Table 3. Average lowest and highest yearly base salaries paid to full-time teachers among all districts, by state: 2007

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Table 3. Average lowest and highest yearly base salaries paid to full-time teachers among all districts, by state: 2007–08

State	Base salary of the lowest paid	Base salary of the highest paid
United States	$34,000	$60,400

Alabama	37,300	59,200
Alaska	39,000	67,700
Arizona	31,600	47,400
Arkansas	31,300	47,100
California	44,600	78,000

Colorado	30,100	54,100
Connecticut	39,300	77,600
Delaware	36,500	70,700
District of Columbia	37,400	66,000
Florida	34,100	62,500

Georgia	33,200	71,700
Hawaii	41,500	76,100
Idaho	30,900	50,900
Illinois	33,700	70,400
Indiana	32,100	58,800

Iowa	26,800	49,000
Kansas	31,700	50,300
Kentucky	33,700	54,800
Louisiana	34,100	49,300
Maine	30,000	52,800

Maryland	39,300	76,500
Massachusetts	37,800	73,200
Michigan	33,800	59,600
Minnesota	33,100	57,600
Mississippi	32,600	57,700

Missouri	29,400	47,900
Montana	24,700	42,400
Nebraska	28,100	49,900
Nevada	34,000	64,200
New Hampshire	31,400	59,300

New Jersey	42,900	80,700
New Mexico	32,800	59,500
New York	40,100	87,400
North Carolina	29,900	57,900
North Dakota	26,300	42,000

Ohio	31,500	58,900
Oklahoma	32,500	45,300
Oregon	32,000	56,900
Pennsylvania	35,900	67,600
Rhode Island	36,900	71,100

South Carolina	31,700	61,900
South Dakota	26,900	39,800
Tennessee	32,100	52,800
Texas	32,600	50,300
Utah	30,100	48,400

Vermont	31,900	61,200
Virginia	35,800	60,700
Washington	37,900	59,200
West Virginia	29,500	53,500
Wisconsin	30,700	56,800
Wyoming	38,000	58,200
NOTE: The 2007–08 SASS sampled all districts in Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland. As a result of sampling, variance estimates for these states are always equal to zeroand noted with a dagger (†).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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