Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 2001-02

Table 77.

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            |       Current dollars                                          |  Constant 2001-02 dollars
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            |        |           |          | Earnings per |    Ratio of     |         |           |
   School   |        |           |          |  full-time   |     average     |         |           |
    year    |  All   |Elementary |Secondary |   employee   | teachers salary |   All   |Elementary | Secondary
            |teachers| teachers  | teachers |   working    |   to earnings   |teachers | teachers  | teachers
            |        |           |          |  for wages   |  per full-time  |         |           |
            |        |           |          | or salary \1\|    employee     |         |           |
____________|________|___________|__________|______________|_________________|_________|___________|___________
     1      |   2    |     3     |    4     |      5       |       6         |   7     |    8      |    9
____________|________|___________|__________|______________|_________________|_________|___________|___________
1959-60 ....| $4,995 |    $4,815 |   $5,276 |       $4,632 |           $1.08 | $30,292 |   $29,200 |   $31,996
1961-62 ....|  5,515 |     5,340 |    5,775 |        4,928 |            1.12 |  32,694 |    31,657 |    34,236
1963-64 ....|  5,995 |     5,805 |    6,266 |        5,373 |            1.12 |  34,637 |    33,539 |    36,202
1965-66 ....|  6,485 |     6,279 |    6,761 |        5,838 |            1.11 |  36,216 |    35,065 |    37,757
1967-68 ....|  7,423 |     7,208 |    7,692 |        6,444 |            1.15 |  38,894 |    37,768 |    40,304
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1969-70 ....|  8,626 |     8,412 |    8,891 |        7,334 |            1.18 |  40,691 |    39,681 |    41,941
1970-71 ....|  9,268 |     9,021 |    9,568 |        7,815 |            1.19 |  41,573 |    40,465 |    42,919
1971-72 ....|  9,705 |     9,424 |   10,031 |        8,334 |            1.16 |  42,026 |    40,809 |    43,437
1972-73 ....| 10,174 |     9,893 |   10,507 |        8,858 |            1.15 |  42,350 |    41,180 |    43,736
1973-74 ....| 10,770 |    10,507 |   11,077 |        9,647 |            1.12 |  41,161 |    40,156 |    42,334
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1974-75 ....| 11,641 |    11,334 |   12,000 |       10,420 |            1.12 |  40,051 |    38,995 |    41,286
1975-76 ....| 12,600 |    12,280 |   12,937 |       11,218 |            1.12 |  40,485 |    39,457 |    41,568
1976-77 ....| 13,354 |    12,989 |   13,776 |       11,991 |            1.11 |  40,543 |    39,435 |    41,825
1977-78 ....| 14,198 |    13,845 |   14,602 |       12,823 |            1.11 |  40,394 |    39,389 |    41,543
1978-79 ....| 15,032 |    14,681 |   15,450 |       13,822 |            1.09 |  39,103 |    38,190 |    40,191
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1979-80 ....| 15,970 |    15,569 |   16,459 |       15,086 |            1.06 |  36,656 |    35,736 |    37,779
1980-81 ....| 17,644 |    17,230 |   18,142 |       16,517 |            1.07 |  36,295 |    35,443 |    37,319
1981-82 ....| 19,274 |    18,853 |   19,805 |       17,863 |            1.08 |  36,495 |    35,698 |    37,500
1982-83 ....| 20,695 |    20,227 |   21,291 |       18,946 |            1.09 |  37,572 |    36,722 |    38,654
1983-84 ....| 21,935 |    21,487 |   22,554 |       19,874 |            1.10 |  38,402 |    37,617 |    39,485
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1984-85 ....| 23,600 |    23,200 |   24,187 |       20,815 |            1.13 |  39,760 |    39,086 |    40,749
1985-86 ....| 25,199 |    24,718 |   25,846 |       21,727 |            1.16 |  41,264 |    40,477 |    42,324
1986-87 ....| 26,569 |    26,057 |   27,244 |       22,642 |            1.17 |  42,563 |    41,743 |    43,644
1987-88 ....| 28,034 |    27,519 |   28,798 |       23,698 |            1.18 |  43,123 |    42,331 |    44,298
1988-89 ....| 29,564 |    29,022 |   30,218 |       24,651 |            1.20 |  43,469 |    42,672 |    44,430
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1989-90 ....| 31,367 |    30,832 |   32,049 |       25,643 |            1.22 |  44,019 |    43,268 |    44,976
1990-91 ....| 33,084 |    32,490 |   33,896 |       26,791 |            1.23 |  44,022 |    43,232 |    45,103
1991-92 ....| 34,063 |    33,479 |   34,827 |       27,990 |            1.22 |  43,918 |    43,165 |    44,903
1992-93 ....| 35,029 |    34,350 |   35,880 |       29,036 |            1.21 |  43,795 |    42,946 |    44,859
1993-94 ....| 35,737 |    35,233 |   36,566 |       29,778 |            1.20 |  43,552 |    42,938 |    44,562
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1994-95.....| 36,675 |    36,088 |   37,523 |       30,568 |            1.20 |  43,450 |    42,754 |    44,454
1995-96.....| 37,642 |    37,138 |   38,397 |       31,518 |            1.19 |  43,414 |    42,833 |    44,285
1996-97.....| 38,477 |    38,039 |   39,184 |       32,735 |            1.18 |  43,146 |    42,655 |    43,939
1997-98 ....| 39,351 |    39,008 |   39,945 |       34,269 |            1.15 |  43,353 |    42,975 |    44,008
1998-99 ....| 40,534 |    40,287 |   41,016 |       35,893 |            1.13 |  43,897 |    43,629 |    44,419
            |        |           |          |              |                 |         |           |
1999-2000 ..| 41,754 |    41,444 |   42,259 |       37,718 |            1.11 |  43,949 |    43,623 |    44,481
2000-01 ....| 43,335 |    43,076 |   43,695 |       39,272 |            1.10 |  44,102 |    43,839 |    44,469
2001-02.....| 44,604 |    44,424 |   44,718 |         ---  |           ---   |  44,604 |    44,424 |    44,718
____________|________|___________|__________|______________|_________________|_________|___________|___________

---Not available.
\1\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 for years 1987-88 and after may not be directly comparable to earlier years.

NOTE: Constant 2001-02 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years; and unpublished data (Copyright @ 2002 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, various years. (This table was prepared September 2002.)

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