Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementaryand secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1996-97

Table 77.

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             |        Current dollars         |   Constant 1996-97 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 |  $27,014 |  $26,040 |  $28,533
1961-62 .....|    5,515 |    5,340 |    5,775 |   29,156 |   28,231 |   30,531
1963-64 .....|    5,995 |    5,805 |    6,266 |   30,888 |   29,909 |   32,284
1965-66 .....|    6,485 |    6,279 |    6,761 |   32,297 |   31,271 |   33,671
1967-68 .....|    7,423 |    7,208 |    7,692 |   34,685 |   33,681 |   35,942
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1969-70 .....|    8,626 |    8,412 |    8,891 |   36,287 |   35,387 |   37,402
1970-71 .....|    9,268 |    9,021 |    9,568 |   37,074 |   36,086 |   38,274
1971-72 .....|    9,705 |    9,424 |   10,031 |   37,478 |   36,392 |   38,736
1972-73 .....|   10,174 |    9,893 |   10,507 |   37,767 |   36,724 |   39,003
1973-74 .....|   10,770 |   10,507 |   11,077 |   36,706 |   35,810 |   37,753
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1974-75 .....|   11,641 |   11,334 |   12,000 |   35,717 |   34,775 |   36,818
1975-76 .....|   12,600 |   12,280 |   12,937 |   36,104 |   35,187 |   37,069
1976-77 .....|   13,354 |   12,989 |   13,776 |   36,156 |   35,168 |   37,298
1977-78 .....|   14,198 |   13,845 |   14,602 |   36,022 |   35,127 |   37,047
1978-79 .....|   15,032 |   14,681 |   15,450 |   34,872 |   34,057 |   35,841
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   15,970 |   15,569 |   16,459 |   32,689 |   31,868 |   33,690
1980-81 .....|   17,644 |   17,230 |   18,142 |   32,367 |   31,607 |   33,280
1981-82 .....|   19,274 |   18,853 |   19,805 |   32,546 |   31,835 |   33,442
1982-83 .....|   20,695 |   20,227 |   21,291 |   33,506 |   32,748 |   34,471
1983-84 .....|   21,935 |   21,487 |   22,554 |   34,246 |   33,546 |   35,212
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1984-85 .....|   23,600 |   23,200 |   24,187 |   35,457 |   34,856 |   36,339
1985-86 .....|   25,199 |   24,718 |   25,846 |   36,799 |   36,096 |   37,744
1986-87 .....|   26,569 |   26,057 |   27,244 |   37,957 |   37,225 |   38,921
1987-88 .....|   28,034 |   27,519 |   28,798 |   38,456 |   37,750 |   39,504
1988-89 .....|   29,564 |   29,022 |   30,218 |   38,765 |   38,054 |   39,622
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1989-90 .....|   31,367 |   30,832 |   32,049 |   39,256 |   38,586 |   40,109
1990-91 .....|   33,084 |   32,490 |   33,896 |   39,258 |   38,553 |   40,222
1991-92 .....|   34,063 |   33,479 |   34,827 |   39,165 |   38,493 |   40,043
1992-93 .....|   35,029 |   34,350 |   35,880 |   39,056 |   38,298 |   40,004
1993-94 .....|   35,733 |   35,233 |   36,555 |   38,834 |   38,291 |   39,728
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1994-95......|   36,609 |   36,084 |   37,404 |   38,678 |   38,123 |   39,518
1995-96......|   37,560 |   36,976 |   38,423 |   38,632 |   38,031 |   39,519
1996-97......|   38,509 |   37,969 |   39,310 |   38,509 |   37,969 |   39,310
_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

\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 1996-97. Copyright @ 1997 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared August 1997.)

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