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               |  Current dollars         | Constant 2000-01 dollars\1\
               |__________________________|_________________________________________
               |  Average   |  Earnings   |  Average   |  Earnings   |Ratio of aver-
    School     |   salary   |     per     |   salary   |     per     | age 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
               |            |or salary\3\ |            |or salary\3\ |   employee
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       1       |     2      |      3      |     4      |      5      |      6
_______________|____________|_____________|____________|_____________|______________
1929-30 .......|     $1,420 |      $1,386 |    $14,525 |     $14,178 |         1.02
1931-32 .......|      1,417 |       1,198 |     17,209 |      14,550 |         1.18
1933-34 .......|      1,227 |       1,070 |     16,224 |      14,148 |         1.15
1935-36 .......|      1,283 |       1,160 |     16,347 |      14,780 |         1.11
1937-38 .......|      1,374 |       1,224 |     16,794 |      14,961 |         1.12
               |            |             |            |             |
1939-40 .......|      1,441 |       1,282 |     18,054 |      16,062 |         1.12
1941-42 .......|      1,507 |       1,576 |     16,923 |      17,698 |         0.96
1943-44 .......|      1,728 |       2,030 |     17,363 |      20,398 |         0.85
1945-46 .......|      1,995 |       2,272 |     19,149 |      21,807 |         0.88
1947-48 .......|      2,639 |       2,692 |     19,831 |      20,230 |         0.98
               |            |             |            |             |
1949-50 .......|      3,010 |       2,930 |     22,253 |      21,662 |         1.03
1951-52 .......|      3,450 |       3,322 |     22,983 |      22,130 |         1.04
1953-54 .......|      3,825 |       3,628 |     24,904 |      23,622 |         1.05
1955-56 .......|      4,156 |       3,924 |     27,068 |      25,557 |         1.06
1957-58 .......|      4,702 |       4,276 |     28,828 |      26,217 |         1.10
               |            |             |            |             |
1959-60 .......|      5,174 |       4,632 |     30,832 |      27,602 |         1.12
1961-62 .......|      5,700 |       4,928 |     33,203 |      28,706 |         1.16
1963-64 .......|      6,240 |       5,373 |     35,425 |      30,503 |         1.16
1965-66 .......|      6,935 |       5,838 |     38,055 |      32,035 |         1.19
1967-68 .......|      7,630 |       6,444 |     39,283 |      33,177 |         1.18
               |            |             |            |             |
1969-70 .......|      9,047 |       7,334 |     41,934 |      33,994 |         1.23
1970-71 .......|      9,698 |       7,815 |     42,745 |      34,445 |         1.24
1971-72 .......|     10,213 |       8,334 |     43,456 |      35,461 |         1.23
1972-73 .......|     10,634 |       8,858 |     43,495 |      36,231 |         1.20
1973-74 .......|     11,254 |       9,647 |     42,262 |      36,228 |         1.17
               |            |             |            |             |
1974-75 .......|     12,167 |      10,420 |     41,133 |      35,227 |         1.17
1975-76 .......|     13,124 |      11,218 |     41,435 |      35,417 |         1.17
1976-77 .......|     13,840 |      11,991 |     41,288 |      35,772 |         1.15
1977-78 .......|     14,698 |      12,823 |     41,089 |      35,846 |         1.15
1978-79 .......|     15,764 |      13,822 |     40,294 |      35,330 |         1.14
               |            |             |            |             |
1979-80 .......|     16,715 |      15,086 |     37,699 |      34,024 |         1.11
1980-81 .......|     18,404 |      16,517 |     37,199 |      33,384 |         1.11
1981-82 .......|     20,327 |      17,863 |     37,819 |      33,234 |         1.14
1982-83 .......|     21,641 |      18,946 |     38,606 |      33,798 |         1.14
1983-84 .......|     23,005 |      19,874 |     39,574 |      34,187 |         1.16
               |            |             |            |             |
1984-85 .......|     24,666 |      20,815 |     40,833 |      34,458 |         1.19
1985-86 .......|     26,362 |      21,727 |     42,418 |      34,959 |         1.21
1986-87 .......|     27,706 |      22,642 |     43,612 |      35,640 |         1.22
1987-88 .......|     29,219 |      23,698 |     44,164 |      35,819 |         1.23
1988-89 .......|     30,850 |      24,651 |     44,571 |      35,615 |         1.25
               |            |             |            |             |
1989-90 .......|     32,638 |      25,643 |     45,006 |      35,360 |         1.27
1990-91 .......|     34,401 |      26,791 |     44,978 |      35,028 |         1.28
1991-92 .......|     35,556 |      27,990 |     45,045 |      35,459 |         1.27
1992-93 .......|     36,460 |      29,036 |     44,791 |      35,670 |         1.26
1993-94 .......|     37,446 |      29,778 |     44,841 |      35,659 |         1.26
               |            |             |            |             |
1994-95 .......|     38,339 |      30,568 |     44,631 |      35,584 |         1.25
1995-96 .......|     39,483 |      31,518 |     44,745 |      35,719 |         1.25
1996-97 .......|     40,435 |      32,735 |     44,553 |      36,068 |         1.24
1997-98 .......|     41,243 |      34,269 |     44,647 |      37,098 |         1.20
1998-99 .......|     42,488 |      35,892 |     45,212 |      38,193 |         1.18
1999-2000 .....|     43,768 |      37,691 |     45,268 |      38,982 |         1.16
2000-01 .......|     44,993 |         --- |     44,993 |         --- |          ---
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\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 © 2001 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues, and Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, various years. (This table was prepared August 2001.)