Not what you asked, but make sure your teaching license will be valid here, MA has pretty strict educator guidelines and will not accept licenses from all states. Although with the teacher shortage, they may be more lenient with hiring someone and letting them work on getting appropriate licensure in a set amount of time.

I live in Worcester on a teacher's salary. It's not bad, but it's gotten a lot more expensive since I bought my house in 2012. I probably could not afford to buy here now.

Nothing in Massachusetts is affordable. Any apartment units built in the last 2/3 years are charging 1800+ for a studio. It's insanity.

I pay 330 a week for a center based program in the Springfield area

Hi! I'm a teacher in MA. Feel free tonreach of you have any education questions.

About $350/week in western mass

My sister is a teacher and lives in Uxbridge. It is a developing area that is still fairly rural but has good access everything. Inside of 495 will be pretty expensive, even for rent.

What are you looking for in terms of # of bedrooms and budget? This area is quite expensive.

https://www.doe.mass.edu/licensure/academic-prek12/teacher/license-types.html

Idk but looks like yes if you plan to be here for more than 5 years

Really? For all grade levels?

Sorry but that is a product of 31 years living here. It AIN'T going anywhere lolol. As far as budget, it's hard to determine. I haven't looked at the pay scale for teacher there so I am not really sure on budget and here in Texas, how much you make as a teacher depends on years of experience and where you live. Poor school districts like mine don't pay anything compared to cities. I do know a 2 bedroom something would be preferable.

Agreed. I've lived here roughly 50 years, and I've heard it that whole time - just without a southern drawl. It's all about how you say it.

Its okay to say y’all here, you can also say you betcha!

Pretty sure you need a masters to be a teacher in MA

We are 500 miles away from there. Smoke can travel crazy distances, but if you think residue can travel that far without coming back down to earth, you're a bit crazy.

Not necessarily. I was working full time as a lead teacher at the daycare my son attended, and even with my employee discount, I was only bringing home about $100/week. So when I had my daughter, it was considerably cheaper for me to stay home. To be fair, though, that was nearly eight years ago, and I was making less than the current minimum wage. But daycare prices have increased in those eight years as well.

I had it on my car this morning, too. I live on the South Shore

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Hello! Definitely renting at first. Gotta get a foothold first before committing to purchasing a house.

It would be more helpful if you mentioned your budget. Also - and I'm sure some will down vote me for this - if you don't want people to think you've brought a "backwoods, ignorant, stereotypical Texan mentality" with you, you might want to drop the use of "y'all" (especially "y'alls" - that made my eyes bleed, how is that even a word). Other than that, welcome.

Im all for a dominatrix telling me to bring my money to a broker and investing in a low risk, high dividend ETF.

Howdy.

Progressive Texans welcome.

We can be much more helpful if you provide more detail about renting vs owning and if you will be buying a home, a guesstimate on the price range?

Save and spend it in a fiscally responsible way

Very large area and population.

Give your money to me then

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Our center is around $1800/month full time infant and goes down from there as they get older or if you do part time. But there are waitlists everywhere