Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1997-98

Table 79. -
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                        |                                                                |                                                        | Percent
                        |                    Current dollars                             |                 Constant 1997-98 dollars\1\            | change,
                        |                                                                |                                                        |1979-80 to
          State         |________________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________|1997-98 in
                        |       |        |        |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |         |         |         |constant
                        |1969-70|1979-80 |1989-90 |1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 |1969-70 |1979-80 |1989-90 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | dollars
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            1           |   2   |   3    |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |   12    |   13    |   14    |    15
  ______________________|_______|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
     United States .....|$8,626 |$15,970 |$31,367 |$36,685 | $37,716 | $38,554 | $39,385 |$36,934 |$33,272 |$39,956 | $39,449 | $39,484 | $39,242 |     18.4
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  Alabama ..............| 6,818 | 13,060 | 24,828 | 31,144 |  31,313 |  32,549 |  32,818 | 29,193 | 27,209 | 31,626 |  33,491 |  32,781 |  33,129 |     20.6
  Alaska ...............|10,560 | 27,210 | 43,153 | 47,951 |  49,171 |  50,647 |  51,738 | 45,215 | 56,690 | 54,969 |  51,564 |  51,476 |  51,550 |     -8.7
  Arizona ..............| 8,711 | 15,054 | 29,402 | 32,574 |  33,300 |  33,300 |  33,850 | 37,298 | 31,364 | 37,453 |  35,029 |  34,861 |  33,894 |      7.9
  Arkansas .............| 6,307 | 12,299 | 22,352 | 28,934 |  29,533 |  30,319 |  30,578 | 27,005 | 25,624 | 28,472 |  31,114 |  30,917 |  30,860 |     19.3
  California ...........|10,315 | 18,020 | 37,998 | 41,078 |  42,259 |  42,992 |  43,725 | 44,166 | 37,543 | 48,402 |  44,173 |  44,240 |  43,759 |     16.5
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  Colorado .............| 7,761 | 16,205 | 30,758 | 34,571 |  35,364 |  36,271 |  37,052 | 33,230 | 33,762 | 39,180 |  37,176 |  37,022 |  36,918 |      9.7
  Connecticut ..........| 9,262 | 16,229 | 40,461 | 50,045 |  50,254 |  50,426 |  50,730 | 39,657 | 33,812 | 51,540 |  53,816 |  52,610 |  51,325 |     50.0
  Delaware .............| 9,015 | 16,148 | 33,377 | 39,076 |  40,533 |  41,436 |  42,439 | 38,600 | 33,643 | 42,516 |  42,021 |  42,433 |  42,175 |     26.1
  District of Columbia .|10,285 | 22,190 | 38,402 | 43,700 |  43,700 |  45,012 |  46,350 | 44,037 | 46,231 | 48,917 |  46,993 |  45,748 |  45,815 |      0.3
  Florida ..............| 8,412 | 14,149 | 28,803 | 32,588 |  33,330 |  33,889 |  34,475 | 36,018 | 29,478 | 36,690 |  35,044 |  34,892 |  34,493 |     17.0
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  Georgia ..............| 7,276 | 13,853 | 28,006 | 32,291 |  34,002 |  35,596 |  37,378 | 31,154 | 28,862 | 35,674 |  34,724 |  35,596 |  36,231 |     29.5
  Hawaii ...............| 9,453 | 19,920 | 32,047 | 38,518 |  35,807 |  35,842 |  38,377 | 40,475 | 41,502 | 40,822 |  41,421 |  37,485 |  36,481 |     -7.5
