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Table 78.Minimum and average teacher salaries, by state: 1990-91, 1992-93, and 1993-94

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                      |              1990-91                          |             1992-93                     |                1993-94              |Percent change,
                      |_______________________________________________|_________________________________________|_____________________________________|  1990-91 to
                      |              |           |  Minimum  |Average |           |        |  Minimum  |Average |            |            |  Minimum  |1993-94 (con-
                      |              |           |(beginning)| salary |           |        |(beginning)| salary |            |            |(beginning)|   stant
                      |   Minimum    | Average   |salary (in |  (in   | Minimum   |Average |salary (in |  (in   |  Minimum   |  Average   |salary as a| dollars)\1\
        State         |  (beginning) | salary    |  1993-94  |1993-94 |(beginning)| salary |  1993-94  |1993-94 | (beginning)|  salary    |percent of |_______________
                      |   salary     |           | dollars)  |  dol-  | salary    |        | dollars)  |  dol-  |  salary    |            |  average  |Minimum|Average
                      |              |           |           |lars)\1\|           |        |           |lars)\1\|            |            |  salary   |salary |salary
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  United States ......|      $21,542 |   $32,880 |   $23,521 |$35,900 |   $22,505 |$35,104 |   $23,088 |$36,013 |    $23,258 |    $35,813 |      64.9 |  -1.1 |  -0.2
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Alabama ..............|       22,114 |    26,846 |    24,145 | 29,312 |\2\ 21,250 | 27,490 |    21,800 | 28,202 |\3\  22,500 |     28,659 |      78.5 |  -6.8 |  -2.2
Alaska ...............|\2\    29,950 |    43,406 |    32,701 | 47,393 |    31,055 | 46,799 |    31,859 | 48,011 |\2\  31,800 |\3\  47,902 |      66.4 |  -2.8 |   1.1
Arizona ..............|\2\    21,375 |    30,773 |    23,338 | 33,599 |\2\ 22,150 | 31,352 |    22,724 | 32,164 |     21,825 |     31,825 |      68.6 |  -6.5 |  -5.3
Arkansas .............|\4\    17,458 |\3\ 23,735 |    19,061 | 25,915 |\2\ 20,250 | 28,013 |    20,775 | 28,739 |\3\  19,694 |\3\  28,312 |      69.6 |   3.3 |   9.2
California ...........|\2\    24,570 |\2\ 39,118 |    26,827 | 42,711 |\3\ 23,980 | 39,922 |    24,601 | 40,956 |\2\  25,500 |\2\  40,636 |      62.8 |  -4.9 |  -4.9
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Colorado .............|       19,786 |    31,819 |    21,603 | 34,742 |    19,776 | 33,541 |    20,288 | 34,410 |     20,091 |     33,826 |      59.4 |  -7.0 |  -2.6
Connecticut ..........|       25,312 |    43,398 |    27,637 | 47,384 |    27,622 | 48,918 |    28,338 | 50,185 |     28,052 |     50,389 |      55.7 |   1.5 |   6.3
Delaware .............|       21,112 |    35,246 |    23,051 | 38,483 |    22,377 | 36,217 |    22,957 | 37,155 |     22,795 |     37,469 |      60.8 |  -1.1 |  -2.6
District of Columbia .|       23,327 |\2\ 39,362 |    25,470 | 42,977 |    23,305 | 40,228 |    23,909 | 41,270 |     25,825 |     43,014 |      60.0 |   1.4 |   0.1
Florida ..............|       21,368 |    30,555 |    23,331 | 33,361 |    21,607 | 31,172 |    22,167 | 31,979 |     23,171 |     31,944 |      72.5 |  -0.7 |  -4.2
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Georgia ..............|       20,471 |\3\ 28,950 |    22,351 | 31,609 |    21,010 | 28,758 |    21,554 | 29,503 |     21,885 |\5\  29,214 |      74.9 |  -2.1 |  -7.6
Hawaii ...............|       23,792 |    33,548 |    25,977 | 36,629 |    25,100 | 36,472 |    25,750 | 37,417 |     25,100 |     36,564 |      68.6 |  -3.4 |  -0.2
