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Jun 30, 2024
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For sure. That’s a TOUGH job.

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BlooCoug

Previous username: BlooCoog
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Joined: Aug 27, 2011
Last login: Jul 2, 2024
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What are Seminary/institute teachers salary ballpark? (In UT)

Yes

Jun 30, 9:33pm

$50k

Jun 30, 9:34pm

Woah. That’s absurd. I hope the benefits are amazing.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:38pm

They aren’t. Most corporate benefits are better. Church HR is stuck in the 1990s

Hiccupless

Jun 30, 9:42pm

You don’t think the church’s health insurance is better than most corporations?

chilawcoug

Jun 30, 9:54pm

From personal experience - no.

Hiccupless

Jul 1, 7:05am

Totally wrong! I worked for the church and the benefits were incredible

cornellcoug

Jun 30, 9:57pm

I concur. I had 6 weeks vacation, over a year of sick time accumulated when I

EM_Puma

Jul 1, 8:15am

I retired from seminary employment four years ago and the Church was a great

BYU I Bleed Blue

Jun 30, 10:04pm

Is it true that seminary/institute teachers make $50k annually? That sounds low

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:24pm

That's in line with a first year teacher salary. It's a 9 or 10 month contract.

TSTTKB

Jun 30, 10:38pm

No me likey. The church can and should pay their teachers more than that.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:41pm

I’m glad that was your experience. We’re discussing current compensation for

Hiccupless

Jul 1, 7:12am

You keep going back and forth between salary/compensation and benefits

chilawcoug

Jul 1, 7:48am

That is true. Housing here in Utah is out of hand and makes it very tough for a

BYU I Bleed Blue

Jul 1, 8:32am

Nah, Church benefits are awesome. The pay is comparable to K-12 teachers ...

runnincoug

Jun 30, 10:18pm

Others do it for free so paying anyone to do it is kinda silly.

Jun 30, 9:45pm

But difference between doing it full time and early morning.

Ted Lasso

Jun 30, 9:49pm

I agree. Even though it would just be part time, they should be paid like $150-200/week.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:58pm

For sure. That’s a TOUGH job.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:25pm

No, they pay competitively with jr high and high school teachers in the area.

BYU'01

Jun 30, 10:43pm

Very little 50-60k

Jun 30, 9:34pm

It’s all structured on years of experience and credentials (degrees/CES

Hiccupless

Jun 30, 9:40pm

Yeah, they basically match their K-12 teacher counterparts, and it's not much.

runnincoug

Jun 30, 9:51pm

Amen to that. These are very important jobs.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:26pm

And still extremely hard to get the job.

Ted Lasso

Jun 30, 9:41pm

All the seminary teachers in my city have nice houses and decently nice cars. I

Stucoug83

Jun 30, 10:37pm

If they do their wife works. Or parents have money!

Huck

Jun 30, 11:32pm

When my dad was a mission president many years ago, a lot of his missionaries said in their last interview that…

Brisco

Jun 30, 11:39pm

Honestly, that was me. I’m sure it is absolutely right for some people to

BlooCoug

Jul 1, 1:05am

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