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I'm interested in online teaching... but wondering about salaries? I've heard rumors that the pay can be quite low. Every site I've looked at with job openings are very vague - as a one salary family, is it even worth it?
Tamra Hi Jenna,

You will find a very wide range for online salaries, but there are some places where the salary is very low. When we compared our online school's pay (looking at the rate per student), we found that we are paying about twice what other schools are paying.

There are some site-based schools that have an online program whe...See More
Apr 30, 2010
bernoulli I agree with Tamra. Keep in mind most on-line teachers are lecturers/adjuncts and if it is a fully on-line program staff by adjuncts almost exclusively then expect low pay.

I developed a two-course sequence once and got paid for that, then got paid to teach the courses for three cycles. This was at a regionally accredited brick & morta...See More
May 17, 2010
marjoryt Many bricks and mortar institutions have online components too. It's just not for the "all online" institutions.

I teach in a community college that has classroom and online courses. Probably 1/3 or so of our online courses are taught by adjunct instructors. I started that way myself; at one point I had 5 online sections (on paper that app...See More
May 24, 2010


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