Kyle Cohen, a fourth-grade teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, posted a TikTok video about how much he made during his first year of teaching. The number got people’s attention.

“In my first year of teaching, I taught at a charter school here in Cleveland, Ohio, and I made $31,000 as a fourth-grade teacher with a class of 16 students with a wide range of special needs, and I had my college degree and experience,” Cohen, 26, said in a clip that pulled in more than a million views.

The comments split the way these things always do. Some people were sympathetic. Others rolled out the greatest hits of teacher-pay dismissal. One of the most common claims: teachers “only” work eight to nine months a year, so what are they complaining about?

@mr.kylecohen #stitch with @itsnitababyyy #teachers #teachersoftiktok #teacherlife #money ♬ original sound – Kyle Cohen, M.Ed.

#stitch with @itsnitababyyy #teachers #teachersoftiktok #teacherlife #money ♬ original sound – Kyle Cohen, M.Ed.

Cohen decided to answer that claim with a calculator.

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