Table 78.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959–60 through 2006–07

School year	Current dollars					Constant 2006–07 dollars2
	All teachers	Elementary teachers	Secondary teachers	Wage and salary accruals per full-time-equivalent (FTE) employee1	Ratio of average teachers' salary to accruals per FTE employee	All teachers	Elementary teachers	Secondary teachers
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1959–60	$4,995	$4,815	$5,276	$4,749	1.05	$34,703	$33,452	$36,655
1961–62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	37,455	36,266	39,221
1963–64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	39,680	38,422	41,474
1965–66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	41,489	40,171	43,255
1967–68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	44,558	43,267	46,172
1969–70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	46,615	45,459	48,047
1970–71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	47,626	46,357	49,168
1971–72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	48,145	46,751	49,762
1972–73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	48,517	47,177	50,105
1973–74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	47,154	46,003	48,498
1974–75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	45,883	44,673	47,298
1975–76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	46,380	45,202	47,620
1976–77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	46,447	45,177	47,915
1977–78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,815	1.11	46,275	45,125	47,592
1978–79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,825	1.09	44,797	43,751	46,043
1979–80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,088	1.06	41,993	40,939	43,279
1980–81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,520	1.07	41,579	40,604	42,753
1981–82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,866	1.08	41,809	40,896	42,961
1982–83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,950	1.09	43,043	42,069	44,282
1983–84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,878	1.10	43,993	43,095	45,235
1984–85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,819	1.13	45,550	44,778	46,683
1985–86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,732	1.16	47,273	46,370	48,486
1986–87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,650	1.17	48,760	47,821	49,999
1987–88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,705	1.18	49,402	48,494	50,748
1988–89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,655	1.20	49,798	48,885	50,900
1989–90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,647	1.22	50,429	49,569	51,525
1990–91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,794	1.23	50,432	49,526	51,670
1991–92	34,063	33,479	34,827	27,999	1.22	50,312	49,450	51,441
1992–93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,058	1.21	50,172	49,199	51,391
1993–94	35,737	35,233	36,566	29,811	1.20	49,893	49,190	51,051
1994–95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,606	1.20	49,776	48,980	50,927
1995–96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,561	1.19	49,736	49,070	50,733
1996–97	38,443	38,039	39,184	32,789	1.17	49,385	48,866	50,337
1997–98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,346	1.15	49,664	49,225	50,414
1998–99	40,544	40,165	41,203	35,978	1.13	50,301	49,830	51,118
1999–2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	37,800	1.11	50,412	49,808	51,303
2000–01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,257	1.10	50,574	50,028	51,361
2001–02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,031	1.12	51,157	50,609	51,907
2002–03	45,688	45,385	46,141	41,089	1.11	51,215	50,875	51,723
2003–04	46,605	46,275	46,682	42,617	1.09	51,124	50,762	51,209
2004–05	47,659	47,242	47,860	44,225	1.08	50,753	50,309	50,967
2005–06	49,026	48,641	49,261	45,991	1.07	50,294	49,899	50,535
2006–07	50,816	50,684	51,081	48,018	1.06	50,816	50,684	51,081

1 Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analy-sis, have been converted to a school-year basis by averaging the two appropriate calendar years in each case. 2 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors are not available for these estimates, which are based on state reports. SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1959–60 through 2006–07; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, retrieved August 28, 2008, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp. (This table was prepared September 2008.)