With World Teachers’ Day around the corner and teaching among the lowest-paid professions that require a bachelor’s degree, the personal finance website WalletHub Monday released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Teachers as well as accompanying videos.

WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 23 key metrics, ranging from teachers’ income growth potential to pupil-teacher ratio
to teacher safety.

Michigan has the highest average annual salary for public-school teachers (adjusted for cost of living), $69,097, which is 1.6 times higher than in Hawaii, the state with the lowest at $43,738. Although Indiana’s overall rank put it in the middle of the list at 23rd, the Hoosier state was near the bottom for high teacher turnover, ranking 44th. Indiana ranked even lower in public school spending per student, ranking 49th.