Table 79.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2008-09

State	Current dollars							Constant 2007-08 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2005-06	2007-08	2008-09	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2005-06	2007-08	2008-09	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2008-09
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
United States	$8,626	$15,970	$31,367	$41,807	$48,804	$52,308	$53,910	$48,343	$43,549	$52,297	$52,280	$51,921	$52,308	$53,168	1.7
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	40,347	46,604	48,906	38,210	35,614	41,395	45,880	42,924	46,604	48,233	5.1
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	53,553	56,758	58,916	59,181	74,200	71,948	58,102	56,974	56,758	58,105	#
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	44,672	45,772	47,937	48,819	41,051	49,021	46,147	47,525	45,772	47,277	2.4
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	42,768	45,773	47,472	35,346	33,539	37,267	41,750	45,500	45,773	46,818	12.1
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	59,825	64,424	66,986	57,808	49,140	63,353	59,625	63,646	64,424	66,064	10.8
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	44,439	47,248	48,707	43,495	44,190	51,282	47,723	47,278	47,248	48,036	0.7
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	59,304	61,976	63,976	51,907	44,256	67,460	64,752	63,092	61,976	63,095	-2.6
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	54,264	55,994	55,994	50,523	44,035	55,649	55,567	57,730	55,994	55,223	-0.6
District of Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	59,000	60,628	62,557	57,640	60,511	64,027	58,869	62,769	60,628	61,696	4.8
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	43,302	46,930	48,126	47,143	38,584	48,023	45,921	46,068	46,930	47,463	3.4
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	48,300	51,560	53,270	40,777	37,776	46,694	51,300	51,385	51,560	52,537	2.4
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	49,292	53,400	55,733	52,977	54,321	53,431	50,743	52,441	53,400	54,966	8.3
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	41,150	44,099	45,439	38,614	37,117	39,783	44,452	43,778	44,099	44,813	0.8
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	58,686	60,474	62,787	53,627	47,997	54,677	58,132	62,435	60,474	61,922	6.5
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	47,255	48,508	49,198	49,503	42,538	51,522	52,334	50,273	48,508	48,521	-7.3
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	41,083	46,664	48,969	46,824	41,458	44,595	44,616	43,707	46,664	48,295	8.2
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	41,467	45,136	46,987	42,660	37,332	47,924	43,744	44,116	45,136	46,340	5.9
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	42,592	47,207	49,539	38,967	39,595	43,836	45,494	45,313	47,207	48,857	7.4
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	40,029	46,964	49,284	39,387	37,523	40,515	41,403	42,586	46,964	48,605	17.4
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	40,737	43,397	44,731	42,436	35,644	44,818	44,470	43,339	43,397	44,115	-0.8
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	54,333	60,069	60,844	52,585	47,880	60,554	55,083	57,803	60,069	60,006	8.9
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	56,369	60,471	62,769	49,116	47,048	57,874	58,249	59,970	60,471	61,905	6.3
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	54,739	56,096	57,327	55,068	53,620	61,809	61,330	58,235	56,096	56,538	-7.8
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	48,489	50,582	51,938	48,522	43,391	53,670	49,773	51,586	50,582	51,223	2.9
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	40,576	42,403	44,498	32,494	32,314	40,501	39,838	43,168	42,403	43,885	10.2
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	40,462	43,206	44,712	43,708	37,310	45,173	44,588	43,046	43,206	44,096	-1.1
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	39,832	42,874	44,426	42,626	39,642	41,817	40,168	42,376	42,874	43,814	9.1
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	40,382	42,885	44,120	41,332	36,857	42,552	41,563	42,961	42,885	43,513	4.7
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	44,426	47,710	50,067	51,644	44,436	51,002	49,258	47,264	47,710	49,378	0.2
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	45,263	47,609	48,934	43,551	35,497	48,328	47,187	48,154	47,609	48,260	2.3
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	58,156	61,277	63,018	51,167	46,797	59,482	65,046	61,871	61,277	62,150	-4.5
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	41,637	45,112	47,341	43,691	40,596	41,275	40,709	44,297	45,112	46,689	14.7
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	57,354	62,332	65,234	57,926	54,026	64,899	63,801	61,017	62,332	64,336	0.8
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	43,922	47,354	48,603	41,999	38,496	46,489	49,275	46,727	47,354	47,934	-2.7
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	37,764	40,279	41,534	37,526	36,168	38,374	37,344	40,176	40,279	40,962	9.7
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	50,314	53,410	54,925	46,516	41,638	52,049	51,816	53,528	53,410	54,169	4.5
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	38,772	43,551	45,702	38,569	35,742	38,464	39,139	41,249	43,551	45,073	15.2
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	50,044	51,811	52,950	49,419	44,357	51,419	52,942	53,241	51,811	52,221	-1.4
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	54,027	55,833	56,906	49,643	45,036	55,584	60,426	57,478	55,833	56,122	-7.1
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	54,730	57,168	58,491	49,183	49,091	60,117	58,826	58,226	57,168	57,686	-1.9
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	43,011	45,758	47,704	38,821	35,622	45,378	45,120	45,758	45,758	47,047	4.3
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	34,709	36,674	38,017	35,884	33,672	35,513	36,354	36,926	36,674	37,494	3.1
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	42,537	45,030	46,278	39,510	38,101	45,103	45,429	45,254	45,030	45,641	0.5
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	41,744	46,179	46,179	40,659	38,537	45,843	46,978	44,410	46,179	45,543	-3.1
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	40,007	41,615	42,335	42,839	40,656	39,491	43,701	42,562	41,615	41,752	-4.5
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	46,622	46,593	47,697	44,655	34,043	48,371	47,217	49,600	46,593	47,040	-0.4
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	43,823	46,796	48,554	45,227	38,341	51,582	48,450	46,622	46,796	47,885	-1.2
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	46,326	49,884	51,970	51,700	51,321	50,780	51,325	49,285	49,884	51,254	-0.1
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	38,284	42,529	44,625	42,873	37,386	38,084	43,779	40,729	42,529	44,011	0.5
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	46,390	49,051	50,424	50,231	43,648	53,221	51,463	49,353	49,051	49,730	-3.4
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	43,225	53,074	55,696	46,135	43,664	46,919	42,676	45,986	53,074	54,929	28.7

#Rounds to zero.

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. The CPI does not account for differences in inflation rates from state to state.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors are not available for these estimates, which are based on state reports.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1969-70 through 2008-09. (This table was prepared July 2009.)