Table 81. | Estimated average annual salary of instructional staff in public elementary and secondary schools and average annual earnings of full-time employees in all industries: 1929-30 to 2000-01 |
____________________________________________________________________________________ | Current dollars | Constant 2000-01 dollars\1\ |__________________________|_________________________________________ | Average | Earnings | Average | Earnings |Ratio of aver- School | salary | per | salary | per | age instruc- year | of | full-time | of | full-time | tional staff | instruc- | employee | instruc- | employee | salary to | tional | working | tional | working | earnings per | staff\2\ | for wages | staff\2\ | for wages | full-time | |or salary\3\ | |or salary\3\ | employee _______________|____________|_____________|____________|_____________|______________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 _______________|____________|_____________|____________|_____________|______________ 1929-30 .......| $1,420 | $1,386 | $14,525 | $14,178 | 1.02 1931-32 .......| 1,417 | 1,198 | 17,209 | 14,550 | 1.18 1933-34 .......| 1,227 | 1,070 | 16,224 | 14,148 | 1.15 1935-36 .......| 1,283 | 1,160 | 16,347 | 14,780 | 1.11 1937-38 .......| 1,374 | 1,224 | 16,794 | 14,961 | 1.12 | | | | | 1939-40 .......| 1,441 | 1,282 | 18,054 | 16,062 | 1.12 1941-42 .......| 1,507 | 1,576 | 16,923 | 17,698 | 0.96 1943-44 .......| 1,728 | 2,030 | 17,363 | 20,398 | 0.85 1945-46 .......| 1,995 | 2,272 | 19,149 | 21,807 | 0.88 1947-48 .......| 2,639 | 2,692 | 19,831 | 20,230 | 0.98 | | | | | 1949-50 .......| 3,010 | 2,930 | 22,253 | 21,662 | 1.03 1951-52 .......| 3,450 | 3,322 | 22,983 | 22,130 | 1.04 1953-54 .......| 3,825 | 3,628 | 24,904 | 23,622 | 1.05 1955-56 .......| 4,156 | 3,924 | 27,068 | 25,557 | 1.06 1957-58 .......| 4,702 | 4,276 | 28,828 | 26,217 | 1.10 | | | | | 1959-60 .......| 5,174 | 4,632 | 30,832 | 27,602 | 1.12 1961-62 .......| 5,700 | 4,928 | 33,203 | 28,706 | 1.16 1963-64 .......| 6,240 | 5,373 | 35,425 | 30,503 | 1.16 1965-66 .......| 6,935 | 5,838 | 38,055 | 32,035 | 1.19 1967-68 .......| 7,630 | 6,444 | 39,283 | 33,177 | 1.18 | | | | | 1969-70 .......| 9,047 | 7,334 | 41,934 | 33,994 | 1.23 1970-71 .......| 9,698 | 7,815 | 42,745 | 34,445 | 1.24 1971-72 .......| 10,213 | 8,334 | 43,456 | 35,461 | 1.23 1972-73 .......| 10,634 | 8,858 | 43,495 | 36,231 | 1.20 1973-74 .......| 11,254 | 9,647 | 42,262 | 36,228 | 1.17 | | | | | 1974-75 .......| 12,167 | 10,420 | 41,133 | 35,227 | 1.17 1975-76 .......| 13,124 | 11,218 | 41,435 | 35,417 | 1.17 1976-77 .......| 13,840 | 11,991 | 41,288 | 35,772 | 1.15 1977-78 .......| 14,698 | 12,823 | 41,089 | 35,846 | 1.15 1978-79 .......| 15,764 | 13,822 | 40,294 | 35,330 | 1.14 | | | | | 1979-80 .......| 16,715 | 15,086 | 37,699 | 34,024 | 1.11 1980-81 .......| 18,404 | 16,517 | 37,199 | 33,384 | 1.11 1981-82 .......| 20,327 | 17,863 | 37,819 | 33,234 | 1.14 1982-83 .......| 21,641 | 18,946 | 38,606 | 33,798 | 1.14 1983-84 .......| 23,005 | 19,874 | 39,574 | 34,187 | 1.16 | | | | | 1984-85 .......| 24,666 | 20,815 | 40,833 | 34,458 | 1.19 1985-86 .......| 26,362 | 21,727 | 42,418 | 34,959 | 1.21 1986-87 .......| 27,706 | 22,642 | 43,612 | 35,640 | 1.22 1987-88 .......| 29,219 | 23,698 | 44,164 | 35,819 | 1.23 1988-89 .......| 30,850 | 24,651 | 44,571 | 35,615 | 1.25 | | | | | 1989-90 .......| 32,638 | 25,643 | 45,006 | 35,360 | 1.27 1990-91 .......| 34,401 | 26,791 | 44,978 | 35,028 | 1.28 1991-92 .......| 35,556 | 27,990 | 45,045 | 35,459 | 1.27 1992-93 .......| 36,460 | 29,036 | 44,791 | 35,670 | 1.26 1993-94 .......| 37,446 | 29,778 | 44,841 | 35,659 | 1.26 | | | | | 1994-95 .......| 38,339 | 30,568 | 44,631 | 35,584 | 1.25 1995-96 .......| 39,483 | 31,518 | 44,745 | 35,719 | 1.25 1996-97 .......| 40,435 | 32,735 | 44,553 | 36,068 | 1.24 1997-98 .......| 41,243 | 34,269 | 44,647 | 37,098 | 1.20 1998-99 .......| 42,488 | 35,892 | 45,212 | 38,193 | 1.18 1999-2000 .....| 43,768 | 37,691 | 45,268 | 38,982 | 1.16 2000-01 .......| 44,993 | --- | 44,993 | --- | --- _______________|____________|_____________|____________|_____________|______________ |
---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; and unpublished data. (Copyright © 2001 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues, and Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, various years. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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