Reply To: Every Menahels Difficult Dillema, the underperforming career rebbi.

Most newly graduated “frum” rabbonim are not considered “professionals” in the way that most lawyers, MBAs, etc are from a compensation perspective. Newly graduated lawyers and MBAs earns upwards of $150,000/yr right out of school. Most secular teachers with a masters degree in education can expect to earn $45,000-$50,000/yr out of school in any large city school system. A newly minted “rav” having just left yeshiva cannot expect to earn anywhere near these amounts unless he is a superstar of major proportions in demand from the top yeshivos with wealthy supporters who fund such hires.