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| Table 81. | Estimated average annual salary of instructional staff in publicelementary and secondary schools and average annual earnings offull-time employees in all industries: 1929-30 to 1996-97 |
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| Current dollars | Constant 1996-97 dollars\2\
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| Average |Earnings per full-| Average |Earnings per full-| Ratio of instruc-
School year | salary of | time employee | salary of | time employee |tional staff salary
|instructional|working for wages |instructional|working for wages |to earnings for all
| staff | or salary\3\ | staff | or salary\3\ |full-time employees
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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1929-30 .....| $1,420 | $1,386 | $13,183 | $12,867 | 1.02
1931-32 .....| 1,417 | 1,198 | 15,619 | 13,205 | 1.18
1933-34 .....| 1,227 | 1,070 | 14,724 | 12,840 | 1.15
1935-36 .....| 1,283 | 1,160 | 14,836 | 13,414 | 1.11
1937-38 .....| 1,374 | 1,224 | 15,242 | 13,578 | 1.12
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1939-40 .....| 1,441 | 1,282 | 16,385 | 14,577 | 1.12
1941-42 .....| 1,507 | 1,576 | 15,359 | 16,062 | 0.96
1943-44 .....| 1,728 | 2,030 | 15,759 | 18,513 | 0.85
1945-46 .....| 1,995 | 2,272 | 17,379 | 19,792 | 0.88
1947-48 .....| 2,639 | 2,692 | 17,998 | 18,360 | 0.98
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1949-50 .....| 3,010 | 2,930 | 20,196 | 19,660 | 1.03
1951-52 .....| 3,450 | 3,322 | 20,859 | 20,085 | 1.04
1953-54 .....| 3,825 | 3,628 | 22,602 | 21,438 | 1.05
1955-56 .....| 4,156 | 3,924 | 24,567 | 23,195 | 1.06
1957-58 .....| 4,702 | 4,276 | 26,164 | 23,793 | 1.10
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1959-60 .....| 5,174 | 4,632 | 27,982 | 25,051 | 1.12
1961-62 .....| 5,700 | 4,928 | 30,134 | 26,053 | 1.16
1963-64 .....| 6,240 | 5,373 | 32,151 | 27,683 | 1.16
1965-66 .....| 6,935 | 5,838 | 34,538 | 29,074 | 1.19
1967-68 .....| 7,630 | 6,444 | 35,652 | 30,111 | 1.18
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1969-70 .....| 9,047 | 7,334 | 38,058 | 30,852 | 1.23
1970-71 .....| 9,698 | 7,815 | 38,794 | 31,262 | 1.24
1971-72 .....| 10,213 | 8,334 | 39,439 | 32,183 | 1.23
1972-73 .....| 10,634 | 8,858 | 39,475 | 32,882 | 1.20
1973-74 .....| 11,254 | 9,647 | 38,356 | 32,879 | 1.17
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1974-75 .....| 12,167 | 10,420 | 37,331 | 31,971 | 1.17
1975-76 .....| 13,124 | 11,218 | 37,605 | 32,144 | 1.17
1976-77 .....| 13,840 | 11,991 | 37,472 | 32,466 | 1.15
1977-78 .....| 14,698 | 12,829 | 37,291 | 32,548 | 1.15
1978-79 .....| 15,764 | 13,851 | 36,570 | 32,132 | 1.14
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1979-80 .....| 16,715 | 15,095 | 34,214 | 30,897 | 1.11
1980-81 .....| 18,404 | 16,495 | 33,761 | 30,259 | 1.12
1981-82 .....| 20,327 | 17,818 | 34,324 | 30,087 | 1.14
1982-83 .....| 21,641 | 18,883 | 35,037 | 30,571 | 1.15
1983-84 .....| 23,005 | 19,749 | 35,916 | 30,833 | 1.16
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1984-85 .....| 24,666 | 20,626 | 37,059 | 30,989 | 1.20
1985-86 .....| 26,362 | 21,518 | 38,497 | 31,423 | 1.23
1986-87 .....| 27,706 | 22,432 | 39,581 | 32,046 | 1.24
1987-88 .....| 29,219 | 23,467 | 40,082 | 32,191 | 1.25
1988-89 .....| 30,850 | 24,502 | 40,451 | 32,127 | 1.26
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1989-90 .....| 32,638 | 25,555 | 40,846 | 31,982 | 1.28
1990-91 .....| 34,401 | 26,668 | 40,821 | 31,645 | 1.29
1991-92 .....| 35,556 | 27,829 | 40,881 | 31,998 | 1.28
1992-93 .....| 36,460 | 29,060 | 40,651 | 32,400 | 1.25
1993-94 .....| 37,441 | 29,781 | 40,691 | 32,365 | 1.26
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1994-95 .....| 38,441 | 30,582 | 40,613 | 32,310 | 1.26
1995-96 .....| 39,451 | 31,577 | 40,577 | 32,477 | 1.25
1996-97 .....| 40,580 | ---| 40,580 | ---| ---
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\1\Includes supervisors, principals, classroom teachers, and other instructional staff. \2\Based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. \3\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. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, and unpublished data; National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1996-97, (Copyright @ 1997 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.), unpublished data; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues. (This table was prepared August 1997.)
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