Union Dues

You want to know why people are bailing out of the unions like rats fleeing a sinking ship? It’s because of the onerous dues. 

Can you imagine paying $1100 per year to be a member of the NEA and be granted the permission to teach? That’s extortion. 

Via Darren:

My current union dues are a few quarters short of $1100/year.  Yes, I get an agency fee rebate each fall (but only if I request it), but $1100 is the amount deducted from my paycheck.  Via the Education Intelligence Agency, here are the state dues for NEA affiliates.  Keep in mind that this is just the state dues, not the local or national.

  1. New Jersey -$897
  2. Alaska – $740
  3. California – $677
  4. Michigan – $645
  5. Hawaii – $610
  6. Oregon – $607
  7. Wyoming – $532
  8. Indiana – $531
  9. Pennsylvania – $523
  10. Connecticut – $499
  11. Massachusetts – $494
  12. Illinois – $472
  13. Minnesota – $471
  14. Idaho – $468
  15. Delaware – $463
  16. Rhode Island – $455
  17. Ohio – $454
  18. New Hampshire – $452
  19. Iowa – $451
  20. Washington – $449
  21. Vermont – $445
  22. South Dakota – $427
  23. Maine – $414
  24. Montana – $412
  25. New Mexico – $409
  26. Nebraska – $406
  27. Kentucky – $406
  28. Colorado – $395
  29. Missouri – $392
  30. Kansas – $389
  31. Utah – $382
  32. Nevada – $378
  33. New York – $378
  34. North Dakota – $371
  35. Arizona – $364
  36. Arkansas – $359
  37. Texas – $324
  38. Maryland – $322
  39. West Virginia – $310
  40. Georgia – $300
  41. Alabama – $294
  42. North Carolina – $289
  43. Tennessee – $288
  44. Oklahoma – $287
  45. Louisiana – $284
  46. Virginia – $283
  47. South Carolina – $275
  48. Mississippi – $273
  49. Wisconsin – $238
  50. Florida – $234

That’s an average state dues level of $424.36. Include NEA dues and your average NEA member is paying $613.36 plus local dues.