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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
In Oregon the standard is $142.28 per day.
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Holy crap! That's the highest I've ever heard. When I subbed in the Seattle School District, I got about $110 on a good day. In a suburban school district just outside of Seattle, I got $120 or so. Here in Pennsylvania, I hear they're paying less than $100.
Anyway, Owl answered all of the important questions. The key is WHERE you are located... what state, what district(s), and what their rules are. It really is a very well-paying and flexible job, if you qualify for the position (depends on the state; some take anyone with a college degree, others require basic proficiency tests, etc). I had an "emergency substitute" certificate for a few months while waiting for my real teaching certificate to arrive... my understanding was that just about anyone could get one of those (emergency ones).
Best part is that you can pick and choose the days you want to work... especially handy if you just need some money to get by, while looking for other jobs or working on a side project. The hours are quite short, though very early (usually 7am, if not earlier). The downside is that you don't get much respect from the kids or other teachers, unless you stay in one school/area for a long time and establish a reputation and "clientele" of teachers who will call on you repeatedly. It's hard to bond with the kids, which is one of my favorite parts of teaching... you have to have a very firm sense of authority, and be ready to enforce it on the troublemakers right from the start.
That said, I got my teaching certificate 5 years ago, and I'm going to renew it for another five years this month (even though I taught for less than 2 years with it). I plan to use it as a back-up if I ever find myself without a job... for example, it will be very handy to substitute teach when I'm writing my dissertation in the next few years, especially if ktspktsp is in graduate school at the same time and I need to support both of us. I think it's a very good thing to have when you're in between things.