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Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B8.-Standard errors for Table A8:  Average salary of public and private school principals 
          by sex and race-ethnicity, by highest degree earned and years of experience as a 
          principal:  1993-94
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                                                               Sex                                        Race-ethnicity
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                                  Total
                                number of      All                               Am. Ind./     Asian/        Black         White                         Total
Principal characteristics      principals  principals    Male      Female          AK Nat.     Pac. Isl.  non-Hispanic  non-Hispanic  Hispanic         minority
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PUBLIC
  All degrees
   All                              235.2     $126.6     $160.0     $275.8          $1,733.8   $1,425.3        $454.5        $137.9     $798.3           $424.7
   Fewer than 3 years               462.2      332.4      472.6      544.8           1,772.7    1,740.9         891.2         339.4   $1,328.8            703.6
   3 to 9 years                     570.7      283.8      276.0      476.3           2,183.9    2,068.6         651.5         304.0   $1,141.5            622.6
   10 years or more                 483.5      303.4      310.2      643.3           2,854.6    1,414.2         869.6         330.8   $1,306.9            700.2
  Less than bachelor's
   All                                 -          -          -          -                 -          -             -             -           -               -
   Fewer than 3 years                  -          -          -          -                 -          -             -             -           -               -
   3 to 9 years                        -          -          -          -                 -          -             -             -           -               -
   10 years or more                    -          -          -          -                 -          -             -             -           -               -
  Bachelor's
   All                              167.6    1,506.5    1,675.5    2,239.4                -          -             -        1,541.0          -          1,949.4
   Fewer than 3 years                75.0    2,224.7    4,039.9    2,925.0                -          -             -        2,317.9          -          6,441.1
   3 to 9 years                     118.6    2,109.4    1,349.2    2,321.7                -          -             -        2,505.1          -          3,646.1
   10 years or more                  49.7    3,277.6    2,493.4    6,249.8                -          -             -        3,442.7          -          1,541.0
  Master's
   All                              536.3      162.6      185.1      316.6           1,375.3    1,510.8         614.6         193.2       925.6           505.6
   Fewer than 3 years               389.2      435.3      560.3      715.1           2,201.5    1,862.3       1,130.9         465.1     1,600.2           801.6
   3 to 9 years                     478.2      329.6      308.7      564.2           2,478.8    2,396.5         883.8         337.5     1,308.8           823.5
   10 years or more                 434.6      347.8      377.6      862.9           1,899.6    1,745.2       1,115.5         400.6     1,437.7           784.9
  Ed. spec./prof. dipl.
   All                              458.8      306.0      393.9      420.8           4,752.0    2,788.1         976.7         323.8     1,967.3           923.1
   Fewer than 3 years               231.7      607.2      895.6      748.7           8,336.1    1,972.6       1,653.9         703.8     2,305.4         1,357.3
   3 to 9 years                     359.1      452.4      552.1      761.3           1,187.5    2,758.3       1,337.4         504.6     3,252.5         1,207.0
   10 years or more                 332.9      589.2      620.4      972.9           8,717.1    1,900.4       2,315.9         572.8     3,601.5         2,184.0
  Doctorate
   All                              263.3      676.5      885.8      939.7                -          -          924.9         781.9     2,754.0           969.2
   Fewer than 3 years               109.5      946.4    1,400.6    1,424.5                -          -        3,690.9       1,096.7     5,726.7         3,363.5
   3 to 9 years                     203.8    1,208.1    1,797.4    1,551.3                -          -        1,679.6       1,434.4     5,276.2         1,536.8
   10 years or more                 233.2      936.1    1,103.4    1,310.2                -          -        1,504.0       1,096.8     3,234.3         1,276.6
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See footnotes at end of tables.
Table B8.-Standard errors for Table A8:  Average salary of public and private school principals 
          by sex and race-ethnicity, by highest degree earned and years of experience as a 
          principal:  1993-94(continued)
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                                                               Sex                                        Race-ethnicity
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                                  Total
                                number of      All                               Am. Ind./     Asian/        Black         White                         Total
Principal characteristics      principals  principals    Male      Female          AK Nat.     Pac. Isl.  non-Hispanic  non-Hispanic  Hispanic         minority
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PRIVATE
  All degrees
   All                              197.6     $363.4      564.6      607.6          $1,926.3   $5,748.4      $2,476.1        $400.5    $1,957.7        $1,545.9
   Fewer than 3 years               304.1      891.3    1,631.9    1,249.7                -    $8,073.6      $4,742.2         964.8     4,436.2         3,457.8
   3 to 9 years                     288.3      653.8      991.3      954.7          $2,254.8  $40,528.7      $3,435.5         671.8     2,212.9         2,359.7
   10 years or more                 304.6      475.6      811.0      793.4         $11,268.7  $10,963.0      $3,531.8         497.3     3,317.7         2,457.4
  Less than bachelor's
   All                              251.0    2,177.0    1,242.8    3,435.5                -          -             -        2,354.9          -               -
   Fewer than 3 years               151.1    1,724.7    1,637.4    3,880.9                -          -             -        1,757.1          -               -
   3 to 9 years                     143.4    1,680.4    3,148.4    1,964.2                -          -             -        1,942.3          -               -
   10 years or more                 204.4    5,737.9    2,078.0         -                 -          -             -        5,768.8          -               -
  Bachelor's
   All                              333.6      973.4    1,040.7    1,384.5                -          -        2,920.0       1,046.1     3,749.3         2,640.3
   Fewer than 3 years               221.8    1,223.8    1,932.8    1,606.8                -          -        4,270.2       1,256.0     5,250.0         3,509.6
   3 to 9 years                     234.5    1,704.3    1,471.7    2,587.1                -          -        3,317.0       1,799.6     6,165.0         3,722.7
   10 years or more                 136.2    1,419.0    2,350.3    1,707.3                -          -        8,658.1       1,492.3          -          4,969.2
  Master's
   All                              292.5      391.5      733.1      487.2                -          -        1,918.9         426.1     2,677.8         1,573.2
   Fewer than 3 years               185.3      835.3   1,232.90      934.2                -          -        4,070.1         898.0     6,721.2         3,215.7
   3 to 9 years                     184.0      827.3   1,408.90      793.6                -          -        4,157.7         889.5     2,607.0         2,690.5
   10 years or more                 207.0      673.8      912.6    1,003.2                -          -        3,926.3         665.0     4,652.8         2,842.3
  Ed. spec./prof. dipl.
   All                              103.2      885.6    1,571.9    1,215.0                -          -             -          811.4          -               -
   Fewer than 3 years                50.8    2,532.3    2,662.5    4,024.8                -          -             -        2,532.3          -               -
   3 to 9 years                      85.2    1,415.8    2,781.2    1,607.0                -          -             -        1,080.2          -               -
   10 years or more                    68    1,290.3    1,975.8    1,699.2                -          -             -        1,331.3          -               -
  Doctorate
   All                              138.4    1,507.4    1,839.7    2,725.8                -          -             -        1,313.5          -               -
   Fewer than 3 years                34.9    5,488.2    7,374.4    3,379.5                -          -             -        4,084.1          -               -
   3 to 9 years                      78.8    2,159.2    2,220.5    5,910.5                -          -             -        2,049.7          -               -
   10 years or more                  91.7    1,961.8    2,785.0    3,661.3                -          -             -        1,671.1          -               -
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-Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and Staffing Survey:  1993-94 (Public and Private School Principal 
Questionnaires).

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