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Table 78. Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 2001-02

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                      |                                                              |                                                      | Percent
                      |                    Current dollars                           |                 Constant 2001-02 dollars             | change,
                      |                                                              |                                                      |1989-90 to
        State         |______________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________|2001-02 in
                      |       |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |         |        |constant
                      |1969-70|1979-80 |1989-90 |1995-96 |1999-2000|2000-01 |2001-02 |1969-70 |1979-80 |1989-90 |1995-96 |1999-2000|2000-01 | dollars
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          1           |   2   |   3    |   4    |   5    |    6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13    |   14   |    15
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   United States .....|$8,626 |$15,970 |$31,367 |$37,642 | $41,754 |$43,335 |$44,604 |$40,691 |$36,656 |$44,019 |$43,414 | $43,949 |$44,102 |      1.3
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Alabama ..............| 6,818 | 13,060 | 24,828 | 31,313 |  36,689 | 37,956 | 39,268 | 32,162 | 29,977 | 34,843 | 36,115 |  38,618 | 38,628 |     12.7
Alaska ...............|10,560 | 27,210 | 43,153 | 49,620 |  46,462 | 48,123 | 49,418 | 49,814 | 62,455 | 60,559 | 57,229 |  48,905 | 48,975 |    -18.4
Arizona ..............| 8,711 | 15,054 | 29,402 | 32,483 |  35,650 | 36,302 | 36,966 | 41,091 | 34,554 | 41,262 | 37,464 |  37,524 | 36,945 |    -10.4
Arkansas .............| 6,307 | 12,299 | 22,352 | 29,533 |  33,386 | 34,641 | 35,389 | 29,751 | 28,230 | 31,368 | 34,062 |  35,141 | 35,254 |     12.8
California ...........|10,315 | 18,020 | 37,998 | 42,259 |  47,680 | 52,480 | 53,870 | 48,658 | 41,362 | 53,325 | 48,739 |  50,187 | 53,409 |      1.0
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Colorado .............| 7,761 | 16,205 | 30,758 | 35,364 |  38,163 | 39,184 | 40,222 | 36,610 | 37,196 | 43,165 | 40,787 |  40,169 | 39,878 |     -6.8
Connecticut ..........| 9,262 | 16,229 | 40,461 | 50,254 |  51,780 | 52,693 | 54,300 | 43,691 | 37,251 | 56,781 | 57,960 |  54,502 | 53,626 |     -4.4
Delaware .............| 9,015 | 16,148 | 33,377 | 40,533 |  44,435 | 47,047 | 48,363 | 42,526 | 37,065 | 46,840 | 46,749 |  46,771 | 47,880 |      3.3
District of Columbia .|10,285 | 22,190 | 38,402 | 43,700 |  47,076 | 48,704 | 47,049 | 48,516 | 50,933 | 53,892 | 50,401 |  49,551 | 49,566 |    -12.7
Florida ..............| 8,412 | 14,149 | 28,803 | 33,330 |  36,722 | 38,230 | 38,719 | 39,681 | 32,476 | 40,421 | 38,441 |  38,653 | 38,907 |     -4.2
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Georgia ..............| 7,276 | 13,853 | 28,006 | 34,002 |  41,023 | 42,216 | 44,073 | 34,322 | 31,797 | 39,303 | 39,216 |  43,180 | 42,963 |     12.1
Hawaii ...............| 9,453 | 19,920 | 32,047 | 35,807 |  40,578 | 40,052 | 41,951 | 44,592 | 45,723 | 44,974 | 41,298 |  42,711 | 40,761 |     -6.7