Idaho ................|       15,685 |    25,510 |    17,126 | 27,853 |\2\ 17,164 | 27,011 |    17,609 | 27,711 |\3\  18,700 |     27,756 |      67.4 |   9.2 |  -0.3
Illinois .............|\3\    21,954 |\3\ 34,642 |    23,970 | 37,824 |\3\ 25,177 | 38,701 |    25,829 | 39,704 |\7\  25,171 |\7\  39,416 |      63.9 |   5.0 |   4.2
Indiana ..............|\3\    20,247 |\3\ 32,931 |    22,107 | 35,956 |    21,503 | 35,068 |    22,060 | 35,976 |     22,021 |\3\  35,741 |      61.6 |  -0.4 |  -0.6
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Iowa .................|       19,404 |    27,949 |    21,186 | 30,516 |\2\ 20,500 | 30,124 |    21,031 | 30,904 |     20,709 |     30,760 |      67.3 |  -2.3 |   0.8
Kansas ...............|\6\    18,954 |\6\ 28,188 |    20,695 | 30,777 |\6\ 20,445 | 30,713 |    20,975 | 31,509 |\3\  22,624 |\6\  31,700 |      71.4 |   9.3 |   3.0
Kentucky .............|       19,311 |    29,115 |    21,085 | 31,789 |    20,638 | 31,115 |    21,173 | 31,921 |\2\  21,257 |     31,639 |      67.2 |   0.8 |  -0.5
Louisiana ............|       17,486 |    26,170 |    19,092 | 28,574 |\3\ 17,686 | 26,074 |    18,144 | 26,749 |     18,195 |     26,243 |      69.3 |  -4.7 |  -8.2
Maine ................|       18,878 |    28,531 |    20,612 | 31,152 |    19,350 | 30,250 |    19,851 | 31,034 |     19,840 |     30,996 |      64.0 |  -3.7 |  -0.5
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Maryland .............|       23,548 |\3\ 38,312 |    25,711 | 41,831 |    24,508 | 38,753 |    25,143 | 39,757 |     24,703 |     39,475 |      62.6 |  -3.9 |  -5.6
Massachusetts ........|\2\    21,800 |    36,090 |    23,802 | 39,405 |\2\ 23,375 | 39,245 |    23,981 | 40,262 |\2\  23,000 |     38,960 |      59.0 |  -3.4 |  -1.1
Michigan .............|\2\    22,400 |\2\ 37,800 |    24,457 | 41,272 |\2\ 23,856 | 42,256 |    24,474 | 43,351 |     24,400 |\2\  45,218 |      54.0 |  -0.2 |   9.6
Minnesota ............|\3\    21,029 |    33,128 |    22,960 | 36,171 |\2\ 22,050 | 35,093 |    22,621 | 36,002 |\5\  23,408 |\3\  36,146 |      64.8 |   1.9 |  -0.1
Mississippi ..........|\2\    18,950 |\2\ 24,609 |    20,691 | 26,869 |    17,960 | 24,367 |    18,425 | 24,998 |     18,833 |     25,153 |      74.9 |  -9.0 |  -6.4
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Missouri .............|\2\    20,293 |\2\ 27,636 |    22,157 | 30,174 |    20,745 | 29,421 |    21,282 | 30,183 |     21,078 |     30,324 |      69.5 |  -4.9 |   0.5
Montana ..............|\2\    18,400 |    26,696 |    20,090 | 29,148 |\2\ 18,775 | 27,617 |    19,261 | 28,332 |\2\  18,750 |     28,200 |      66.5 |  -6.7 |  -3.3
Nebraska .............|       18,344 |    26,592 |    20,029 | 29,034 |    20,237 | 28,768 |    20,761 | 29,513 |\2\  20,804 |     29,564 |      70.4 |   3.9 |   1.8
Nevada ...............|\8\    24,358 |\8\ 35,269 |    26,595 | 38,508 |\8\ 23,664 | 37,360 |    24,277 | 38,328 |\8\  24,155 |\8\  37,181 |      65.0 |  -9.2 |  -3.4
New Hampshire ........|\2\    20,635 |    31,273 |    22,530 | 34,145 |\2\ 22,750 | 33,931 |    23,339 | 34,810 |\2\  22,400 |     34,121 |      65.6 |  -0.6 |  -0.1
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New Jersey ...........|       24,500 |    38,411 |    26,750 | 41,939 |    27,655 | 43,355 |    28,371 | 44,478 |     29,346 |     45,582 |      64.4 |   9.7 |   8.7
New Mexico ...........|       19,124 |\3\ 25,800 |    20,880 | 28,170 |    19,675 | 26,463 |    20,185 | 27,149 |     22,057 |     27,922 |      79.0 |   5.6 |  -0.9
New York .............|\9\    26,375 |\9\ 42,080 |    28,797 | 45,945 |\9\ 26,639 | 44,999 |    27,329 | 46,165 |\9\  26,903 |\9\  45,772 |      58.8 |  -6.6 |  -0.4
North Carolina .......|       19,810 |    29,165 |    21,630 | 31,844 |    19,820 | 29,108 |    20,333 | 29,862 |     20,002 |     29,727 |      67.3 |  -7.5 |  -6.6
North Dakota .........|       16,274 |    23,574 |    17,769 | 25,739 |    17,267 | 25,211 |    17,714 | 25,864 |     17,453 |     25,506 |      68.4 |  -1.8 |  -0.9
