Do teachers pay into social security?

But states aren’t locked into keeping their teachers out of Social Security. When Social Security coverage was extended to the states in the 1950s, each state entered into what is called a Section 218 agreement with the Social Security Administration, detailing the extent of coverage. read more

Not all states do this, and in the states that do not, public-school teachers (and other public employees) pay into Social Security, and later collect Social Security benefits, just as anyone else does. read more

This means these teachers don’t contribute to the Social Security system (7.65% of their income up to $117,000 this year with a corresponding 7.65% contribution from their school district) but it also means they don’t earn Social Security credit toward their retirement benefit. read more