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  • Table 74. Average salaries for full-time teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1993-94
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                           |        |        |  Number  |     School year      |Supplemental contract |   Number of teachers with
           Selected        | Total  |  Base  |    of    |supplemental contract |    during summer     |    nonschool employment
        characteristics    | earned | salary |full-time |______________________|______________________|________________________________
                           | income |        | teachers |Number of|Supplemental|Number of|Supplemental|Teaching |Education| Not educa-
                           |        |        |          |teachers |   salary   |teachers |   salary   |or tutor | related |tion related
    _______________________|________|________|__________|_________|____________|_________|____________|_________|_________|____________
               1           |   2    |   3    |    4     |    5    |     6      |    7    |     8      |    9    |   10    |     11
    _______________________|________|________|__________|_________|____________|_________|____________|_________|_________|____________
                           |                                              Public schools
                           |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Total\1\ ..............|$36,498 |$34,153 |2,340,443 | 815,827 |     $2,075 | 401,516 |     $2,070 | 118,603 |  80,014 |    237,177
                           |________|________|__________|_________|____________|_________|____________|_________|_________|____________
      Men .................| 41,031 | 36,182 |  642,807 | 348,855 |      2,923 | 147,299 |      2,530 |  37,297 |  39,150 |    124,487
      Women ...............| 34,781 | 33,384 |1,697,636 | 466,972 |      1,442 | 254,218 |      1,803 |  81,305 |  40,863 |    112,689
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Race/ethnicity         |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      White, non-Hispanic .| 36,576 | 34,221 |2,012,142 | 722,694 |      2,067 | 328,492 |      2,015 | 100,017 |  68,991 |    208,306
      Black, non-Hispanic .| 36,200 | 33,889 |  181,896 |  48,968 |      2,325 |  40,819 |      2,221 |  10,734 |   5,490 |     16,336
      Hispanic ............| 35,197 | 32,996 |  102,965 |  31,653 |      1,930 |  24,122 |      2,477 |   5,817 |   3,644 |      7,337
      Asian or Pacific     |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
        Islander ..........| 38,292 | 36,134 |   25,383 |   6,391 |      1,873 |   5,381 |      2,285 |   1,298 |     910 |      2,327
      American Indian      |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
        or Alaskan Native .| 35,635 | 32,994 |   18,057 |   6,121 |      2,068 |   2,703 |      2,305 |     737 |     979 |      2,871
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Age                    |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      Less than 30 ........| 27,151 | 24,737 |  258,692 | 113,918 |      1,777 |  51,862 |      1,819 |  11,924 |   8,078 |     28,228
      30 to 39 ............| 31,596 | 29,270 |  517,638 | 204,607 |      2,163 | 102,314 |      1,942 |  24,860 |  19,623 |     49,690
      40 to 49 ............| 38,106 | 35,751 |  974,299 | 328,974 |      2,107 | 161,320 |      2,053 |  50,193 |  34,480 |    100,528
      50 or more ..........| 42,243 | 39,931 |  589,815 | 168,328 |      2,109 |  86,021 |      2,404 |  31,625 |  17,833 |     58,730
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Years of teaching      |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      experience           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      First year ..........| 26,641 | 23,544 |   99,833 |  35,238 |      1,573 |  16,007 |      2,516 |   4,554 |   2,463 |     13,210
      2 to 4 years ........| 27,217 | 25,089 |  272,905 | 109,127 |      1,660 |  54,192 |      1,806 |  10,991 |   9,575 |     30,150
      5 to 9 years ........| 30,709 | 28,451 |  388,370 | 145,326 |      1,998 |  79,198 |      2,046 |  23,195 |  11,272 |     36,451
      10 to 14 years ......| 33,805 | 31,792 |  355,460 | 114,950 |      2,110 |  58,360 |      2,003 |  16,150 |  12,281 |     30,036
      15 to 19 years ......| 37,984 | 35,809 |  380,168 | 131,094 |      2,177 |  65,105 |      1,842 |  19,878 |  14,175 |     35,835
      20 or more years ....| 43,796 | 41,215 |  843,707 | 280,091 |      2,279 | 128,653 |      2,285 |  43,835 |  30,248 |     91,495
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Level                  |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      Elementary ..........| 34,944 | 33,517 |1,193,257 | 254,890 |      1,503 | 170,059 |      1,801 |  47,820 |  27,084 |     90,749
