Dave wrote:
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:19:04 -0500, katy said:


Your county certainly isn't doing much to attract teachers with wages
like those.


You can't really reach much in the way of conclusions without knowing the
relative cost of living there compared to that where you're located.

I have always heard that Colorado ahs a pretty high cost of living...as
does Virginia....
Using the 42K average that a teacher makes in that CO county, I ran a
comparison on a cost of living calculator (the avg. teacher salary in VA
is 48K):
Product Hampton Roads-SE Virginia VA Denver CO Difference
HOME PRICE $286,672.00 $316,594.00 $29,922.00
PAYMENT+ INTEREST $1,308.36 $1,397.82 $89.47
APT RENT $893.00 $737.00 $156.00
TOTAL ENERGY $197.89 $142.46 $55.43
OTHER ENERGY $110.16 $64.51 $45.65
LIPITOR $109.99 $114.00 $4.01
DENTIST VISIT $98.80 $77.33 $21.47
PART ELECTRICAL $87.73 $77.95 $9.78
DOCTOR VISIT $72.60 $94.75 $22.15
OPTOMETRIST $71.60 $73.40 $1.80
VET SERVICES $37.20 $41.42 $4.22
WASHER REPAIR $35.00 $53.48 $18.48
PHONE $32.36 $24.15 $8.21
WOMENS SLACKS $23.24 $24.24 $1.00
BEAUTY SALON $20.80 $27.20 $6.40
MENS SHIRT $20.74 $17.24 $3.50
BOYS JEAN $19.49 $19.39 $0.10
PIZZA $10.99 $9.72 $1.27
NEWSPAPER $10.42 $7.50 $2.92
TIRE BALANCE $10.14 $8.62 $1.52
T BONE STEAK $10.05 $9.59 $0.46
HAIR CUT $8.80 $12.79 $3.99
DRY CLEANING $8.44 $9.62 $1.18
MOVIE $7.90 $8.89 $0.99
BEER $7.77 $7.36 $0.41
IBUPROFEN $5.82 $5.91 $0.09
WINE $5.59 $4.93 $0.66
POTATOES $5.52 $2.72 $2.80
CASCADE $4.32 $3.38 $0.94
BOWLING $4.10 $4.15 $0.05
CRISCO $3.67 $3.45 $0.22
2-PC CHICKEN $3.33 $3.00 $0.33
TENNIS BALLS $3.25 $2.22 $1.03
COFFEE $3.22 $4.10 $0.88
SAUSAGE $3.17 $4.56 $1.39
CEREAL $3.09 $2.32 $0.77
PARMESAN CHEESE $2.99 $4.23 $1.24
FROZEN MEAL $2.85 $3.07 $0.22
GASOLINE $2.79 $2.72 $0.06
HAMBURGER SANDWICH $2.69 $2.77 $0.08
ORANGE JUICE $2.46 $2.31 $0.15
TOOTHPASTE $2.42 $2.27 $0.15
POTATO CHIPS $2.36 $2.03 $0.33
GROUND BEEF $2.34 $2.74 $0.40
HALF GAL MILK $2.19 $2.09 $0.10
PEACHES $1.97 $2.40 $0.43
KLEENEX $1.72 $1.83 $0.11
SUGAR $1.56 $1.86 $0.30
FROZEN CORN $1.52 $1.75 $0.23
LETTUCE $1.44 $1.09 $0.35
DOZ EGGS $1.19 $0.84 $0.35
FRIED CHICKEN $1.09 $1.24 $0.15
SWEET PEAS $0.98 $1.26 $0.28
SHAMPOO $0.94 $1.00 $0.06
MARGARINE $0.74 $1.04 $0.30
TUNA $0.70 $0.81 $0.11
BANANAS $0.37 $0.49 $0.12
Mortgage (%) 6.14% 5.83% 0.31