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.
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
other college-educated professionals, by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, to almost $24,000
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
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
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
Since we want to compare the salaries of teachers to the salaries of other college-educated professionals, we need to pick amongst D and E, because those are the only two answer choices that provide a clear and direct comparison the salaries of teachers to the salaries of c-e professionals.
At that point, E is your best remaining answer choice, as the parallel structure of E is preferred over answer choice D.
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