Table 5. Percent distribution of current instruction and instruction-related expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2005

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Table 5.

Percent distribution of current instruction and instruction-related expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2005

State or jurisdiction	Salaries		Employee benefits		Other instruction-related expenditures
United States¹	68.2	²	20.9	²	10.9	²

Alabama	65.5		21.9		12.5
Alaska	63.0		22.0		15.0
Arizona	77.8		14.4		7.7
Arkansas	69.5		16.7		13.8
California	66.5		21.3		12.2

Colorado	71.8		15.2		13.1
Connecticut	65.8		21.9		12.3
Delaware	66.4		26.5		7.1
District of Columbia³	60.5		6.8		32.8
Florida	65.2		17.9		17.0

Georgia	70.8		19.7		9.5
Hawaii³	65.7		20.7		13.6
Idaho	68.7		21.9		9.4
Illinois	70.3		20.0		9.7
Indiana	61.9		32.2		5.8

Iowa	70.6		21.0		8.3
Kansas	73.9		16.2		9.9
Kentucky	71.9		20.7		7.4
Louisiana	69.3		22.2		8.5
Maine	62.8		24.3		12.9

Maryland	67.0		22.9		10.1
Massachusetts	66.9		25.3		7.8
Michigan	63.8		27.1		9.1
Minnesota	69.9		20.4		9.6
Mississippi	71.1		19.2		9.7

Missouri	70.7	²	16.4	²	12.9	²
Montana	68.8		19.0		12.2
Nebraska	69.0		21.9		9.2
Nevada	63.6		22.0		14.4
New Hampshire	64.2		21.1		14.7

New Jersey	65.6		22.0		12.3
New Mexico	68.2		19.2		12.6
New York	66.5		24.7		8.9
North Carolina	74.9		16.1		9.0
North Dakota	71.2		19.4		9.4

Ohio	67.3		21.6		11.1
Oklahoma	70.8		18.1		11.2
Oregon	62.4		25.8		11.8
Pennsylvania	66.1		21.3		12.6
Rhode Island	66.1		23.9		10.0

South Carolina	70.1		19.1		10.9
South Dakota	67.5		18.4		14.1
Tennessee	69.1	²	18.0	²	12.9	²
Texas	75.9		11.8		12.3
Utah	66.1		25.9		7.9

Vermont	62.3		20.2		17.5
Virginia	71.1		20.6		8.3
Washington	71.4	²	18.1		10.5	²
West Virginia	61.0		31.0		8.0
Wisconsin	63.4		28.6		8.0
Wyoming	65.6		22.2		12.1

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	57.7		11.2		31.1
Guam	—		—		—
Northern Mariana Islands	67.6		18.1		14.2
Puerto Rico	79.5		12.3		8.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	78.3		19.9		1.8
— Not available.
¹ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
² Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items.
³ Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states.
NOTE: Current instruction and instruction-related expenditures include salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians and library aides, in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student assessment, technology, and supplies and purchased services related to these activities. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2005, Version 1a.