Idaho ................| 6,890 | 13,611 | 23,861 | 30,892 |  35,162 | 36,375 | 37,482 | 32,501 | 31,241 | 33,486 | 35,629 |  37,011 | 37,019 |     11.9
Illinois .............| 9,569 | 17,601 | 32,794 | 40,919 |  46,486 | 47,847 | 50,000 | 45,139 | 40,400 | 46,022 | 47,194 |  48,930 | 48,694 |      8.6
Indiana...............| 8,833 | 15,599 | 30,902 | 37,675 |  41,850 | 43,311 | 44,195 | 41,667 | 35,805 | 43,367 | 43,452 |  44,050 | 44,078 |      1.9
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Iowa .................| 8,355 | 15,203 | 26,747 | 32,372 |  35,678 | 36,479 | 38,230 | 39,412 | 34,896 | 37,536 | 37,336 |  37,554 | 37,125 |      1.8
Kansas ...............| 7,612 | 13,690 | 28,744 | 32,382 |  34,981 | 35,901 | 36,673 | 35,907 | 31,423 | 40,338 | 37,348 |  36,820 | 36,537 |     -9.1
Kentucky .............| 6,953 | 14,520 | 26,292 | 33,080 |  36,380 | 36,589 | 37,847 | 32,799 | 33,328 | 36,897 | 38,153 |  38,293 | 37,237 |      2.6
Louisiana ............| 7,028 | 13,760 | 24,300 | 27,530 |  33,109 | 33,615 | 35,437 | 33,152 | 31,584 | 34,102 | 31,752 |  34,850 | 34,210 |      3.9
Maine ................| 7,572 | 13,071 | 26,881 | 32,869 |  35,561 | 36,373 | 37,100 | 35,719 | 30,002 | 37,724 | 37,909 |  37,431 | 37,017 |     -1.7
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Maryland .............| 9,383 | 17,558 | 36,319 | 41,160 |  44,048 | 45,963 | 46,200 | 44,261 | 40,301 | 50,969 | 47,472 |  46,364 | 46,777 |     -9.4
Massachusetts ........| 8,764 | 17,253 | 34,712 | 41,760 |  46,580 | 48,649 | 50,293 | 41,341 | 39,601 | 48,714 | 48,164 |  49,029 | 49,510 |      3.2
Michigan .............| 9,826 | 19,663 | 37,072 | 46,832 |  49,044 | 50,694 | 52,037 | 46,351 | 45,133 | 52,025 | 54,014 |  51,622 | 51,592 |       #
Minnesota ............| 8,658 | 15,912 | 32,190 | 36,922 |  39,802 | 42,212 | 43,330 | 40,841 | 36,523 | 45,174 | 42,584 |  41,894 | 42,959 |     -4.1
Mississippi ..........| 5,798 | 11,850 | 24,292 | 27,692 |  31,857 | 31,954 | 32,800 | 27,350 | 27,199 | 34,090 | 31,938 |  33,532 | 32,520 |     -3.8
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Missouri..............| 7,799 | 13,682 | 27,094 | 32,322 |  35,656 | 36,722 | 37,695 | 36,789 | 31,404 | 38,023 | 37,278 |  37,531 | 37,372 |     -0.9
Montana ..............| 7,606 | 14,537 | 25,081 | 29,364 |  32,121 | 33,249 | 34,379 | 35,879 | 33,367 | 35,198 | 33,867 |  33,810 | 33,838 |     -2.3
Nebraska .............| 7,375 | 13,516 | 25,522 | 31,496 |  33,237 | 34,175 | 36,236 | 34,789 | 31,023 | 35,817 | 36,326 |  34,984 | 34,780 |      1.2
Nevada ...............| 9,215 | 16,295 | 30,590 | 36,167 |  39,390 | 40,443 | 41,524 | 43,469 | 37,402 | 42,929 | 41,713 |  41,461 | 41,159 |     -3.3
New Hampshire ........| 7,771 | 13,017 | 28,986 | 35,792 |  37,734 | 38,301 | 38,911 | 36,657 | 29,878 | 40,678 | 41,281 |  39,718 | 38,979 |     -4.3
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New Jersey ...........| 9,130 | 17,161 | 35,676 | 48,751 |  52,174 | 53,281 | 54,575 | 43,068 | 39,390 | 50,066 | 56,227 |  54,917 | 54,224 |      9.0
New Mexico ...........| 7,796 | 14,887 | 24,756 | 29,074 |  32,554 | 33,785 | 36,490 | 36,775 | 34,170 | 34,742 | 33,532 |  34,265 | 34,383 |      5.0
New York .............|10,336 | 19,812 | 38,925 | 48,115 |  51,020 | 52,040 | 53,081 | 48,757 | 45,475 | 54,626 | 55,493 |  53,702 | 52,961 |     -2.8
