Table 82.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2009-10

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2008-09 dollars2
	Average public school teachers' salary			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			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	$36,491	$35,176	$38,544
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	39,385	38,135	41,242
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	41,725	40,402	43,611
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	43,627	42,241	45,484
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	46,854	45,497	48,552
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	49,018	47,801	50,523
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	50,081	48,746	51,702
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	50,626	49,160	52,326
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	51,017	49,608	52,687
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	49,584	48,373	50,998
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	48,247	46,975	49,735
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	48,770	47,531	50,074
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	48,840	47,505	50,384
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	48,660	47,450	50,044
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	47,106	46,006	48,416
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	44,157	43,049	45,509
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	43,722	42,696	44,956
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	43,963	43,003	45,175
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	45,261	44,237	46,564
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	46,260	45,316	47,566
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	47,897	47,085	49,088
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	49,709	48,760	50,985
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	51,273	50,285	52,576
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	51,948	50,993	53,363
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	52,364	51,404	53,523
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	53,028	52,123	54,180
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	53,031	52,079	54,332
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	52,905	51,998	54,092
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	52,757	51,735	54,039
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	52,465	51,725	53,682
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	52,341	51,504	53,552
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	52,299	51,598	53,348
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	51,930	51,384	52,931
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	52,224	51,762	53,012
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,306	1.12	52,893	52,398	53,752
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,176	1.10	53,010	52,375	53,947
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,722	1.09	53,180	52,606	54,008
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,579	1.10	53,793	53,218	54,582
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,704	1.10	53,852	53,524	54,347
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,301	1.07	53,686	53,277	54,187
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,941	1.06	53,209	52,767	53,401
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,755	1.05	52,950	52,397	53,393
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,867	1.04	53,683	53,355	54,184
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,627	1.04	53,537	53,116	54,006
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,595	1.05	54,319	53,998	54,552
2009-10	55,350	55,311	55,032	—	—	54,819	54,781	54,505

—Not available.

1 The average monetary remuneration earned by FTE employees across all industries in a given year, including wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, voluntary employee contributions to certain deferred compensation plans, and receipts in kind that represent income. Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 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 2009-10; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, tables 6.6B-D, retrieved April 25, 2010, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp. (This table was prepared May 2010.)