Table 77. | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 2001-02 |
_____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________ | Current dollars | Constant 2001-02 dollars |________________________________________________________________|_________________________________ | | | | Earnings per | Ratio of | | | School | | | | full-time | average | | | year | All |Elementary |Secondary | employee | teachers salary | All |Elementary | Secondary |teachers| teachers | teachers | working | to earnings |teachers | teachers | teachers | | | | for wages | per full-time | | | | | | | or salary \1\| employee | | | ____________|________|___________|__________|______________|_________________|_________|___________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ____________|________|___________|__________|______________|_________________|_________|___________|___________ 1959-60 ....| $4,995 | $4,815 | $5,276 | $4,632 | $1.08 | $30,292 | $29,200 | $31,996 1961-62 ....| 5,515 | 5,340 | 5,775 | 4,928 | 1.12 | 32,694 | 31,657 | 34,236 1963-64 ....| 5,995 | 5,805 | 6,266 | 5,373 | 1.12 | 34,637 | 33,539 | 36,202 1965-66 ....| 6,485 | 6,279 | 6,761 | 5,838 | 1.11 | 36,216 | 35,065 | 37,757 1967-68 ....| 7,423 | 7,208 | 7,692 | 6,444 | 1.15 | 38,894 | 37,768 | 40,304 | | | | | | | | 1969-70 ....| 8,626 | 8,412 | 8,891 | 7,334 | 1.18 | 40,691 | 39,681 | 41,941 1970-71 ....| 9,268 | 9,021 | 9,568 | 7,815 | 1.19 | 41,573 | 40,465 | 42,919 1971-72 ....| 9,705 | 9,424 | 10,031 | 8,334 | 1.16 | 42,026 | 40,809 | 43,437 1972-73 ....| 10,174 | 9,893 | 10,507 | 8,858 | 1.15 | 42,350 | 41,180 | 43,736 1973-74 ....| 10,770 | 10,507 | 11,077 | 9,647 | 1.12 | 41,161 | 40,156 | 42,334 | | | | | | | | 1974-75 ....| 11,641 | 11,334 | 12,000 | 10,420 | 1.12 | 40,051 | 38,995 | 41,286 1975-76 ....| 12,600 | 12,280 | 12,937 | 11,218 | 1.12 | 40,485 | 39,457 | 41,568 1976-77 ....| 13,354 | 12,989 | 13,776 | 11,991 | 1.11 | 40,543 | 39,435 | 41,825 1977-78 ....| 14,198 | 13,845 | 14,602 | 12,823 | 1.11 | 40,394 | 39,389 | 41,543 1978-79 ....| 15,032 | 14,681 | 15,450 | 13,822 | 1.09 | 39,103 | 38,190 | 40,191 | | | | | | | | 1979-80 ....| 15,970 | 15,569 | 16,459 | 15,086 | 1.06 | 36,656 | 35,736 | 37,779 1980-81 ....| 17,644 | 17,230 | 18,142 | 16,517 | 1.07 | 36,295 | 35,443 | 37,319 1981-82 ....| 19,274 | 18,853 | 19,805 | 17,863 | 1.08 | 36,495 | 35,698 | 37,500 1982-83 ....| 20,695 | 20,227 | 21,291 | 18,946 | 1.09 | 37,572 | 36,722 | 38,654 1983-84 ....| 21,935 | 21,487 | 22,554 | 19,874 | 1.10 | 38,402 | 37,617 | 39,485 | | | | | | | | 1984-85 ....| 23,600 | 23,200 | 24,187 | 20,815 | 1.13 | 39,760 | 39,086 | 40,749 1985-86 ....| 25,199 | 24,718 | 25,846 | 21,727 | 1.16 | 41,264 | 40,477 | 42,324 1986-87 ....| 26,569 | 26,057 | 27,244 | 22,642 | 1.17 | 42,563 | 41,743 | 43,644 1987-88 ....| 28,034 | 27,519 | 28,798 | 23,698 | 1.18 | 43,123 | 42,331 | 44,298 1988-89 ....| 29,564 | 29,022 | 30,218 | 24,651 | 1.20 | 43,469 | 42,672 | 44,430 | | | | | | | | 1989-90 ....| 31,367 | 30,832 | 32,049 | 25,643 | 1.22 | 44,019 | 43,268 | 44,976 1990-91 ....| 33,084 | 32,490 | 33,896 | 26,791 | 1.23 | 44,022 | 43,232 | 45,103 1991-92 ....| 34,063 | 33,479 | 34,827 | 27,990 | 1.22 | 43,918 | 43,165 | 44,903 1992-93 ....| 35,029 | 34,350 | 35,880 | 29,036 | 1.21 | 43,795 | 42,946 | 44,859 1993-94 ....| 35,737 | 35,233 | 36,566 | 29,778 | 1.20 | 43,552 | 42,938 | 44,562 | | | | | | | | 1994-95.....| 36,675 | 36,088 | 37,523 | 30,568 | 1.20 | 43,450 | 42,754 | 44,454 1995-96.....| 37,642 | 37,138 | 38,397 | 31,518 | 1.19 | 43,414 | 42,833 | 44,285 1996-97.....| 38,477 | 38,039 | 39,184 | 32,735 | 1.18 | 43,146 | 42,655 | 43,939 1997-98 ....| 39,351 | 39,008 | 39,945 | 34,269 | 1.15 | 43,353 | 42,975 | 44,008 1998-99 ....| 40,534 | 40,287 | 41,016 | 35,893 | 1.13 | 43,897 | 43,629 | 44,419 | | | | | | | | 1999-2000 ..| 41,754 | 41,444 | 42,259 | 37,718 | 1.11 | 43,949 | 43,623 | 44,481 2000-01 ....| 43,335 | 43,076 | 43,695 | 39,272 | 1.10 | 44,102 | 43,839 | 44,469 2001-02.....| 44,604 | 44,424 | 44,718 | --- | --- | 44,604 | 44,424 | 44,718 ____________|________|___________|__________|______________|_________________|_________|___________|___________ |
---Not available. \1\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: Constant 2001-02 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years; and unpublished data (Copyright @ 2002 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, various years. (This table was prepared September 2002.) |