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Table 74. Average base salary for full-time teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by highest degree earned and years of full-time teaching: 1990-91, 1993-94, and 1999-2000
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                   |                      |                                    Salary (current dollars)                                   |                            Salary (constant 2004-05 dollars)\3\
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                   |                      |                                     Highest degree earned                                     |                                     Highest degree earned
Years of full-     |                      |_______________________________________________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________________________________________________
time teaching      |   Number of full-time|                  |                   |                  |         Education|                  |                  |                   |                  |          Education|
experience         |              teachers|   All teachers\1\|  Bachelor's degree|   Master's degree|     specialist\2\|   Doctor's degree|  All teachers\1\ |  Bachelor's degree|   Master's degree|      specialist\2\|   Doctor's degree
___________________|______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1                  |                     2|                 3|                  4|                 5|                 6|                 7|                 8|                  9|                10|                 11|                12
___________________|______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1990-91            |                      |                  |                   |                  |                  |                  |                  |                   |                  |                   |
   Total ..........| 2,336,753  (20,958.2)| $31,331    (97.1)| $27,736    (102.8)| $34,955   (125.3)| $37,231   (390.5)| $40,065   (816.6)| $44,848   (139.0)| $39,703    (147.2)| $50,036   (179.3)| $53,293    (559.0)| $57,350 (1,169.0)
                   |______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1 year or less ....|    94,000   (3,014.1)|  22,209   (200.3)|  21,512    (207.0)|  26,435   (863.3)|  26,630   (982.1)|  26,347 (3,876.2)|  31,790   (286.7)|  30,793    (296.3)|  37,840 (1,235.7)|  38,118  (1,405.7)|  37,714 (5,548.5)
2 years ...........|    86,903   (2,963.1)|  22,119   (162.3)|  21,648    (147.4)|  25,064   (505.1)|  28,685 (4,068.3)|  24,413 (2,176.9)|  31,662   (232.4)|  30,988    (211.0)|  35,878   (723.0)|  41,060  (5,823.4)|  34,945 (3,116.1)
3 years ...........|    80,337   (2,541.5)|  23,010   (177.3)|  22,444    (174.2)|  25,960   (694.6)|  24,064   (989.3)|  23,752 (1,739.8)|  32,937   (253.8)|  32,126    (249.3)|  37,160   (994.3)|  34,446  (1,416.2)|  34,000 (2,490.4)
4 years ...........|    79,613   (3,270.5)|  23,961   (236.4)|  23,150    (245.7)|  26,340   (526.0)|  29,162 (1,489.3)|  32,362 (3,908.4)|  34,299   (338.4)|  33,138    (351.7)|  37,703   (753.0)|  41,743  (2,131.9)|  46,324 (5,594.5)
5 years ...........|    83,538   (3,238.0)|  25,084   (201.5)|  24,070    (240.5)|  27,217   (436.4)|  29,870 (2,194.7)|  28,981 (3,235.8)|  35,906   (288.5)|  34,454    (344.2)|  38,959   (624.7)|  42,756  (3,141.5)|  41,484 (4,631.7)
6 to 9 years ......|   316,213   (6,804.6)|  26,502   (108.5)|  25,013    (135.3)|  28,796   (237.4)|  30,209   (761.1)|  30,022 (1,222.4)|  37,936   (155.4)|  35,804    (193.7)|  41,219   (339.9)|  43,242  (1,089.5)|  42,974 (1,749.8)
10 to 14 years ....|   408,303   (7,842.9)|  29,622   (160.9)|  27,319    (171.9)|  31,760   (299.5)|  33,638   (592.0)|  37,904 (1,942.7)|  42,402   (230.3)|  39,106    (246.0)|  45,461   (428.7)|  48,150    (847.5)|  54,257 (2,780.8)
15 to 19 years ....|   444,934   (7,580.0)|  33,587   (209.0)|  30,821    (252.8)|  35,243   (248.4)|  37,798   (841.9)|  40,337 (1,548.3)|  48,078   (299.2)|  44,118    (361.8)|  50,448   (355.6)|  54,104  (1,205.1)|  57,739 (2,216.3)
