Table 33. Percentage of public school districts that had salary schedules for teachers and among those that had salary schedules, the average yearly base teacher salary, by various levels of degrees and experience, and state: 2003

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Table 33. Percentage of public school districts that had salary schedules for teachers and among those that had salary schedules, the average yearly base teacher salary, by various levels of degrees and experience, and state: 2003–04

			Among districts that had salary schedules, average yearly base teacher salary for:
State	Percent with salary schedules for teachers		Bachelor's degree and no teaching experience	Bachelor's degree and 10 years of teaching experience	Master's degree¹ and no teaching experience	Master's degree² and 10 years of teaching experience	Highest possible step on the salary schedule
United States	92.7		$29,100	$37,500	$31,900	$41,600	$53,900

Alabama	100.0		29,700	35,000	34,200	40,200	49,600
Alaska	100.0		35,000	45,500	39,200	54,100	63,700
Arizona	80.3		26,700	31,800	29,400	35,600	46,400
Arkansas	100.0		25,500	30,700	28,300	33,500	39,800
California	86.2		36,000	45,700	39,000	52,200	66,600

Colorado	96.2		27,300	32,600	30,100	36,400	50,000
Connecticut	100.0		34,600	48,400	37,400	53,600	70,500
Delaware	100.0		33,000	43,300	37,700	50,900	67,400
District of Columbia	34.2	!	31,000	42,800	34,400	46,800	60,100
Florida	100.0		28,400	33,500	30,900	36,000	51,800

Georgia	100.0		30,600	38,700	35,300	45,300	65,800
Hawaii	100.0		34,300	35,400	36,900	38,000	64,200
Idaho	97.3		24,900	32,100	27,300	37,900	47,400
Illinois	95.3		28,500	36,300	31,300	39,900	55,800
Indiana	99.7		29,500	37,900	31,200	42,000	55,400

Iowa	98.6		23,800	30,900	26,300	34,300	43,600
Kansas	96.5		27,000	31,100	29,300	34,100	44,100
Kentucky	100.0		28,200	35,800	31,500	39,500	49,200
Louisiana	98.6		27,400	32,100	28,500	34,000	42,100
Maine	100.0		25,400	34,400	27,600	36,800	48,800

Maryland	100.0		33,700	43,200	35,700	47,300	67,200
Massachusetts	93.9		32,500	47,900	35,500	52,100	63,400
Michigan	86.6		31,800	47,400	35,000	52,600	60,700
Minnesota	91.5		28,800	36,700	32,300	42,000	51,300
Mississippi	100.0		27,200	31,900	29,100	35,100	50,700

Missouri	99.7		24,600	28,800	27,100	31,700	41,100
Montana	72.4		21,700	29,500	25,300	34,600	43,400
Nebraska	82.3		23,600	29,800	28,000	36,800	42,900
Nevada	92.0		29,700	40,400	34,200	46,500	57,400
New Hampshire	95.3		26,700	37,100	30,000	40,800	50,200

New Jersey	98.0		36,300	44,900	38,900	48,300	70,400
New Mexico	97.6		30,000	34,400	31,500	37,400	52,500
New York	92.9		34,800	44,500	38,400	49,800	74,300
North Carolina	82.7		25,600	34,200	28,000	37,400	50,600
North Dakota	93.5		22,600	27,800	25,400	30,700	37,800

Ohio	96.4		28,000	40,000	31,000	45,700	57,700
Oklahoma	98.8		27,000	31,300	28,200	32,700	39,100
Oregon	83.1		28,200	38,200	31,600	43,200	53,200
Pennsylvania	90.8		31,500	43,600	33,400	46,100	63,200
Rhode Island	100.0		32,800	58,900	36,700	61,700	65,200

South Carolina	100.0		26,900	33,800	30,700	38,500	56,700
South Dakota	78.1		24,400	28,500	26,100	30,600	37,700
Tennessee	100.0		28,400	33,400	30,800	36,200	45,300
Texas	92.4		27,500	35,400	28,600	36,500	44,700
Utah	100.0		25,900	35,500	28,600	39,400	50,000

Vermont	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Virginia	100.0		30,700	35,100	32,500	37,100	50,300
Washington	88.3		29,000	34,500	34,700	42,600	56,100
West Virginia	100.0		26,600	32,600	29,300	35,100	48,500
Wisconsin	98.1		27,700	37,100	31,200	42,100	51,800
Wyoming	100.0		27,200	33,600	30,300	38,000	49,700

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.

¹ A teacher with a master's degree or its equivalent in credit hours beyond a bachelor's degree.

² A teacher with a master's degree or its equivalent in credit hours.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, District Data File, 2003–04.

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