Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Math Problems

Question: If a professional teaching artist with an undergrad degree, earns $20 per hour, and  somehow manages to book 40 hours worth of work each week, how much would they take home in a month?
Answer: $3200 per month, but deduct taxes, and student loan payments, and health insurance from that total.

Question: How much is the monthly rent on a New York City one bedroom rental apartment?
Answer: The least expensive one-bedroom rental apartment in Manhattan can be had for $1538 per month. (Data published by the Real Estate Group) Also, it's lovely in Staten Island, and I bet they need teaching artists in every borough.

Question: How much is $3200/month in earnings minus $1538/month in rent?
Answer:  $1662/month, but deduct taxes, and student loan payments, and health insurance from that total.

Question: How much does that undergrad degree cost, on average?
Answer: Private four-year $26,273. Public four-year $7,020. (Data published by the College Board)

1 comment:

Dennis Baker said...

Forty hours a week is super generous. One has to account for traveling to and from each job. I range 13-17 hours a week of teaching with commuting 13 hours a week.

Also I wonder how many teaching artists have their masters. In the day of inflated education, a BA does not mean anything any more. In the areas of teaching, and teaching artist work, many have to have their masters degree to compete with other applicants.