insurance. We get sick/personal days too.
$135/day - Cleveland OH suburbs
$250 a day. Subbing in Bay Area, California!
95/day before taxes and retirement. I’m also a college student & I love subbing! It can be hard but it’s really nice to have the flexibility of choosing which days you work (as opposed to a consistent schedule). I can only work 3 days a week because of my class schedule but that’s enough for me. I’m on the education route & I think the experience is great. You’ll make some good connections that could help you when you need to begin your student teaching or when you’re looking for a job.
Seriously, these are janitors, fast food pay.
East Tennessee, $84 dollars a day with no college degree, $91 with one, and $100(?) if you have a teaching license.
Building sub- $273/ day with benefits. (Ohio)
That's awesome!
Thanks! It really is. Our building subs joined the teachers union last year so our pay went up by 11% and we have better job stability now (we were getting medical benefits prior). I’m hoping to transition to licensed teacher next year.
$105 a day for a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb. I could make more in other cities around here, but I'm taking stuff slow right now.
$234/day for Los Angeles. Full benefits, sick days and vacation time after a certain number of hours. The pay goes up if you become an in-house sub or take on a long term assignment. I love being able to pick and choose my schedule and I have specific schools that call me and I know which schools I’ll always avoid lol
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This person is trolling. They posted less than a day ago that they make 312 a day.
Where?
In my suburban Va County, I get $20/hr daily rate for teacher positions and $25/hr for LTS Teacher positions. Typical workday is 7.5 hours paid.
208 a day. CA
What do you want to know more about?
Remember to factor in start up costs (for me it was fingerprinting, taking time off work to go to a certification workshop, and paying for the license). Rates per day are publicly available, look that up for your area
Unless you live somewhere like I do - where they are desperate and will hire anyone off the street as long as they graduated high school and have a clean background check.
In NYC it cost me about $400 to get started between finger printing and short classes I had to take from the DOE online before I could work. You have to have a college degree to sub here, but it doesn’t have to be in education and you don’t have to have credit hours in education.
Just over $240 in LA county. But not much when you consider the prices of everything.
140 a day in utah where I am
$100/day in Idaho. We need bachelors degrees though. So it would be worth looking to see if without a degree you would qualify.
450 as a lt sub. 150 otherwise
About $200 in Oakland CA area
$150/day in a wealthy suburb north of LA. Yes, I know, I’m underpaid.
$100 a day in Hill Country, Texas.
185/day for the first 30 days and 250 a day thereafter for the school year, central Washington.
$120/day. Rural Pennsylvania.
Santa Ana California is 225 a day after 20 days it’s 260 a day. This is the new contract just ratified.
$250 a day, CA
In the Chicago suburbs (northwest) I just started to for a few districts ranging from $130-$180 per day. One of them with block scheduling pays $.50 per instructional minute (lunch and preps don't count) so I'm not super looking forward to that.
I graduated from student teaching in December so my first day subbing is Monday actually!
ALSO: look up your ROE (regional office of Ed, you'll register your PEL with them), they list all districts in the county that report to them and those sites should have sub pay info. If not, search engine "district X sub pay"
I'm in Maryland and I am a class C sub (HS Diploma with little to no college credits) and I make $110 per full day and $55 for half a day. If I work for the same teacher for more than 10 days in a row I get a raise starting the 11th day. I can't remember how much though because I never do that. If I work more than 3 days a week I also accrue vacation time.
$110/day as uncertified
I’m located in Lansing, Michigan and Lansing public schools pay $200 a day. Most of the other school districts around me pay between $110-$165 a day.
Varies wildly. My district pays $150 a day. Midwest.
$105 for a certified teacher per day. I’m in Texas.
$150 per day
About $225-$270 per day in the Bay Area (super high cost of living). That’s for a lead teaching position. It’s an on call gig by a sub agency which is a good second job but not very reliable. Luckily pay is every two weeks and my other job is pay every week.
175 a day in Northeast PA. I think it's 125 if you're not certified
$120/day uncertified rural. A day can be 7-8 hours.
150 a day for regular daily sub, 360 as an LTS.
150/day south jersey
$100/day in Fla
$150-$225 a day here in central california depending on the school district
$150 a day after taxes in a large school district in a metropolitan area
187 for a full day. Rural district near, but not in, Seattle. It's not the lowest, but 200 is closer to average.
I get $15 an hour + an extra $20/day for a title I school!
I think it's almost $100 for a full day, and almost $50 for half a day. We're paid twice a month: the fifteenth and the end of the month (or the last Friday if it falls on a holiday or weekend).
I'm in it because I love the kids though. And after working with the general public for most of my adult life before this, I love the kids even more. They're not as stupid as their parents or relatives. Haha
I think $105ish here in Missouri
$130 per day
Used to make 110 a day now I make 150 as a sped sub
As a resident sub in my former district, we got $25 an hour, full benefits and tuition assistance (9 graduate credits a year.) However, I would never enter a classroom without cameras again. It is not worth the risk.
150 inner city 105 in the country. I chose country. It's wonderful
$91 a day to be a paraprofessional, $105 a day for sub teaching Vacancies (which are everywhere, just only handed to company friends, meaning a lot aren’t filled) is $125 a day here in FL
Honestly I make about as much as I did serving in a nice restaurant 😵💫
Oh and no benefits
I’m in Southern California and I make about $165 for a full day, half for a half day and about $20 bucks more for bonus days.
