AFT head Randi Weingarten makes over $560,000 per year, 9 times average teacher salary, records show

AFT President Randi Weingarten received a total compensation of $564,236

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The head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Randi Weingarten makes over half a million dollars per year in her job – more than nine times the average teachers salary in the U.S.

In 2019, Weingarten received a salary of $489,844 along with $74,392 in other compensation, bringing her total haul for the year to $564,236, according to the AFT's Internal Revenue Service Form 990 for that year, the most recent year available. 

The median salary for public high school teachers was $62,870, as of May 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). For preschool, elementary, middle, secondary, and special education teachers, the median salary was $58,550, according to the BLS. 

The AFT did not respond to Fox News' request for comment on whether Weingarten's high salary is justified by her work.

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