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Table 6. Among regular full-time private school teachers, average base salary and earnings from all sources, percentage of teachers with earnings from various salary supplements, and among those teachers, the average amount earned from the supplement during the current school year, by affiliation: 2011–12


          Salary supplements  
          Extracurricular or additional activities in same school system   Additional compensation based on students' performance   Other school system sources (state supplement, etc)   Job outside the school system  
Affiliation Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers   Average school year earnings from all sources1   Percent of teachers   Average amount   Percent of teachers   Average amount   Percent of teachers   Average amount   Percent of teachers   Average amount  
All private schools 40,200   41,900   28.9   2,700   0.5 ! 1,100 ! 1.8   2,000 ! 19.6   5,400  
                                         
Catholic, Parochial 36,300   37,500   22.4   1,700     2,500       18.2   5,200  
Catholic, Diocesan 39,000   40,900   30.0   2,900     3,000   2.9 !   17.8   5,600  
Catholic, Private 47,100   49,000   49.0   3,400     300     200 ! 20.1   4,200  
Baptist                    
Jewish                    
                                         
Lutheran 36,500   37,700   22.9   2,000   #   #   1.8 ! 1,700 ! 16.4   4,100  
Seventh-Day Adventist 42,600   43,100   5.9 ! 1,900 !   100     15,700   6.7   4,500 !
All Other Religious                    
Non-sectarian, Regular                    
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis                    
Non-sectarian, Special Education 44,100   46,200   30.5   2,600     1,200   3.1 ! 2,000 ! 21.7   5,600  
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
1 Average earnings from all sources is defined as the weighted mean of the amount that regular full-time teachers earned from all sources during the school year. It does not include income from a retirement pension.
NOTE: For average base salary, teachers who reported zero are excluded from the table. Summer earnings are not included. 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 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.