Estimated average annual salary of instructionalstaff in public elementary and secondary schools andaverage annual earnings of full-time employees in allindustries: 1929-30 to 1998-99

Table 79.

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         |  Current dollars | Constant 1998-99 dollars\1\
         |__________________|_______________________________
         |Average |Earnings |Average |Earnings |  Ratio of
 School  | salary |   per   | salary |   per   |  instruc-
  year   |   of   |full-time|   of   |full-time|tional staff
         |instruc-|employee |instruc-|employee | salary to
         | tional | working | tional | working |earnings per
         |staff\2\|for wages|staff\2\|for wages| full-time
         |        |salary\3\|        |salary\3\|  employee
_________|________|_________|________|_________|____________
    1    |   2    |    3    |   4    |    5    |     6
_________|________|_________|________|_________|____________
1929-30 .| $1,420 |  $1,386 |$13,650 | $13,323 |       1.02
1931-32 .|  1,417 |   1,198 | 16,172 |  13,673 |       1.18
1933-34 .|  1,227 |   1,070 | 15,246 |  13,296 |       1.15
1935-36 .|  1,283 |   1,160 | 15,362 |  13,889 |       1.11
1937-38 .|  1,374 |   1,224 | 15,782 |  14,059 |       1.12
         |        |         |        |         |
1939-40 .|  1,441 |   1,282 | 16,966 |  15,094 |       1.12
1941-42 .|  1,507 |   1,576 | 15,903 |  16,631 |       0.96
1943-44 .|  1,728 |   2,030 | 16,317 |  19,169 |       0.85
1945-46 .|  1,995 |   2,272 | 17,995 |  20,493 |       0.88
1947-48 .|  2,639 |   2,692 | 18,636 |  19,011 |       0.98
         |        |         |        |         |
1949-50 .|  3,010 |   2,930 | 20,913 |  20,357 |       1.03
1951-52 .|  3,450 |   3,322 | 21,598 |  20,797 |       1.04
1953-54 .|  3,825 |   3,628 | 23,404 |  22,198 |       1.05
1955-56 .|  4,156 |   3,924 | 25,438 |  24,018 |       1.06
1957-58 .|  4,702 |   4,276 | 27,091 |  24,637 |       1.10
         |        |         |        |         |
1959-60 .|  5,174 |   4,632 | 28,974 |  25,939 |       1.12
1961-62 .|  5,700 |   4,928 | 31,203 |  26,977 |       1.16
1963-64 .|  6,240 |   5,373 | 33,290 |  28,665 |       1.16
1965-66 .|  6,935 |   5,838 | 35,762 |  30,105 |       1.19
1967-68 .|  7,630 |   6,444 | 36,916 |  31,178 |       1.18
         |        |         |        |         |
1969-70 .|  9,047 |   7,334 | 39,407 |  31,946 |       1.23
1970-71 .|  9,698 |   7,815 | 40,169 |  32,370 |       1.24
1971-72 .| 10,213 |   8,334 | 40,838 |  33,324 |       1.23
1972-73 .| 10,634 |   8,858 | 40,874 |  34,048 |       1.20
1973-74 .| 11,254 |   9,647 | 39,716 |  34,045 |       1.17
         |        |         |        |         |
1974-75 .| 12,167 |  10,420 | 38,654 |  33,104 |       1.17
1975-76 .| 13,124 |  11,218 | 38,938 |  33,283 |       1.17
1976-77 .| 13,840 |  11,991 | 38,800 |  33,617 |       1.15
1977-78 .| 14,698 |  12,829 | 38,613 |  33,702 |       1.15
1978-79 .| 15,764 |  13,851 | 37,866 |  33,271 |       1.14
         |        |         |        |         |
1979-80 .| 16,715 |  15,095 | 35,427 |  31,993 |       1.11
1980-81 .| 18,404 |  16,495 | 34,958 |  31,332 |       1.12
1981-82 .| 20,327 |  17,818 | 35,540 |  31,154 |       1.14
1982-83 .| 21,641 |  18,883 | 36,280 |  31,655 |       1.15
1983-84 .| 23,005 |  19,749 | 37,190 |  31,926 |       1.16
         |        |         |        |         |
1984-85 .| 24,666 |  20,626 | 38,373 |  32,088 |       1.20
1985-86 .| 26,362 |  21,518 | 39,862 |  32,537 |       1.23
1986-87 .| 27,706 |  22,432 | 40,984 |  33,183 |       1.24
1987-88 .| 29,219 |  23,698 | 41,503 |  33,661 |       1.23
1988-89 .| 30,850 |  24,651 | 41,885 |  33,469 |       1.25
         |        |         |        |         |
1989-90 .| 32,638 |  25,643 | 42,294 |  33,230 |       1.27
1990-91 .| 34,401 |  26,791 | 42,268 |  32,918 |       1.28
1991-92 .| 35,556 |  27,990 | 42,331 |  33,323 |       1.27
1992-93 .| 36,460 |  29,036 | 42,092 |  33,521 |       1.26
1993-94 .| 37,446 |  29,778 | 42,139 |  33,510 |       1.26
         |        |         |        |         |
1994-95 .| 38,339 |  30,568 | 41,942 |  33,440 |       1.25
1995-96 .| 39,483 |  31,518 | 42,049 |  33,567 |       1.25
1996-97 .| 40,435 |  32,734 | 41,869 |  33,895 |       1.24
1997-98 .| 41,272 |  34,270 | 41,986 |  34,863 |       1.20
1998-99 .| 42,459 |     --- | 42,459 |     --- |        ---
_________|________|_________|________|_________|____________

---Not Available.
\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
\2\Includes supervisors, principals, classroom teachers, and other instructional staff.
\3\Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce have been converted to a school-year basis by averaging the two appropriate calendar years in each case. Beginning in 1992-93, data are wage and salary accruals per full-time-equivalent employee. Data for years 1987-88 and after may not be directly comparable to earlier years.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, and unpublished data; National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Copyright @ 2000 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); and U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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