Table 5.Number and percentage of public school teachers who are regular full-time teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by state: 2011

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Table 5. Number and percentage of public school teachers who are regular full-time teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by state: 2011–12


			Average hours per week
State	Number of regular full-time teachers¹	Percent of teachers who are regular full-time teachers¹	Required to work to receive base pay during a typical full week	Paid to deliver instruction to a class of students²	Total hours spent on all teaching and other school-related activities during a typical full week³
United States	3,139,200	92.7	37.9	30.8	52.2

Alabama	41,600	92.4	38.5	32.9	51.0
Alaska	6,800	89.9	38.9	31.0	53.8
Arizona	56,700	91.9	39.0	31.6	53.9
Arkansas	36,700	97.4	38.7	31.8	52.4
California	258,200	90.5	36.4	30.3	51.4

Colorado	50,200	89.8	39.2	30.5	54.5
Connecticut	40,100	89.4	36.4	28.7	51.4
Delaware	8,800	94.4	38.2	31.1	53.4
District of Columbia	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Florida	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Georgia	119,200	96.6	39.5	31.9	53.9
Hawaii	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Idaho	14,700	90.1	38.8	30.6	52.1
Illinois	132,400	94.0	36.7	29.0	52.7
Indiana	60,200	94.2	37.4	30.7	52.7

Iowa	33,200	91.9	39.5	30.8	53.5
Kansas	32,900	90.4	39.3	31.5	53.2
Kentucky	43,600	93.2	38.2	31.9	52.6
Louisiana	42,900	96.2	38.2	32.3	51.9
Maine	15,600	85.2	36.7	29.8	50.5

Maryland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Massachusetts	71,500	90.2	35.8	28.9	50.5
Michigan	87,900	90.8	36.6	30.9	53.1
Minnesota	53,200	85.5	39.1	30.0	53.2
Mississippi	36,000	95.7	39.2	33.1	51.3

Missouri	62,900	91.5	38.1	30.9	52.3
Montana	10,900	87.9	39.2	31.5	52.5
Nebraska	21,900	91.8	39.1	32.0	53.6
Nevada	23,700	94.0	36.4	29.3	50.1
New Hampshire	13,900	88.3	37.5	28.6	51.7

New Jersey	119,400	95.4	36.4	29.0	50.3
New Mexico	20,500	94.2	38.2	32.2	52.3
New York	219,300	90.8	36.7	29.4	50.0
North Carolina	95,500	91.6	38.8	31.4	52.9
North Dakota	8,800	85.7	39.3	30.6	52.1

Ohio	116,600	95.5	37.0	30.0	51.1
Oklahoma	42,200	91.5	37.9	31.3	52.4
Oregon	25,900	81.4	39.5	30.3	53.2
Pennsylvania	136,300	91.7	37.8	30.0	51.0
Rhode Island	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

South Carolina	46,900	90.6	38.7	30.5	53.6
South Dakota	10,000	92.5	39.4	31.6	53.0
Tennessee	74,100	96.8	38.5	31.0	52.7
Texas	341,300	97.3	39.5	32.7	53.8
Utah	25,500	91.1	38.4	31.1	52.0

Vermont	7,500	80.2	37.7	29.3	51.9
Virginia	82,100	92.7	37.4	29.8	51.9
Washington	48,600	87.7	37.2	30.0	52.6
West Virginia	21,900	90.5	38.7	31.7	52.7
Wisconsin	59,200	88.6	39.5	30.7	53.6
Wyoming	7,900	93.0	38.7	31.9	51.4
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
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 part-time teacher.
² Hours paid to deliver instruction to a class of students in this school is a portion of hours per week required to work for regular base pay.
³ Includes hours spent during the school day, before and after school, and on weekends.
NOTE: Detail may not sum totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.

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