A recently published report indicates that the salaries of teachers continue to lag far behind other college-educated professionals, because they make an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less a year by the time they reach the age of 50.
A.other college-educated professionals, because they make an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less
B.other college-educated professionals, by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, to almost $24,000
C.what other college-educated professionals are paid—making an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less
D.those of other college-educated professionals—by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers to almost $24,000 less
E.those of other college-educated professionals—by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, and by almost $24,000