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Year ending Constant 1995-96 dollars1 Current dollars2
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1983 $32,587 $20,695
1984 33,307 21,935
1985 34,484 23,600
1986 35,780 25,199
1987 36,901 26,569
1988 37,382 28,034
1989 37,699 29,564
1990 38,172 31,367
1991 38,166 33,084
1992 38,080 34,063
1993 37,975 35,029
1994 37,752 35,733
1995 37,602 36,609
1996 37,560 37,560
1997 37,428 38,509
Middle alternative projections
1998 37,429 39,468
1999 37,564 40,894
2000 37,721 42,427
2001 37,922 44,035
2002 38,048 45,573
2003 38,184 __
2004 38,332 __
2005 38,422 __
2006 38,558 __
2007 38,578 __
2008 38,522 __
Low alternative projections
1998 37,429 39,468
1999 37,502 40,897
2000 37,577 42,505
2001 37,699 44,149
2002 37,732 45,706
2003 37,786 __
2004 37,868 __
2005 37,914 __
2006 37,997 __
2007 37,954 __
2008 37,823 __
High alternative projections
1998 37,429 39,468
1999 37,605 40,852
2000 37,826 42,291
2001 38,085 43,821
2002 38,288 45,302
2003 38,495 __
2004 38,722 __
2005 38,858 __
2006 39,044 __
2007 39,122 __
2008 39,127 __
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1Based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
2Projections in current dollars are not shown after 2002 due
to the uncertain behavior of inflation over the long term.
NOTE: Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Historical
numbers may differ from those in previous editions
SOURCE: National Education Association, annual Estimates of
State School Statistics. (Latest edition 1996-97. Copyright
1997 by the National Education Association. All rights
reserved.) (This table was prepared December 1997.)
