Table 73.

Average base salary for full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers with a bachelor's degree as their highest degree, by years of full-time teaching experience and state: 1993–94, 1999–2000, and 2003–04

State	1993–94						1999–2000						2003–04
	Total		2 or fewer years		Over 20 years		Total		2 or fewer years		Over 20 years		Total		2 or fewer years		3 to 5 years		6 to 10 years		11 to 20 years		Over 20 years
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
United States	$30,150	(97)	$23,330	(98)	$38,090	(205)	$35,310	(116)	$28,450	(109)	$44,130	(230)	$39,200	(300)	$32,230	(290)	$34,240	(151)	$37,330	(204)	$42,540	(265)	$49,130	(327)
Alabama	24,450	(151)	22,220	(209)	26,110	(391)	31,300	(210)	28,280	(142)	33,840	(568)	32,750	(256)	29,640	(291)	30,930	(414)	32,590	(537)	36,180	(613)	37,610	(663)
Alaska	42,620	(308)	32,180	(251)	49,930	(669)	42,170	(269)	34,110	(290)	52,080	(480)	46,160	(720)	37,290	(1,113)	39,820	(638)	44,460	(968)	51,770	(1,019)	58,760	(943)
Arizona	28,050	(347)	22,590	(168)	35,180	(1,127)	30,110	(491)	25,020	(303)	39,120	(1,273)	33,370	(556)	29,510	(408)	30,920	(474)	32,180	(511)	36,150	(870)	44,060	(1,469)
Arkansas	24,970	(199)	20,680	(222)	28,350	(367)	29,810	(345)	25,780	(699)	34,110	(732)	32,710	(328)	26,590	(694)	29,350	(412)	32,110	(472)	35,440	(564)	38,080	(803)
California	37,330	(412)	27,710	(470)	44,920	(424)	41,930	(301)	32,820	(321)	53,250	(656)	51,210	(704)	38,920	(679)	42,830	(666)	49,460	(635)	57,860	(833)	63,110	(1,045)
Colorado	27,590	(391)	21,190	(318)	34,960	(958)	32,180	(428)	25,400	(252)	41,340	(776)	36,140	(699)	30,570	(534)	31,610	(488)	35,260	(875)	41,850	(1,215)	45,480	(2,188)
Connecticut	40,510	(645)	‡	(†)	50,470	(814)	38,530	(883)	32,030	(344)	‡	(†)	48,380	(1,997)	37,800	(820)	40,590	(1,951)	44,360	(3,208)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Delaware	31,400	(375)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	37,620	(893)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	41,210	(991)	‡	(†)	35,880	(887)	‡	(†)	48,350	(994)	‡	(†)
District of Columbia	37,690	(645)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	40,980	(593)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	48,350	(1,290)	‡	(†)	40,530	(1,228)	‡	(†)	56,670	(1,684)	‡	(†)
Florida	28,970	(229)	23,570	(308)	35,950	(514)	33,650	(407)	27,440	(314)	41,990	(570)	36,460	(624)	31,140	(612)	30,650	(367)	32,250	(345)	38,490	(650)	47,040	(843)
Georgia	25,650	(215)	22,100	(441)	29,940	(507)	33,610	(373)	29,410	(287)	38,730	(747)	37,160	(490)	32,220	(424)	34,590	(621)	37,540	(574)	40,840	(808)	45,020	(1,010)
Hawaii	34,060	(460)	24,940	(277)	43,990	(428)	36,710	(533)	27,370	(299)	49,690	(691)	39,250	(887)	32,620	(781)	35,430	(794)	37,430	(759)	42,240	(858)	52,650	(1,779)
Idaho	24,610	(252)	19,080	(281)	30,160	(573)	31,500	(208)	22,880	(245)	38,310	(294)	36,150	(627)	26,060	(579)	28,010	(730)	34,190	(843)	39,390	(757)	45,330	(794)
Illinois	29,480	(277)	23,430	(658)	36,520	(583)	35,250	(563)	28,230	(398)	43,610	(1,139)	38,730	(791)	33,180	(1,047)	34,470	(718)	36,190	(888)	42,290	(2,250)	49,120	(1,797)
