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[Jo]

Who tends to make more: a CC instructor or a technical college instructor?
And which is best to persue a career in?

[Pedant]

First you need to learn spelling. The word is PURSUE.

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[Not Pedant]

There appear to be few statistics on this subject.  Based on a comparison between studies of CC teachers and studies of Adult Education/VoTech teachers, I have determined tentatively that some technical school instructors earn substantially less than the average, but most earn about the same.

I'm assuming you're looking to compare CC teachers in the technical areas to TC teachers in the same areas.

If you're thinking about CC teachers across the board to TC teachers across the board, then CC teachers tend to win because the advanced degrees of other faculty spin the average higher than it would be if you're comparing equivalent trades.

In any case, it looks like the national average for both CC and TC technical instructors (sans Master's degree) is in the upper 20s lower 30s.  Assume a large margin of error.

[upper midwesterner]

Au contraire, in our state the tech system is funded differently from that of the ccs.  The tech instructors earn about 25-50% more with the same level of education.  One other major difference is that tech schools will hire with a Bachelors (that rarely happens in our cc system).  So Jo needs to look at his/her state in detail.

-CC teacher

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[CCI]

In Wisconsin where there is a technical college system but no community college system to speak of, the pay for instructors is in the middle 40s for entry level master's level people. In MN the community and technical colleges have in some places merged and they go off of the state union scale (35ish entry for master's level).  Six of one--half a dozen of another, I say. In the end a job is a job is a job. It is a gift from the academic gods.


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[Not Pedant]

Aparently Upper Midwesterner doesn't understand the difference between a national average and a local variable.  Of course, one needs to take local considerations into account.  But to begin that statement with the phrase au contraire, seems to imply a profound lack of understanding of statistical evidence.  Jo wasn't asking about your state system, was she/he?