Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 to 2002-03

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Table 78.
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                      |                                                                   |                                                |  Percent
                      |                      Current dollars                              |               Constant 2002-03 dollars         |  change,
                      |                                                                   |                                                |1989-90 to
State                 |___________________________________________________________________|________________________________________________|2002-03 in
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |  constant
                      |1969-70|1979-80|1989-90|  1999-200|   2000-01|   2001-02|   2002-03|1969-70|1979-80|1989-90|1999-200|2000-01|2001-02|  dollars
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1                     |     2 |     3 |     4 |        5 |         6|         7|         8|     9 |    10 |    11 |     12 |    13 |    14 |       15
______________________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|__________
   United States .....| $8,626|$15,970|$31,367|\1\$41,827|\1\$43,400|\1\$44,683|\1\$45,822|$41,587|$37,463|$44,989| $44,996|$45,141|$45,667|       1.9
                      |_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|__________
Alabama ..............|  6,818| 13,060| 24,828|    36,689|    37,069|    37,194|    38,246| 32,870| 30,637| 35,610|  39,468| 38,556| 38,013|       7.4
Alaska ...............| 10,560| 27,210| 43,153|    46,462|    48,123|    49,418|    49,685| 50,911| 63,831| 61,893|  49,982| 50,054| 50,506|     -19.7
Arizona ..............|  8,711| 15,054| 29,402|    36,902|    37,167|    39,973|\1\ 40,894| 41,997| 35,315| 42,170|  39,698| 38,658| 40,853|      -3.0
Arkansas .............|  6,307| 12,299| 22,352|    33,386|    34,641|\1\ 36,962|\1\ 37,753| 30,407| 28,852| 32,059|  35,915| 36,031| 37,776|      17.8
California ...........| 10,315| 18,020| 37,998|    47,680|    52,480|    54,348|\1\ 56,283| 49,730| 42,273| 54,499|  51,292| 54,585| 55,545|       3.3
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Colorado .............|  7,761| 16,205| 30,758|    38,163|    39,184|    40,659|\1\ 41,275| 37,416| 38,015| 44,115|  41,054| 40,756| 41,555|      -6.4
Connecticut ..........|  9,262| 16,229| 40,461|    51,780|    52,693|    53,551|\1\ 54,362| 44,653| 38,071| 58,032|  55,703| 54,807| 54,730|      -6.3
Delaware .............|  9,015| 16,148| 33,377|    44,435|    47,047|    48,363|    50,772| 43,462| 37,881| 47,872|  47,801| 48,935| 49,428|       6.1
District of Columbia .| 10,285| 22,190| 38,402|    47,076|    48,704|    47,049|    50,763| 49,585| 52,055| 55,079|  50,642| 50,658| 48,085|      -7.8
Florida ..............|  8,412| 14,149| 28,803|    36,722|    38,230|    39,275|    39,465| 40,555| 33,192| 41,311|  39,504| 39,764| 40,140|      -4.5
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Georgia ..............|  7,276| 13,853| 28,006|    41,023|    42,216|    44,073|    45,533| 35,078| 32,497| 40,168|  44,131| 43,910| 45,044|      13.4
Hawaii ...............|  9,453| 19,920| 32,047|    40,578|    40,052|    42,615|    44,464| 45,574| 46,730| 45,964|  43,652| 41,659| 43,554|      -3.3
Idaho ................|  6,890| 13,611| 23,861|    35,547|    37,450|    39,591|    40,148| 33,217| 31,930| 34,223|  38,240| 38,952| 40,463|      17.3
Illinois .............|  9,569| 17,601| 32,794|    46,486|    47,847|    49,435|    51,289| 46,133| 41,290| 47,036|  50,008| 49,767| 50,524|       9.0
Indiana ..............|  8,833| 15,599| 30,902|    41,850|    43,311|    44,195|    45,097| 42,585| 36,593| 44,322|  45,020| 45,049| 45,168|       1.7
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Iowa .................|  8,355| 15,203| 26,747|    35,678|    36,479|    38,230|    38,921| 40,280| 35,664| 38,362|  38,381| 37,943| 39,072|       1.5
Kansas ...............|  7,612| 13,690| 28,744|    34,981|    35,901|    37,093|    38,123| 36,698| 32,115| 41,227|  37,631| 37,341| 37,910|      -7.5
Kentucky .............|  6,953| 14,520| 26,292|    36,380|    36,589|    37,951|    38,981| 33,521| 34,062| 37,710|  39,136| 38,057| 38,787|       3.4
Louisiana ............|  7,028| 13,760| 24,300|    33,109|    33,615|    36,328|\1\ 36,878| 33,883| 32,279| 34,853|  35,617| 34,964| 37,128|       5.8
Maine ................|  7,572| 13,071| 26,881|    35,561|    36,373|    37,300|    38,121| 36,505| 30,663| 38,555|  38,255| 37,832| 38,122|      -1.1
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Maryland .............|  9,383| 17,558| 36,319|    44,048|    45,963|    48,251|    49,677| 45,236| 41,189| 52,091|  47,385| 47,807| 49,314|      -4.6
Massachusetts ........|  8,764| 17,253| 34,712|    46,580|    48,649|    50,293|    52,043| 42,252| 40,473| 49,786|  50,109| 50,601| 51,401|       4.5