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Ohio .................|       18,452 |    31,964 |    20,147 | 34,900 |\3\ 19,082 | 34,100 |    19,576 | 34,983 |     19,553 |     35,912 |      54.4 |  -2.9 |   2.9
Oklahoma .............|\6\    18,575 |\6\ 24,378 |    20,281 | 26,617 |    20,582 | 26,355 |    21,115 | 27,038 |     22,181 |     27,612 |      80.3 |   9.4 |   3.7
Oregon ...............|\8\    20,357 |\8\ 32,295 |    22,227 | 35,261 |    22,571 | 35,883 |    23,156 | 36,813 |\8\  23,186 |\8\  37,589 |      61.7 |   4.3 |   6.6
Pennsylvania .........|\2\    23,250 |\3\ 36,057 |    25,385 | 39,369 |\2\ 26,575 | 41,515 |    27,263 | 42,590 |     28,231 |     42,411 |      66.6 |  11.2 |   7.7
Rhode Island .........|       20,887 |\2\ 38,220 |    22,805 | 41,730 |\2\ 22,350 | 40,548 |    22,929 | 41,598 |     23,365 |     39,261 |      59.5 |   2.5 |  -5.9
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South Carolina .......|\3\    19,757 |\3\ 28,174 |    21,572 | 30,762 |\3\ 20,381 | 29,151 |    20,909 | 29,906 |     20,533 |\3\  29,414 |      69.8 |  -4.8 |  -4.4
South Dakota .........|       16,676 |    22,363 |    18,208 | 24,417 |    18,471 | 24,291 |    18,949 | 24,920 |     18,935 |     25,259 |      75.0 |   4.0 |   3.4
Tennessee ............|       20,150 |    28,248 |    22,001 | 30,843 |\2\ 20,982 | 29,313 |    21,526 | 30,072 |     19,625 |     30,514 |      64.3 | -10.8 |  -1.1
Texas ................|\2\    20,150 |\2\ 28,100 |    22,001 | 30,681 |    21,411 | 30,974 |    21,966 | 31,776 |     21,806 |\10\ 30,519 |      71.5 |  -0.9 |  -0.5
Utah .................|       17,234 |\3\ 25,415 |    18,817 | 27,749 |    18,229 | 26,997 |    18,701 | 27,696 |     18,787 |\3\  28,056 |      67.0 |  -0.2 |   1.1
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Vermont ..............|\2\    18,509 |\2\ 29,714 |    20,209 | 32,443 |\2\ 21,900 | 35,328 |    22,467 | 36,243 |     22,982 |     34,517 |      66.6 |  13.7 |   6.4
Virginia .............|\3\    22,206 |\3\ 32,692 |    24,246 | 35,695 |    22,856 | 32,896 |    23,448 | 33,748 |     23,273 |     33,472 |      69.5 |  -4.0 |  -6.2
Washington ...........|\3\    20,612 |\3\ 32,975 |    22,505 | 36,004 |    21,428 | 35,870 |    21,983 | 36,799 |\5\  23,183 |     35,860 |      64.6 |   3.0 |  -0.4
West Virginia ........|       18,728 |    25,966 |    20,448 | 28,351 |    21,278 | 30,301 |    21,829 | 31,086 |     21,450 |     30,549 |      70.2 |   4.9 |   7.8
Wisconsin ............|       20,689 |    33,077 |    22,589 | 36,115 |    22,889 | 36,477 |    23,482 | 37,422 |     23,677 |     36,644 |      64.6 |   4.8 |   1.5
Wyoming ..............|       19,238 |    28,996 |    21,005 | 31,659 |\3\ 19,966 | 30,317 |    20,483 | 31,102 |\2\  20,416 |     30,954 |      66.0 |  -2.8 |  -2.2
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\1\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.
\2\Estimated by the American Federation of Teachers. See NOTE.
\3\Preliminary or state estimate.
\4\Excludes state-paid health insurance.
\5\Reflects the redefinition of classroom teacher.
\6\Estimated to exclude fringe benefits.
\7\Preliminary or state estimate. Includes pay for extra duties.
\8\Includes 6 percent pension pick-up in Oregon and 9.5 percent in Nevada.
\9\Median salary.
\10\Including incentive pay or career ladder stipends and revision of classroom teacher definition.

NOTE.--Data in this table reflect results of surveys conducted by the American Federation of Teachers. Because of differing survey and estimation methods, these data are not entirely comparable with figures appearing in other tables.

SOURCE: American Federation of Teachers, Survey and Analysis of Salary Trends, 1991, 1993 and 1994. (This table was prepared June 1995.)


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