No salary would be worth my life. Not everyone cares about money as much as people on HackerNews. And nurses definitely have more exposure to covid-19 than teachers.
Yes! Just wanted the other numbers to compare -- NC is paying less than the national starting salary on average for teachers and less than the national average for nurses. In both cases starting pay and average NC pay are less than the US average salary.
My wife could match her salary working at the local Sheetz gas station which does not require a masters degree AFAIK.
North Carolina where my wife is a teacher:
Registered Nurse RN Salary $62,560
North Carolina Avg Teacher $37,631
And some other numbers:
2017-18 National Average Starting Teacher Salary: $39,249
U.S. Registered Nurse RN Salary $73,550
U.S. National Average Salary $50,620