  Idaho ................| 6,890 | 13,611 | 23,861 | 29,783 |  30,891 |  31,818 |  32,775 | 29,501 | 28,357 | 30,394 |  32,027 |  32,339 |  32,385 |     15.6
  Illinois .............| 9,569 | 17,601 | 32,794 | 39,431 |  40,919 |  42,125 |  43,873 | 40,972 | 36,670 | 41,773 |  42,402 |  42,837 |  42,876 |     19.6
  Indiana...............| 8,833 | 15,599 | 30,902 | 36,785 |  37,675 |  38,845 |  39,682 | 37,820 | 32,499 | 39,363 |  39,557 |  39,441 |  39,538 |     22.1
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  Iowa .................| 8,355 | 15,203 | 26,747 | 31,511 |  32,372 |  33,272 |  34,040 | 35,774 | 31,674 | 34,071 |  33,886 |  33,889 |  33,865 |      7.5
  Kansas ...............| 7,612 | 13,690 | 28,744 | 34,652 |  35,023 |  35,739 |  36,811 | 32,592 | 28,522 | 36,614 |  37,263 |  36,665 |  36,376 |     29.1
  Kentucky .............| 6,953 | 14,520 | 26,292 | 32,257 |  33,080 |  33,797 |  34,525 | 29,771 | 30,251 | 33,491 |  34,688 |  34,631 |  34,400 |     14.1
  Louisiana ............| 7,028 | 13,760 | 24,300 | 26,461 |  27,530 |  29,025 |  29,650 | 30,092 | 28,668 | 30,954 |  28,455 |  28,820 |  29,543 |      3.4
  Maine ................| 7,572 | 13,071 | 26,881 | 31,972 |  32,869 |  33,676 |  34,349 | 32,421 | 27,232 | 34,241 |  34,381 |  34,410 |  34,277 |     26.1
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  Maryland .............| 9,383 | 17,558 | 36,319 | 40,661 |  41,160 |  41,148 |  41,739 | 40,175 | 36,581 | 46,263 |  43,725 |  43,089 |  41,882 |     14.1
  Massachusetts ........| 8,764 | 17,253 | 34,712 | 40,718 |  41,408 |  42,650 |  43,930 | 37,525 | 35,945 | 44,216 |  43,786 |  43,349 |  43,411 |     22.2
  Michigan .............| 9,826 | 19,663 | 37,072 | 41,895 |  46,832 |  48,238 |  49,277 | 42,072 | 40,966 | 47,223 |  45,052 |  49,027 |  49,098 |     20.3
  Minnesota ............| 8,658 | 15,912 | 32,190 | 35,948 |  36,937 |  38,281 |  39,106 | 37,071 | 33,151 | 41,004 |  38,657 |  38,668 |  38,964 |     18.0
  Mississippi ..........| 5,798 | 11,850 | 24,292 | 26,818 |  27,692 |  27,720 |  29,547 | 24,825 | 24,689 | 30,943 |  28,839 |  28,990 |  28,214 |     19.7
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  Missouri..............| 7,799 | 13,682 | 27,094 | 31,189 |  32,322 |  33,155 |  33,975 | 33,393 | 28,505 | 34,513 |  33,539 |  33,837 |  33,746 |     19.2
  Montana ..............| 7,606 | 14,537 | 25,081 | 28,785 |  29,364 |  29,958 |  30,617 | 32,567 | 30,287 | 31,948 |  30,954 |  30,740 |  30,492 |      1.1
  Nebraska .............| 7,375 | 13,516 | 25,522 | 30,922 |  31,496 |  31,768 |  32,668 | 31,578 | 28,159 | 32,510 |  33,252 |  32,972 |  32,335 |     16.0
  Nevada ...............| 9,215 | 16,295 | 30,590 | 34,836 |  36,167 |  37,340 |  37,093 | 39,456 | 33,949 | 38,966 |  37,461 |  37,862 |  38,006 |      9.3
  New Hampshire ........| 7,771 | 13,017 | 28,986 | 34,720 |  35,792 |  36,029 |  36,640 | 33,273 | 27,120 | 36,923 |  37,336 |  37,470 |  36,672 |     35.1
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  New Jersey ...........| 9,130 | 17,161 | 35,676 | 47,038 |  48,751 |  49,786 |  50,442 | 39,092 | 35,754 | 45,444 |  50,583 |  51,036 |  50,674 |     41.1
  New Mexico ...........| 7,796 | 14,887 | 24,756 | 28,493 |  29,074 |  30,131 |  30,152 | 33,380 | 31,016 | 31,534 |  30,640 |  30,437 |  30,668 |     -2.8
