Inadequate compensation is often viewed as the root of teacher workforce challenges despite teacher reports that working conditions matter more. Using an original discrete choice experiment with a national sample of 1,030 U.S. teachers, we found that support staff--special education specialists, counselors, and nurses--play an essential role in shaping teachers' employment preferences. Teachers value access to these support staff more than they value a 10% increase to their own salary. We also assessed teachers' preferences regarding childcare subsidies and find that teachers treat a 10% salary increase and a childcare benefit of similar value as near perfect substitutes. To test the durability of these findings, we replicated our study 2 years later and found nearly identical results.