Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementaryand secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1994-95

Table 76.

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             |        Current dollars         |   Constant 1994-95 dollars\1\
             |________________________________|________________________________
 School year |   All    |Elementary|Secondary |   All    |Elementary|Secondary
             | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
      1      |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1959-60 .....|   $4,995 |   $4,815 |   $5,276 |  $25,569 |  $24,647 |  $27,007
1961-62 .....|    5,515 |    5,340 |    5,775 |   27,597 |   26,721 |   28,898
1963-64 .....|    5,995 |    5,805 |    6,266 |   29,236 |   28,309 |   30,558
1965-66 .....|    6,485 |    6,279 |    6,761 |   30,569 |   29,598 |   31,870
1967-68 .....|    7,423 |    7,208 |    7,692 |   32,830 |   31,879 |   34,020
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1969-70 .....|    8,626 |    8,412 |    8,891 |   34,346 |   33,494 |   35,401
1970-71 .....|    9,268 |    9,021 |    9,568 |   35,091 |   34,156 |   36,227
1971-72 .....|    9,705 |    9,424 |   10,031 |   35,473 |   34,446 |   36,664
1972-73 .....|   10,174 |    9,893 |   10,507 |   35,747 |   34,760 |   36,917
1973-74 .....|   10,770 |   10,507 |   11,077 |   34,743 |   33,895 |   35,733
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1974-75 .....|   11,641 |   11,334 |   12,000 |   33,806 |   32,915 |   34,849
1975-76 .....|   12,600 |   12,280 |   12,937 |   34,173 |   33,305 |   35,087
1976-77 .....|   13,354 |   12,989 |   13,776 |   34,222 |   33,286 |   35,303
1977-78 .....|   14,198 |   13,845 |   14,602 |   34,095 |   33,248 |   35,066
1978-79 .....|   15,032 |   14,681 |   15,450 |   33,006 |   32,236 |   33,924
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   15,970 |   15,569 |   16,459 |   30,941 |   30,164 |   31,888
1980-81 .....|   17,644 |   17,230 |   18,142 |   30,635 |   29,917 |   31,500
1981-82 .....|   19,274 |   18,853 |   19,805 |   30,805 |   30,132 |   31,653
1982-83 .....|   20,695 |   20,227 |   21,291 |   31,714 |   30,996 |   32,627
1983-84 .....|   21,935 |   21,487 |   22,554 |   32,414 |   31,752 |   33,329
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1984-85 .....|   23,600 |   23,200 |   24,187 |   33,561 |   32,992 |   34,396
1985-86 .....|   25,199 |   24,718 |   25,846 |   34,830 |   34,165 |   35,725
1986-87 .....|   26,569 |   26,057 |   27,244 |   35,926 |   35,234 |   36,839
1987-88 .....|   28,034 |   27,519 |   28,798 |   36,399 |   35,730 |   37,391
1988-89 .....|   29,564 |   29,022 |   30,218 |   36,691 |   36,018 |   37,503
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1989-90 .....|   31,367 |   30,832 |   32,049 |   37,156 |   36,522 |   37,964
1990-91 .....|   33,085 |   32,491 |   33,897 |   37,159 |   36,492 |   38,071
1991-92 .....|   34,063 |   33,479 |   34,824 |   37,070 |   36,434 |   37,898
1992-93 .....|   35,029 |   34,337 |   35,880 |   36,966 |   36,236 |   37,865
1993-94 .....|   35,819 |   35,298 |   36,671 |   36,846 |   36,310 |   37,722
1994-95......|   36,933 |   36,356 |   37,763 |   36,933 |   36,356 |   37,763
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Latest edition 1994-95. Copyright @ 1995 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared April 1995.)

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