20 to 24 years ....|   392,327   (8,037.9)|  36,956   (202.4)|  34,054    (274.3)|  38,455   (242.6)|  39,522   (838.4)|  43,736 (1,391.4)|  52,900   (289.8)|  48,745    (392.7)|  55,046   (347.3)|  56,572  (1,200.1)|  62,604 (1,991.6)
25 to 29 years ....|   219,141   (6,213.5)|  38,104   (305.4)|  34,775    (409.2)|  39,826   (369.6)|  42,462 (1,257.0)|  43,112 (2,179.4)|  54,543   (437.1)|  49,778    (585.7)|  57,008   (529.1)|  60,781  (1,799.4)|  61,712 (3,119.7)
30 to 34 years ....|   100,465   (4,766.2)|  38,528   (379.6)|  35,035    (450.8)|  40,659   (489.4)|  40,905 (1,596.1)|  45,428 (2,339.0)|  55,150   (543.3)|  50,150    (645.3)|  58,200   (700.6)|  58,552  (2,284.7)|  65,027 (3,348.1)
35 years or more ..|    30,980   (2,515.2)|  39,154   (888.3)|  34,116  (1,258.3)|  41,734 (1,115.7)|  49,811 (4,431.8)|  49,215 (3,573.2)|  56,045 (1,271.5)|  48,835  (1,801.1)|  59,740 (1,597.0)|  71,301  (6,343.7)|  70,447 (5,114.7)
                   |______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1993-94            |                      |                  |                   |                  |                  |                  |                  |                   |                  |                   |
   Total ..........| 2,329,730  (21,659.9)| $34,189    (90.5)| $30,152     (97.4)| $38,479   (154.4)| $40,680   (419.2)| $41,650 (1,328.9)| $44,822   (118.6)| $39,530    (127.7)| $50,446   (202.5)| $53,332    (549.6)| $54,604 (1,742.2)
                   |______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1 year or less ....|   105,539   (2,970.0)|  23,637   (140.0)|  23,024    (164.0)|  26,956   (444.1)|  28,470 (1,340.3)|  28,234   (841.1)|  30,988   (183.5)|  30,185    (214.9)|  35,339   (582.2)|  37,324  (1,757.1)|  37,015 (1,102.7)
2 years ...........|    95,885   (3,534.3)|  24,401   (179.6)|  23,688    (149.7)|  27,202   (421.8)|  25,185 (1,178.0)|  32,763 (2,938.1)|  31,990   (235.5)|  31,055    (196.2)|  35,662   (553.0)|  33,018  (1,544.4)|  42,953 (3,851.9)
3 years ...........|    87,843   (3,415.5)|  25,305   (205.9)|  24,286    (198.8)|  29,981   (658.1)|  28,731 (1,004.2)|  27,019 (2,575.6)|  33,175   (269.9)|  31,839    (260.6)|  39,306   (862.8)|  37,666  (1,316.5)|  35,423 (3,376.7)
4 years ...........|    98,756   (3,615.1)|  26,320   (242.8)|  25,164    (213.7)|  30,200   (643.1)|  27,610 (1,244.2)|  31,121 (1,278.6)|  34,506   (318.3)|  32,991    (280.2)|  39,592   (843.1)|  36,197  (1,631.2)|  40,800 (1,676.3)
5 years ...........|    90,465   (2,812.6)|  27,136   (215.9)|  25,845    (174.9)|  30,106   (555.5)|  30,639   (671.5)|  25,897 (3,264.7)|  35,575   (283.1)|  33,884    (229.3)|  39,470   (728.2)|  40,168    (880.3)|  33,952 (4,280.1)
6 to 9 years ......|   306,964   (6,059.0)|  29,167   (136.2)|  27,122    (135.8)|  32,241   (289.0)|  34,341 (1,051.8)|  32,167 (2,297.6)|  38,238   (178.6)|  35,557    (178.1)|  42,269   (378.9)|  45,021  (1,378.9)|  42,171 (3,012.2)
10 to 14 years ....|   362,358   (6,221.5)|  32,289   (134.4)|  29,751    (208.3)|  34,733   (225.8)|  37,316   (726.9)|  39,625 (1,321.5)|  42,331   (176.2)|  39,004    (273.1)|  45,535   (296.0)|  48,922    (952.9)|  51,949 (1,732.5)
15 to 19 years ....|   372,479   (6,007.6)|  36,107   (182.5)|  33,267    (236.8)|  38,355   (256.3)|  38,647   (575.0)|  40,310 (1,248.3)|  47,337   (239.3)|  43,613    (310.4)|  50,284   (336.1)|  50,666    (753.9)|  52,847 (1,636.6)
20 to 24 years ....|   407,663   (7,928.3)|  39,620   (211.5)|  36,536    (267.0)|  41,358   (287.5)|  43,563   (808.7)|  46,126 (2,596.1)|  51,943   (277.3)|  47,899    (350.0)|  54,220   (377.0)|  57,112  (1,060.3)|  60,472 (3,403.5)
25 to 29 years ....|   264,522   (6,323.9)|  42,833   (258.1)|  38,802    (348.8)|  45,011   (385.3)|  45,977   (867.7)|  53,684 (2,007.3)|  56,155   (338.3)|  50,870    (457.2)|  59,009   (505.1)|  60,276  (1,137.5)|  70,380 (2,631.6)
30 to 34 years ....|   105,461   (3,939.8)|  43,558   (387.0)|  39,502    (628.2)|  45,434   (417.2)|  49,519 (1,687.8)|  44,997 (1,385.5)|  57,105   (507.4)|  51,787    (823.6)|  59,564   (546.9)|  64,920  (2,212.7)|  58,992 (1,816.4)
35 years or more ..|    31,794   (1,965.2)|  42,799 (1,082.4)|  37,379    (1,229)|  46,016 (1,643.0)|  45,004 (2,085.9)|  50,751 (2,650.0)|  56,111 (1,419.0)|  49,004  (1,610.9)|  60,327 (2,154.0)|  59,001  (2,734.6)|  66,535 (3,474.2)
