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Table 76.Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1995-96

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             |        Current dollars         |   Constant 1995-96 dollars\1\
             |--------------------------------|--------------------------------
 School year |   All    |Elementary|Secondary |   All    |Elementary|Secondary
             | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers
-------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
      1      |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7
-------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
1959-60 .....|   $4,995 |   $4,815 |   $5,276 |  $26,309 |  $25,361 |  $27,790
1961-62 .....|    5,515 |    5,340 |    5,775 |   28,396 |   27,495 |   29,735
1963-64 .....|    5,995 |    5,805 |    6,266 |   30,083 |   29,129 |   31,443
1965-66 .....|    6,485 |    6,279 |    6,761 |   31,455 |   30,455 |   32,793
1967-68 .....|    7,423 |    7,208 |    7,692 |   33,781 |   32,802 |   35,005
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1969-70 .....|    8,626 |    8,412 |    8,891 |   35,341 |   34,464 |   36,427
1970-71 .....|    9,268 |    9,021 |    9,568 |   36,107 |   35,145 |   37,276
1971-72 .....|    9,705 |    9,424 |   10,031 |   36,500 |   35,444 |   37,727
1972-73 .....|   10,174 |    9,893 |   10,507 |   36,782 |   35,766 |   37,986
1973-74 .....|   10,770 |   10,507 |   11,077 |   35,749 |   34,876 |   36,769
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1974-75 .....|   11,641 |   11,334 |   12,000 |   34,786 |   33,868 |   35,858
1975-76 .....|   12,600 |   12,280 |   12,937 |   35,162 |   34,269 |   36,103
1976-77 .....|   13,354 |   12,989 |   13,776 |   35,213 |   34,251 |   36,326
1977-78 .....|   14,198 |   13,845 |   14,602 |   35,083 |   34,211 |   36,081
1978-79 .....|   15,032 |   14,681 |   15,450 |   33,962 |   33,169 |   34,907
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   15,970 |   15,569 |   16,459 |   31,837 |   31,038 |   32,812
1980-81 .....|   17,644 |   17,230 |   18,142 |   31,523 |   30,783 |   32,413
1981-82 .....|   19,274 |   18,853 |   19,805 |   31,697 |   31,005 |   32,570
1982-83 .....|   20,695 |   20,227 |   21,291 |   32,632 |   31,894 |   33,572
1983-84 .....|   21,935 |   21,487 |   22,554 |   33,353 |   32,672 |   34,294
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1984-85 .....|   23,600 |   23,200 |   24,187 |   34,533 |   33,948 |   35,392
1985-86 .....|   25,199 |   24,718 |   25,846 |   35,839 |   35,155 |   36,759
1986-87 .....|   26,569 |   26,057 |   27,244 |   36,967 |   36,255 |   37,906
1987-88 .....|   28,034 |   27,519 |   28,798 |   37,453 |   36,765 |   38,474
1988-89 .....|   29,564 |   29,022 |   30,218 |   37,754 |   37,062 |   38,589
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1989-90 .....|   31,367 |   30,832 |   32,049 |   38,232 |   37,580 |   39,063
1990-91 .....|   33,085 |   32,491 |   33,897 |   38,236 |   37,549 |   39,174
1991-92 .....|   34,063 |   33,479 |   34,824 |   38,144 |   37,490 |   38,996
1992-93 .....|   35,029 |   34,337 |   35,880 |   38,037 |   37,286 |   38,961
1993-94 .....|   35,819 |   35,298 |   36,671 |   37,913 |   37,362 |   38,815
1994-95......|   36,802 |   36,275 |   37,621 |   37,868 |   37,326 |   38,711
1995-96......|   37,846 |   37,336 |   38,563 |   37,846 |   37,336 |   38,563
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\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Latest edition 1995-96. Copyright @ 1996 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared July 1996.)


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