Michigan .............|  9,826| 19,663| 37,072|    49,044|    51,317|\1\ 52,676|\1\ 54,071| 47,372| 46,127| 53,171|  52,759| 53,376| 53,836|       1.7
Minnesota ............|  8,658| 15,912| 32,190|    39,802|    42,212|    42,194|\1\ 42,833| 41,741| 37,327| 46,169|  42,817| 43,906| 43,123|      -7.2
Mississippi ..........|  5,798| 11,850| 24,292|    31,857|    31,954|    33,295|\1\ 34,555| 27,953| 27,799| 34,841|  34,270| 33,236| 34,028|      -0.8
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Missouri .............|  7,799| 13,682| 27,094|    35,656|    36,715|    37,996|    38,826| 37,600| 32,096| 38,860|  38,357| 38,188| 38,833|      -0.1
Montana ..............|  7,606| 14,537| 25,081|    32,121|    33,249|    34,379|    35,754| 36,669| 34,102| 35,973|  34,554| 34,583| 35,136|      -0.6
Nebraska .............|  7,375| 13,516| 25,522|    33,237|    34,175|    36,236|    37,896| 35,556| 31,707| 36,605|  35,755| 35,546| 37,034|       3.5
Nevada ...............|  9,215| 16,295| 30,590|\1\ 39,390|\1\ 40,443|\1\ 40,764|\1\ 41,795| 44,426| 38,226| 43,874|  42,374| 42,066| 41,662|      -4.7
New Hampshire ........|  7,771| 13,017| 28,986|    37,734|    38,301|    39,915|\1\ 40,519| 37,465| 30,536| 41,574|  40,593| 39,838| 40,794|      -2.5
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
New Jersey ...........|  9,130| 17,161| 35,676|    52,015|    52,268|    53,192|    54,166| 44,017| 40,257| 51,169|  55,955| 54,365| 54,364|       5.9
New Mexico ...........|  7,796| 14,887| 24,756|    32,554|    33,785|    36,440|    36,687| 37,585| 34,923| 35,507|  35,020| 35,140| 37,243|       3.3
New York .............| 10,336| 19,812| 38,925|    51,020|    51,500|    52,000|    52,600| 49,831| 46,476| 55,829|  54,885| 53,566| 53,145|      -5.8
North Carolina .......|  7,494| 14,117| 27,883|    39,404|    41,480|    42,680|    43,076| 36,129| 33,117| 39,992|  42,389| 43,144| 43,620|       7.7
North Dakota .........|  6,696| 13,263| 23,016|    29,863|    30,891|    32,253|    33,210| 32,282| 31,113| 33,011|  32,125| 32,130| 32,963|       0.6
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Ohio .................|  8,300| 15,269| 31,218|    41,436|    42,764|    44,029|    45,452| 40,015| 35,819| 44,775|  44,575| 44,480| 44,999|       1.5
Oklahoma .............|  6,882| 13,107| 23,070|    31,298|    34,499|    34,744|    34,854| 33,179| 30,747| 33,089|  33,669| 35,883| 35,509|       5.3
Oregon ...............|  8,818| 16,266| 30,840|    42,336|    44,989|    46,081|    47,600| 42,512| 38,158| 44,233|  45,543| 46,794| 47,096|       7.6
Pennsylvania .........|  8,858| 16,515| 33,338|    48,321|    49,528|    50,599|    51,800| 42,705| 38,742| 47,816|  51,982| 51,515| 51,713|       8.3
Rhode Island .........|  8,776| 18,002| 36,057|    47,041|\1\ 48,474|\1\ 49,758|\1\ 51,076| 42,310| 42,230| 51,716|  50,605| 50,419| 50,854|      -1.2
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South Carolina .......|  6,927| 13,063| 27,217|    36,081|    37,938|    39,923|    41,279| 33,396| 30,644| 39,037|  38,814| 39,460| 40,802|       5.7
South Dakota .........|  6,403| 12,348| 21,300|    29,071|    30,265|    31,295|    32,416| 30,869| 28,967| 30,550|  31,273| 31,479| 31,984|       6.1
Tennessee ............|  7,050| 13,972| 27,052|    36,328|    37,431|    38,515|    39,677| 33,989| 32,776| 38,800|  39,080| 38,933| 39,363|       2.3
Texas ................|  7,255| 14,132| 27,496|    37,567|    38,361|    39,232|    40,001| 34,977| 33,152| 39,437|  40,413| 39,900| 40,096|       1.4
Utah .................|  7,644| 14,909| 23,686|    34,946|    36,441|\1\ 37,414|\1\ 38,413| 36,852| 34,975| 33,972|  37,593| 37,903| 38,238|      13.1
                      |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |       |        |       |       |
Vermont ..............|  7,968| 12,484| 29,012|    37,758|    38,253|    39,240|    41,603| 38,414| 29,286| 41,611|  40,618| 39,788| 40,104|        #
Virginia .............|  8,070| 14,060| 30,938|    38,744|    40,175|\1\ 41,731|    43,152| 38,906| 32,983| 44,374|  41,679| 41,787| 42,650|      -2.8
Washington ...........|  9,225| 18,820| 30,457|    41,043|    42,137|    43,464|    44,949| 44,475| 44,149| 43,684|  44,152| 43,828| 44,421|       2.9
West Virginia ........|  7,650| 13,710| 22,842|    35,009|    35,888|    36,751|    38,508| 36,881| 32,162| 32,762|  37,661| 37,328| 37,560|      17.5
Wisconsin ............|  8,963| 16,006| 31,921|    41,153|    42,122|    42,232|    42,871| 43,211| 37,548| 45,783|  44,271| 43,812| 43,162|      -6.4
Wyoming ..............|  8,232| 16,012| 28,141|    34,127|    34,678|    37,837|    37,876| 39,687| 37,562| 40,362|  36,712| 36,069| 38,670|      -6.2
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#Rounds to zero.
\1\Data estimated by the National Education Association.
NOTE: Constant 2002-03 dollars are based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. The price index does not account for different rates of change in the cost of living among states. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1969-70 through 2002-03.
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