Nationwide minimum salaries don’t make sense. In nearby Carroll county, MD, the median individual salary is $45,000 and about 45% of the population over 25 has a bachelors degree. Minimum teacher’s salary is about $48,000, which puts them above the median for all workers, in a county that’s pretty highly educated, but also fairly cheap and rural.

By contrast, $60,000 in NYC is quite out of line with what other college educated workers earn in that city.