North Carolina .......| 7,494 | 14,117 | 27,883 | 30,411 |  39,419 | 41,151 | 42,959 | 35,351 | 32,403 | 39,130 | 35,074 |  41,491 | 41,880 |      9.8
North Dakota .........| 6,696 | 13,263 | 23,016 | 26,969 |  29,863 | 30,891 | 31,709 | 31,586 | 30,443 | 32,300 | 31,105 |  31,433 | 31,438 |     -1.8
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Ohio .................| 8,300 | 15,269 | 31,218 | 37,835 |  41,436 | 42,764 | 44,492 | 39,153 | 35,047 | 43,810 | 43,637 |  43,614 | 43,521 |      1.6
Oklahoma .............| 6,882 | 13,107 | 23,070 | 28,404 |  31,298 | 34,499 | 35,412 | 32,464 | 30,085 | 32,376 | 32,760 |  32,943 | 35,110 |      9.4
Oregon ...............| 8,818 | 16,266 | 30,840 | 39,706 |  40,919 | 41,711 | 43,886 | 41,596 | 37,336 | 43,280 | 45,795 |  43,070 | 42,449 |      1.4
Pennsylvania .........| 8,858 | 16,515 | 33,338 | 46,087 |  48,321 | 49,528 | 50,599 | 41,785 | 37,907 | 46,785 | 53,154 |  50,861 | 50,405 |      8.2
Rhode Island .........| 8,776 | 18,002 | 36,057 | 41,765 |  47,041 | 48,474 | 49,758 | 41,398 | 41,320 | 50,601 | 48,170 |  49,514 | 49,332 |     -1.7
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South Carolina .......| 6,927 | 13,063 | 27,217 | 31,622 |  36,081 | 37,938 | 38,943 | 32,676 | 29,984 | 38,195 | 36,471 |  37,978 | 38,610 |      2.0
South Dakota .........| 6,403 | 12,348 | 21,300 | 26,346 |  29,071 | 30,265 | 31,295 | 30,204 | 28,343 | 29,892 | 30,386 |  30,599 | 30,801 |      4.7
Tennessee ............| 7,050 | 13,972 | 27,052 | 33,126 |  36,328 | 37,431 | 38,554 | 33,256 | 32,070 | 37,964 | 38,206 |  38,238 | 38,094 |      1.6
Texas ................| 7,255 | 14,132 | 27,496 | 31,400 |  37,567 | 38,361 | 39,293 | 34,223 | 32,437 | 38,587 | 36,215 |  39,542 | 39,040 |      1.8
Utah .................| 7,644 | 14,909 | 23,686 | 30,588 |  34,946 | 36,441 | 37,414 | 36,058 | 34,221 | 33,240 | 35,279 |  36,783 | 37,086 |     12.6
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Vermont ..............| 7,968 | 12,484 | 29,012 | 36,295 |  37,714 | 38,254 | 38,802 | 37,587 | 28,655 | 40,714 | 41,861 |  39,697 | 38,931 |     -4.7
Virginia .............| 8,070 | 14,060 | 30,938 | 34,792 |  38,744 | 40,197 | 41,262 | 38,068 | 32,272 | 43,417 | 40,127 |  40,781 | 40,909 |     -5.0
Washington ...........| 9,225 | 18,820 | 30,457 | 37,853 |  41,043 | 42,137 | 43,483 | 43,516 | 43,198 | 42,742 | 43,658 |  43,201 | 42,883 |      1.7
West Virginia.........| 7,650 | 13,710 | 22,842 | 32,155 |  35,009 | 35,888 | 36,751 | 36,087 | 31,469 | 32,056 | 37,086 |  36,849 | 36,523 |     14.6
Wisconsin ............| 8,963 | 16,006 | 31,921 | 38,182 |  41,153 | 42,122 | 43,114 | 42,280 | 36,739 | 44,797 | 44,037 |  43,316 | 42,868 |     -3.8
Wyoming ..............| 8,232 | 16,012 | 28,141 | 31,571 |  34,127 | 34,678 | 37,841 | 38,832 | 36,753 | 39,492 | 36,412 |  35,921 | 35,292 |     -4.2
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# Rounds to 0.0.

NOTE: Constant 2001-02 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Price index does not account for different rates of change in the cost of living among states. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Copyright @ 2002 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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