Table 83.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2010-11

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2009-10 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	$36,844	$35,516	$38,917
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	39,766	38,504	41,641
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	42,128	40,793	44,033
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	44,049	42,650	45,924
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	47,307	45,937	49,022
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	49,492	48,264	51,012
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	50,565	49,218	52,202
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	51,116	49,636	52,833
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	51,511	50,088	53,196
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	50,064	48,842	51,491
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	48,714	47,430	50,217
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	49,242	47,991	50,559
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	49,313	47,965	50,871
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	49,131	47,909	50,529
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	47,561	46,451	48,884
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	44,585	43,465	45,950
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	44,145	43,109	45,391
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	44,389	43,419	45,612
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	45,699	44,665	47,015
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	46,708	45,754	48,026
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	48,361	47,541	49,563
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	50,190	49,232	51,478
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	51,769	50,771	53,084
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	52,450	51,487	53,880
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	52,871	51,902	54,041
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	53,541	52,627	54,705
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	53,544	52,583	54,858
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	53,417	52,501	54,615
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	53,268	52,235	54,562
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	52,972	52,225	54,201
1994-95.	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	52,848	52,002	54,070
1995-96.	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	52,805	52,098	53,864
1996-97.	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	52,433	51,882	53,443
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	52,729	52,263	53,525
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,306	1.12	53,405	52,905	54,273
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,176	1.10	53,523	52,882	54,469
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,722	1.09	53,695	53,116	54,530
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,579	1.10	54,314	53,733	55,111
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,704	1.10	54,373	54,042	54,873
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,301	1.07	54,206	53,792	54,711
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,941	1.06	53,724	53,278	53,918
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,755	1.05	53,463	52,904	53,909
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,867	1.04	54,202	53,871	54,709
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,670	1.04	54,055	53,630	54,528
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,640	1.05	54,845	54,521	55,080
2009-10	55,202	54,918	55,595	52,651	1.05	55,202	54,918	55,595
2010-11	56,069	55,864	56,350	—	—	54,965	54,764	55,241

—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 2010-11; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, tables 6.6B-D, retrieved November 2, 2011, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp. (This table was prepared May 2011.)