The Influence of Work Experience and Workload on Teacher Performance and its Impact on Teacher Income Levels in Senior High School in Jambi City

Work experience plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance and effectiveness of human resources. Workload is one of the key factors that can influence this performance. Performance, in this context, refers to the effort made in fulfilling duties and responsibilities to meet established goals. For teachers, effective performance not only contributes to achieving educational objectives but also impacts their income, which is essential for meeting their daily needs. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of work experience and workload on teacher performance and its impact on the level of teacher income in senior high schools in Jambi City. The novelty in this research is that it is suspected that teacher income is one of the factors that cause teacher performance to be of high quality. This type of research is the quantitative descriptive research, which was carried out using a questionnaire via Google form for senior high school teachers in Jambi City. Respondents were randomly selected using area sampling technique as many as 121 of the total population of 173 teachers. This data was analysed using path analysis with the SPSS AMOS 26 program. The results showed that work experience and workload have a direct effect on income. Work experience has a direct effect on performance, but workload has no direct effect on performance. Performance has a direct effect on income. Work experience has a significant direct effect on teacher performance; through teacher performance directly has no direct effect on teacher income. Workload has no direct effect on teacher performance; through performance as a direct influence it has no direct effect on teacher income in private high schools in Jambi City.