Here in Taiwan, it's about 15 dollars an hour equivalent in local currency for public schools and around 21 for cram school teachers.
I’m essentially a contractor for a Consortium that covers multiple districts. I could get 135-155/day depending on the district, but only take the 150+ positions, as they are also better districts for subs.
Some also have higher pay for Intervention Specialists/SpEd licensed taking a SpEd position. Others will boost pay if you sub for x amount of days consecutively.
No sick days, but I think they are rolling out some benefits.
I’ve subbed in two different districts. First district it was about $80 a day. They did not have a set pay and it depended entirely on the school. Now I get 136 a day in a different district. Both in Utah
125 a day in southern Virginia
In Northwest Indiana I only make $110 a day with full credentials. If you have a GED or HS diploma it’s $100. Such a joke.
$120 a day in NC
I live in a very big city and made $120 a day. That means with a bachelors degree and full teacher certification, I was getting $15 an hour. 🙃
$170/day in central Virginia without a teaching license or experience and $225/day with a teaching license ($250/day if you retired from this county as a teacher).
$225 per day. Long-term sub in a Special Education Assignment.
Somewhere between $18-$20 per hour in PA
Typically I make 200/day but I’m doing a long term assignment so I’m making 225/day and way more work :) love that for me, but the consistency is nice.
Seattle and Bellevue. About 290 a day. Less after taxes, more when I cover during preps and boosted Fridays in Bellevue.
$17/hr in NW Nevada. 7.5 hour days but I get paid for lunch and the teacher's planning period so only 6 hours of work.
I’m also an education major and I’ve subbed for a while. I get paid $150 a day for a full day and $75 for a half day.
$115
Full-time elementary school building sub here! I get $105 a day without benefits or sick time. Education isn't my passion and I'm coming at this with a journalism degree, an established background as a published writer, and a former part-time library gig, just to give you some context! Personally, I'm only working it as an in-between job for the short-term while I try to get into my actual dream career (an editorial role at a big five or smaller indie book publishing house) and I like that the elementary school day hours (8:30 am to 3:45 pm) give me time to work on various copyediting and other publishing side projects. And, because it ends mid-June, once my contract is naturally up I'll be able to move on without any fuss!
If this was a long-term job that I intended on pursuing beyond half a school year (I started in January) financially where I'm living (Connecticut) I don't think it'd be sustainable.
It varies between school districts.
$200/day in Minnesota
Districts around me range from $125/day to $230/day depending on district, type of sub license, how many hours you worked last semester and if you are a building sub. No benefits.
District-specific here in NJ. Where I sub it is $100/day. I am retired, so I do it more for the activity than the $$$. I have not subbed since last March actually, due to having two surgeries, but I do plan on returning at some point.
$150 in North Dakota
Just over $21 an hour, degreed. No certification.
$225 a day as a qualified supply within the OCDSB (Ottawa), $210 unqualified
In my district, the standard pay I get is $19.10/hour. A full day is 7 hours, so I earn $133.70/day. I live and work in Virginia (D.C. area).
I have a weekend/holiday job as a barista. The barista job pays better than the sub job.
It really depends on location. I can sub for $21-40/hour depending on the school. I live in a very high cost of living area.
$214 a day. Erie PA.
Phoenix, $175 average a full day
You’re NTX? UNT? I’m not familiar w/the suburbs on 35. The suburbs on 75 N of Dallas pay about $90-$130 no degree. A few are on a sliding scale w/ how many days you work. A lot of districts use ESS as their sub contractor, but the pay is set by the district. Lots of UNT students sub & do student teaching in those districts.
$125/day Kentucky
I subbed at charter schools in Utah and made between $15-20 per hour depending on the school.
Got cut from 200/day to 190/day in my district in Washington State. They blew all that Covid cash, and now have to cut back.
$180/day as a district super sub
110 for a full day, 55 for half a day
$100 per half day and $200 per full day in South Central Pennsylvania
$160/pay without a bachelors ~$174 if you have any bachelors ~$188 with an education degree
Im in Hawaii
105
It depends on where you work and who you work for. I work for a charter school sub agency here in New York City and get paid $175 per day (at most; tiers go down based on hour requirements) as an assistant teacher. ESS in New Jersey, to work at public schools, only pays me $100 as a certified sub per day (without a 4 year degree).
On an application for Kelly Education in Atlanta, they offered about $150 a day for a public school uncertified sub position.
So I really think it matters where you are and who you work for.
$115 per day. They pay higher if you have a bachelor’s degree. I am in college also, however, I am an applied psychology major.
$160 a day in DC, $200 if you do 30 days in a row
Oklahoma 85 a day. Teachers are dropping like flies. Due to not making enough nor getting a raise they deserve.
$165 a day as a building sub in PA.
$200/day here in LA, but everything costs 2-3 times more than the rest of the country. The flexibility of subbing allows you to pick up a second gig to help with the inevitable dry periods for jobs. Most districts pay monthly, so be prepared for that if you come from a job where you're paid weekly or biweekly. You get no benefits, and since you're a per diem employee, you're only paid for the days you work.