                   |______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1999-2000          |                      |                  |                   |                  |                  |                  |                  |                   |                  |                   |
   Total ..........| 2,742,213  (20,300.8)| $39,891   (118.2)| $35,306    (116.1)| $44,704   (173.7)| $47,987   (439.5)| $48,176 (1,418.1)| $45,169   (133.9)| $39,977    (131.4)| $50,619   (196.7)| $54,337    (497.6)| $54,551 (1,605.7)
                   |______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
1 year or less ....|   172,709   (5,491.8)|  29,284   (165.6)|  28,114    (149.8)|  34,007   (446.1)|  33,356 (1,009.0)|  36,501 (2,312.8)|  33,158   (187.6)|  31,834    (169.6)|  38,507   (505.1)|  37,769  (1,142.5)|  41,331 (2,618.8)
2 years ...........|   161,216   (5,678.3)|  29,672   (179.2)|  28,797    (165.0)|  33,026   (404.2)|  44,945 (5,531.0)|  34,891   (872.2)|  33,598   (202.9)|  32,607    (186.9)|  37,396   (457.7)|  50,892  (6,262.9)|  39,507   (987.6)
3 years ...........|   145,286   (4,629.7)|  30,687   (169.2)|  29,652    (198.8)|  34,358   (369.6)|  34,543 (1,340.6)|  33,426 (1,318.8)|  34,747   (191.6)|  33,575    (225.1)|  38,905   (418.5)|  39,113  (1,518.0)|  37,849 (1,493.2)
4 years ...........|   133,842   (5,656.8)|  32,382   (257.9)|  30,806    (232.5)|  35,868   (665.4)|  37,125 (1,354.4)|  38,152 (2,437.3)|  36,667   (292.1)|  34,882    (263.2)|  40,614   (753.4)|  42,038  (1,533.6)|  43,200 (2,759.8)
5 years ...........|   120,493   (4,300.4)|  32,443   (253.3)|  31,039    (287.1)|  34,884   (392.2)|  35,804 (1,915.2)|  42,737 (2,045.9)|  36,736   (286.8)|  35,146    (325.1)|  39,500   (444.1)|  40,542  (2,168.7)|  48,392 (2,316.6)
6 to 9 years ......|   385,840   (8,205.2)|  34,963   (167.2)|  32,635    (190.5)|  37,796   (240.2)|  40,173   (836.2)|  41,257 (2,301.6)|  39,589   (189.4)|  36,953    (215.7)|  42,797   (271.9)|  45,488    (946.8)|  46,716 (2,606.1)
10 to 14 years ....|   382,734   (6,297.9)|  39,337   (257.1)|  36,160    (386.1)|  42,069   (334.5)|  44,836   (987.8)|  44,152 (2,405.4)|  44,541   (291.1)|  40,945    (437.2)|  47,635   (378.7)|  50,769  (1,118.5)|  49,994 (2,723.7)
15 to 19 years ....|   321,741   (8,067.3)|  43,397   (224.8)|  40,275    (318.1)|  45,927   (356.5)|  47,266   (916.3)|  45,909 (1,486.6)|  49,139   (254.6)|  45,604    (360.2)|  52,004   (403.6)|  53,520  (1,037.5)|  51,984 (1,683.4)
20 to 24 years ....|   351,726   (6,993.1)|  45,651   (263.8)|  41,259    (278.7)|  48,483   (383.2)|  49,001 (1,054.8)|  52,564 (4,024.6)|  51,691   (298.8)|  46,718    (315.5)|  54,898   (433.9)|  55,484  (1,194.4)|  59,519 (4,557.1)
25 to 29 years ....|   329,167   (7,167.4)|  48,540   (276.2)|  44,752    (333.0)|  50,166   (398.5)|  54,234   (968.0)|  58,516 (2,006.5)|  54,962   (312.7)|  50,674    (377.1)|  56,804   (451.3)|  61,410  (1,096.1)|  66,259 (2,271.9)
30 to 34 years ....|   185,469   (5,487.8)|  52,155   (345.9)|  47,265    (634.0)|  54,244   (440.8)|  55,994 (1,126.0)|  66,623 (5,326.1)|  59,055   (391.7)|  53,519    (717.9)|  61,422   (499.2)|  63,403  (1,274.9)|  75,438 (6,030.8)
35 years or more ..|    51,991   (3,005.9)|  50,619   (672.9)|  46,690  (1,359.3)|  52,272   (923.3)|  56,204 (2,797.3)|  53,176 (1,974.8)|  57,316   (761.9)|  52,868  (1,539.2)|  59,188 (1,045.5)|  63,641  (3,167.4)|  60,213 (2,236.1)
___________________|______________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________|__________________|___________________|__________________
\1\Includes teachers with levels of education below the bachelor's degree (not shown separately).
\2\Includes certificate of advanced graduate studies.
\3\Constant 2004-05 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
NOTE: This table includes regular full-time teachers only; it excludes other staff even when they have full-time teaching duties (regular part-time teachers, itinerant teachers, long-term substitutes, administrators, library media specialists, other professional staff, and support staff). Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1990-91, 1993-94, and 1999-2000 and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared February 2006.)


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