  New York .............|10,336 | 19,812 | 38,925 | 47,612 |  48,115 |  48,000 |  49,034 | 44,256 | 41,277 | 49,583 |  51,200 |  50,370 |  48,856 |     18.8
  North Carolina .......| 7,494 | 14,117 | 27,883 | 30,793 |  30,411 |  31,167 |  33,315 | 32,087 | 29,412 | 35,518 |  33,113 |  31,836 |  31,723 |     13.3
  North Dakota .........| 6,696 | 13,263 | 23,016 | 26,327 |  26,969 |  27,711 |  28,230 | 28,670 | 27,632 | 29,318 |  28,311 |  28,233 |  28,205 |      2.2
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  Ohio .................| 8,300 | 15,269 | 31,218 | 36,802 |  37,835 |  38,676 |  38,977 | 35,538 | 31,812 | 39,766 |  39,575 |  39,608 |  39,366 |     22.5
  Oklahoma .............| 6,882 | 13,107 | 23,070 | 28,172 |  28,404 |  30,369 |  30,606 | 29,467 | 27,307 | 29,387 |  30,295 |  29,735 |  30,911 |     12.1
  Oregon ...............| 8,818 | 16,266 | 30,840 | 38,555 |  39,706 |  40,960 |  42,150 | 37,756 | 33,889 | 39,284 |  41,460 |  41,567 |  41,690 |     24.4
  Pennsylvania .........| 8,858 | 16,515 | 33,338 | 44,510 |  46,087 |  47,147 |  47,650 | 37,927 | 34,408 | 42,466 |  47,864 |  48,247 |  47,988 |     38.5
  Rhode Island .........| 8,776 | 18,002 | 36,057 | 40,729 |  41,765 |  43,019 |  44,300 | 37,576 | 37,506 | 45,930 |  43,798 |  43,723 |  43,786 |     18.1
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  South Carolina .......| 6,927 | 13,063 | 27,217 | 30,279 |  31,622 |  32,830 |  33,608 | 29,659 | 27,216 | 34,669 |  32,561 |  33,104 |  33,415 |     23.5
  South Dakota .........| 6,403 | 12,348 | 21,300 | 25,994 |  26,346 |  26,764 |  27,341 | 27,416 | 25,726 | 27,132 |  27,953 |  27,581 |  27,241 |      6.3
  Tennessee ............| 7,050 | 13,972 | 27,052 | 32,477 |  33,126 |  34,222 |  35,340 | 30,186 | 29,110 | 34,459 |  34,924 |  34,679 |  34,832 |     21.4
  Texas ................| 7,255 | 14,132 | 27,496 | 31,223 |  32,000 |  33,038 |  33,648 | 31,064 | 29,443 | 35,025 |  33,576 |  33,500 |  33,627 |     14.3
  Utah .................| 7,644 | 14,909 | 23,686 | 29,082 |  30,588 |  31,867 |  32,950 | 32,729 | 31,062 | 30,171 |  31,273 |  32,022 |  32,435 |      6.1
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  Vermont ..............| 7,968 | 12,484 | 29,012 | 35,406 |  36,295 |  36,053 |  36,299 | 34,117 | 26,009 | 36,956 |  38,074 |  37,996 |  36,696 |     39.6
  Virginia .............| 8,070 | 14,060 | 30,938 | 33,987 |  34,792 |  35,691 |  36,654 | 34,553 | 29,293 | 39,409 |  36,548 |  36,423 |  36,328 |     25.1
  Washington ...........| 9,225 | 18,820 | 30,457 | 36,151 |  37,853 |  37,815 |  38,788 | 39,499 | 39,210 | 38,796 |  38,875 |  39,627 |  38,489 |     -1.1
  West Virginia.........| 7,650 | 13,710 | 22,842 | 31,944 |  32,155 |  33,257 |  33,398 | 32,755 | 28,564 | 29,096 |  34,351 |  33,662 |  33,850 |     16.9
  Wisconsin ............| 8,963 | 16,006 | 31,921 | 37,746 |  38,182 |  39,057 |  39,899 | 38,377 | 33,347 | 40,661 |  40,590 |  39,972 |  39,754 |     19.6
  Wyoming ..............| 8,232 | 16,012 | 28,141 | 31,285 |  31,571 |  31,715 |  32,022 | 35,247 | 33,360 | 35,846 |  33,642 |  33,051 |  32,281 |     -4.0
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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.
NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Latest edition 1997-98. Copyright @ 1998 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared October 1998.)
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