I'm teaching in Maryland for my 4th year and have my masters in literacy and am a certified reading teacher. You start off 45k-ish with your masters. It's cheaper to live down here though than Westchester or LI NY though. However, you start off making almost 20K more in those districts
No matter where you go you will never get paid enough for what you do, so you have to make sure you can afford that. I'm keeping my options open because my hubby is also a teacher.