      Secondary ...........| 38,114 | 34,815 |1,147,186 | 560,937 |      2,335 | 231,457 |      2,267 |  70,783 |  52,930 |    146,427
                           |========|========|==========|=========|============|=========|============|=========|=========|============
                           |                                             Private schools
                           |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Total\1\ ..............|$24,053 |$21,968 |  302,431 |  64,063 |     $1,894 |  62,847 |     $2,122 |  20,237 |  11,424 |     34,099
                           |________|________|__________|_________|____________|_________|____________|_________|_________|____________
      Men .................| 30,215 | 26,120 |   72,264 |  27,418 |      2,408 |  21,317 |      2,584 |   3,993 |   4,969 |     14,283
      Women ...............| 22,118 | 20,669 |  230,167 |  36,645 |      1,509 |  41,530 |      1,885 |  16,244 |   6,456 |     19,816
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Race/ethnicity         |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      White, non-Hispanic .| 24,084 | 22,000 |  278,749 |  59,475 |      1,903 |  55,950 |      2,109 |  18,461 |  10,677 |     31,724
      Black, non-Hispanic .| 23,043 | 20,796 |    8,946 |   1,350 |      2,451 |   3,024 |      2,173 |   (\1\) |   (\1\) |      (\1\)
      Hispanic ............| 22,256 | 20,672 |    9,862 |   2,013 |      1,209 |   2,269 |      2,298 |   (\1\) |   (\1\) |      (\1\)
      Asian or Pacific     |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
        Islander ..........| 28,505 | 25,861 |    3,786 |     997 |      2,054 |   1,185 |      2,643 |   (\1\) |   (\1\) |      (\1\)
      American Indian      |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
        or Alaskan Native .| 25,082 | 21,625 |    1,088 |   (\1\) |      (\1\) |   (\1\) |      (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\) |      (\1\)
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Age                    |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      Less than 30 ........| 19,438 | 17,010 |   56,709 |  14,802 |      1,572 |  15,865 |      1,781 |   4,600 |   2,373 |      8,982
      30 to 39 ............| 23,334 | 20,925 |   73,855 |  16,590 |      1,947 |  17,227 |      2,161 |   4,636 |   3,247 |     10,087
      40 to 49 ............| 25,230 | 23,224 |  102,226 |  21,284 |      1,915 |  20,355 |      2,196 |   6,965 |   3,794 |      9,580
      50 or more ..........| 26,845 | 25,273 |   69,641 |  11,388 |      2,193 |   9,400 |      2,467 |   4,035 |   2,010 |      5,449
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Years of teaching      |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      experience           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      First year ..........| 19,408 | 16,318 |   22,922 |   4,832 |      1,539 |   4,545 |      1,973 |   1,798 |   (\1\) |      3,395
      2 to 4 years ........| 19,858 | 17,719 |   54,831 |  12,001 |      1,580 |  15,974 |      1,899 |   3,970 |   1,924 |      8,207
      5 to 9 years ........| 21,764 | 19,748 |   66,567 |  13,905 |      1,816 |  14,111 |      2,112 |   4,625 |   3,184 |      8,044
      10 to 14 years ......| 24,266 | 22,424 |   49,880 |  10,007 |      1,741 |   9,171 |      2,032 |   2,369 |   1,404 |      5,133
      15 to 19 years ......| 27,238 | 25,351 |   42,209 |   8,985 |      2,129 |   8,460 |      2,257 |   3,601 |   1,812 |      3,452
      20 or more years ....| 29,258 | 27,178 |   66,022 |  14,334 |      2,310 |  10,585 |      2,508 |   3,874 |   2,320 |      5,867
                           |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
    Level                  |        |        |          |         |            |         |            |         |         |
      Elementary ..........| 21,485 | 19,977 |  179,936 |  23,015 |      1,514 |  33,338 |      1,846 |  11,805 |   5,645 |     18,137
      Secondary ...........| 27,824 | 24,896 |  122,496 |  41,048 |      2,106 |  29,509 |      2,435 |   8,432 |   5,780 |     15,962
    _______________________|________|________|__________|_________|____________|_________|____________|_________|_________|____________

    \1\Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding or missing values in cells with too few cases, or survey item nonresponse.
    \2\Too few sample cases (fewer than 30) for a reliable estimate.

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94," unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 1997.)

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