Table 6. Number and percentage of regular full-time public school teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by state: 2007-08

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Table 6. Number and percentage of regular full-time public school teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by state: 2007-08

			Average hours per week
State	Number of full-time teachers¹	Percentage of teachers that are full time¹	Required to work to receive base pay during a typical full week	Spent delivering instruction to a class of students²	Total hours spent on all teaching and other school-related activities during a typical full week
United States	3,114,700	91.5	38.1	30.2	52.8

Alabama	49,100	92.2	39.2	32.2	53.1
Alaska	7,200	89.1	38.6	30.7	55.3
Arizona	61,100	91.9	39.3	30.8	54.6
Arkansas	33,300	93.1	39.0	31.3	53.2
California	284,900	91.9	36.7	29.9	52.3

Colorado	43,600	87.0	39.5	30.0	54.8
Connecticut	44,300	88.4	36.2	28.0	51.7
Delaware	8,000	96.9	38.2	30.4	54.1
District of Columbia	3,900	88.5	39.6	32.2	54.2
Florida	169,600	95.7	38.3	30.4	53.2

Georgia	112,000	91.9	39.8	30.9	55.0
Hawaii	12,100	94.8	37.2	29.9	53.8
Idaho	14,300	88.4	39.0	30.1	53.6
Illinois	130,300	89.9	37.0	29.1	52.6
Indiana	63,200	92.3	38.1	30.1	51.9

Iowa	35,800	90.3	39.6	30.9	53.7
Kansas	32,700	86.9	39.3	31.4	54.2
Kentucky	40,200	90.5	38.5	31.3	53.5
Louisiana	45,800	95.2	38.4	32.1	52.2
Maine	15,400	86.7	37.0	28.9	52.3

Maryland	52,500	87.6	37.4	29.4	52.8
Massachusetts	69,100	85.9	35.4	27.6	51.0
Michigan	87,700	89.2	37.1	30.1	52.7
Minnesota	53,000	82.9	39.5	29.2	53.6
Mississippi	33,800	95.4	40.0	32.8	52.6

Missouri	67,200	91.8	38.7	30.5	54.0
Montana	10,900	85.9	39.4	30.9	53.1
Nebraska	19,800	85.6	39.8	31.4	54.4
Nevada	22,100	93.3	37.3	29.8	52.8
New Hampshire	15,400	88.3	37.1	27.7	52.6

New Jersey	108,100	86.8	36.0	28.4	49.7
New Mexico	21,400	94.5	37.3	31.2	51.7
New York	212,900	93.3	36.5	29.2	51.5
North Carolina	88,900	92.6	39.2	31.1	54.0
North Dakota	7,300	81.9	39.5	30.7	52.9

Ohio	126,400	94.1	38.1	29.6	52.0
Oklahoma	43,000	92.6	38.2	31.1	52.1
Oregon	28,100	88.6	39.8	29.3	53.6
Pennsylvania	121,400	88.7	37.9	29.4	52.2
Rhode Island	11,600	87.8	33.7	27.2	47.8

South Carolina	45,900	93.6	39.3	30.4	54.1
South Dakota	9,500	89.8	39.4	30.6	53.7
Tennessee	63,100	94.0	38.4	30.5	52.6
Texas	328,900	96.6	40.1	32.3	54.0
Utah	23,500	86.3	38.9	31.2	52.8

Vermont	8,400	82.4	37.9	28.4	51.5
Virginia	87,100	92.6	37.7	29.7	52.7
Washington	50,100	86.3	38.1	29.5	53.7
West Virginia	21,200	92.5	39.0	31.2	51.5
Wisconsin	62,300	88.9	39.1	29.9	52.6
Wyoming	7,000	88.1	39.1	30.8	53.1
¹ A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher.
² Hours spent delivering instruction to a class of students is included in the total hours per week paid by regular base pay.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2007-08.

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