Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 2002-03

Table 77.

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padding-left:4px" >________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Current dollars | Constant 2002-03 dollars ________________________________________________________|_________________________________ | | Earnings per | Ratio of | | | | | full-time | average | | | |Elementary |Secondary | employee | teachers' salary | All |Elementary | Secondary | teachers | working | to earnings |teachers | teachers | teachers | | for wages | per full-time | | | | | or salary \1\| employee | | | ___________|__________|______________|__________________|_________|___________|___________ 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ___________|__________|______________|__________________|_________|___________|___________ $4,815| $5,276| $4,632| 1.08| $30,959| $29,844| $32,701 5,340| 5,775| 4,928| 1.12| 33,415| 32,354| 34,990 5,805| 6,266| 5,373| 1.12| 35,399| 34,278| 37,000 6,279| 6,761| 5,838| 1.11| 37,013| 35,838| 38,589 7,208| 7,692| 6,444| 1.15| 39,751| 38,600| 41,192 | | | | | | 8,412| 8,891| 7,334| 1.18| 41,587| 40,555| 42,864 9,021| 9,568| 7,815| 1.19| 42,489| 41,356| 43,864 9,424| 10,031| 8,334| 1.16| 42,951| 41,708| 44,394 9,893| 10,507| 8,858| 1.15| 43,283| 42,087| 44,700 10,507| 11,077| 9,647| 1.12| 42,067| 41,040| 43,267 | | | | | | 11,334| 12,000| 10,420| 1.12| 40,933| 39,854| 42,196 12,280| 12,937| 11,218| 1.12| 41,377| 40,326| 42,483 12,989| 13,776| 11,991| 1.11| 41,436| 40,304| 42,746 13,845| 14,602| 12,823| 1.11| 41,283| 40,257| 42,458 14,681| 15,450| 13,822| 1.09| 39,965| 39,031| 41,076 | | | | | | 15,569| 16,459| 15,086| 1.06| 37,463| 36,523| 38,611 17,230| 18,142| 16,517| 1.07| 37,094| 36,224| 38,141 18,853| 19,805| 17,863| 1.08| 37,299| 36,484| 38,326 20,227| 21,291| 18,946| 1.09| 38,399| 37,531| 39,505 21,487| 22,554| 19,874| 1.10| 39,248| 38,446| 40,355 | | | | | | 23,200| 24,187| 20,815| 1.13| 40,636| 39,947| 41,647 24,718| 25,846| 21,727| 1.16| 42,173| 41,368| 43,256 26,057| 27,244| 22,642| 1.17| 43,500| 42,662| 44,605 27,519| 28,798| 23,698| 1.18| 44,073| 43,263| 45,274 29,022| 30,218| 24,651| 1.20| 44,426| 43,612| 45,409 | | | | | | 30,832| 32,049| 25,643| 1.22| 44,989| 44,221| 45,967 32,490| 33,896| 26,791| 1.23| 44,992| 44,184| 46,096 33,479| 34,827| 27,990| 1.22| 44,885| 44,115| 45,892 34,350| 35,880| 29,036| 1.21| 44,760| 43,892| 45,847 35,233| 36,566| 29,778| 1.20| 44,511| 43,884| 45,544 | | | | | | 36,088| 37,523| 30,568| 1.20| 44,407| 43,696| 45,434 37,138| 38,397| 31,518| 1.19| 44,370| 43,776| 45,260 38,039| 39,184| 32,735| 1.17| 44,058| 43,595| 44,907 39,008| 39,945| 34,269| 1.15| 44,308| 43,922| 44,977 40,097| 41,303| 35,893| 1.13| 44,881| 44,380| 45,715 | | | | | | 41,326| 42,571| 37,718| 1.11| 44,996| 44,457| 45,796 42,937| 44,028| 39,272| 1.11| 45,141| 44,660| 45,794 44,308| 45,246| --- | --- | 45,667| 45,284| 46,243 45,658| 46,119| --- | --- | 45,822| 45,658| 46,119 ___________|__________|______________|__________________|_________|___________|___________

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\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.

NOTE: Constant 2002-03 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, 1959-60 through 2002-03; and unpublished data. (Copyright © 2003 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, 1959-60 through 2002-03. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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