# @aldotcom on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sukd8OU9c24
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55295116-aldotcom-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-05T21:16:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AL.com (@aldotcom) — https://gondola.cc/aldotcom

## Caption

Alabama lawmakers are deciding whether to give teachers and state education employees a raise in 2026.

Average teacher pay in the state is $62,659, according to the state’s budget office. That number includes people with decades of experience and doctorate degrees.

The base starting pay for a first-year teacher is $47,600 for 2025-26; some local districts pay more.

Alabama’s 140 state lawmakers will earn $66,659 in 2026.

If a teacher only makes the state minimum and does not receive any additional local dollars or bonuses, they must be a 30-year veteran in order to make as much as a lawmaker.

State education employees did not get a raise in 2025; the state worked on paid leave instead, as well as $200 million for a new school choice program.

Between 2024 and 2026, inflation has increased 3%. Education advocates are asking for at least a 2% raise, plus help on insurance premium costs.

Reporting by Ruth Serven Smith
Read more on AL.com

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- **Views:** 506
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