Indiana	25,400	(329)	22,770	(194)	‡	(†)	30,760	(296)	27,360	(186)	‡	(†)	34,600	(640)	30,270	(337)	32,630	(599)	35,700	(643)	43,630	(1,343)	‡	(†)
Iowa	24,950	(319)	19,530	(242)	27,960	(664)	28,910	(279)	23,150	(253)	33,470	(430)	33,600	(696)	26,140	(457)	30,200	(3,349)	31,610	(827)	35,280	(813)	37,580	(840)
Kansas	25,930	(135)	22,850	(229)	29,330	(423)	29,430	(264)	26,110	(261)	33,250	(636)	32,290	(326)	28,500	(447)	29,940	(376)	30,810	(513)	33,770	(631)	36,990	(597)
Kentucky	24,910	(457)	21,620	(243)	‡	(†)	27,720	(358)	24,650	(168)	‡	(†)	31,610	(468)	28,490	(195)	30,030	(466)	33,360	(785)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Louisiana	22,520	(159)	18,470	(326)	27,590	(498)	28,020	(476)	24,620	(943)	32,300	(1,002)	32,590	(489)	28,380	(693)	28,450	(513)	31,340	(431)	34,540	(616)	39,200	(646)
Maine	28,550	(330)	20,080	(350)	33,670	(270)	34,690	(775)	27,390	(2,511)	37,570	(531)	36,650	(606)	27,300	(1,078)	28,310	(860)	32,670	(846)	38,590	(794)	43,490	(1,062)
Maryland	33,520	(476)	25,510	(239)	45,180	(456)	37,760	(683)	28,900	(337)	50,340	(597)	42,960	(1,313)	34,100	(381)	36,740	(502)	40,290	(764)	49,250	(3,755)	62,750	(2,717)
Massachusetts	34,340	(309)	24,690	(514)	37,410	(342)	40,410	(464)	29,950	(454)	46,600	(591)	43,930	(964)	35,830	(1,124)	38,620	(700)	44,450	(2,205)	48,570	(1,045)	54,780	(1,331)
Michigan	37,170	(670)	26,700	(947)	45,000	(1,000)	39,950	(838)	30,760	(457)	50,030	(608)	45,230	(682)	35,340	(693)	39,450	(911)	44,540	(1,078)	54,200	(1,107)	55,950	(1,245)
Minnesota	31,010	(419)	23,540	(629)	36,660	(652)	35,270	(685)	28,770	(783)	44,160	(962)	39,030	(566)	31,560	(761)	33,220	(541)	35,560	(469)	43,560	(660)	47,350	(783)
Mississippi	22,640	(106)	19,660	(138)	25,220	(170)	28,000	(186)	24,080	(218)	31,490	(300)	31,890	(425)	27,110	(306)	28,490	(316)	30,440	(659)	33,430	(557)	37,990	(555)
Missouri	23,510	(286)	20,340	(345)	28,110	(821)	28,020	(378)	24,940	(513)	30,550	(1,525)	31,340	(547)	27,220	(593)	29,540	(542)	31,440	(953)	34,190	(1,312)	36,040	(1,953)
Montana	24,070	(199)	18,720	(156)	29,940	(422)	27,920	(256)	21,080	(252)	34,110	(521)	31,870	(522)	23,190	(382)	25,240	(505)	28,110	(538)	34,620	(685)	38,530	(837)
Nebraska	22,580	(388)	18,760	(361)	25,460	(790)	26,090	(254)	21,940	(215)	28,990	(619)	30,300	(435)	26,790	(590)	27,970	(478)	28,970	(522)	32,590	(803)	33,690	(1,329)
Nevada	29,350	(285)	23,900	(291)	37,480	(755)	34,470	(434)	27,550	(293)	45,270	(895)	35,970	(700)	29,220	(632)	32,020	(420)	36,350	(529)	42,040	(1,042)	‡	(†)
New Hampshire	31,280	(437)	‡	(†)	38,150	(519)	34,210	(542)	25,790	(974)	40,480	(609)	38,800	(644)	28,880	(649)	31,460	(509)	36,260	(878)	42,850	(1,070)	46,470	(1,091)
New Jersey	41,330	(744)	29,730	(479)	52,340	(770)	46,720	(653)	33,810	(290)	61,340	(698)	49,780	(1,049)	38,810	(616)	40,180	(878)	41,420	(614)	51,340	(1,569)	67,380	(1,456)
New Mexico	25,260	(224)	21,680	(280)	31,400	(383)	29,290	(363)	25,700	(321)	38,260	(1,106)	34,310	(470)	28,830	(752)	31,270	(426)	31,780	(439)	36,960	(559)	42,300	(930)
New York	39,650	(1,152)	27,790	(360)	52,140	(698)	41,600	(1,094)	33,250	(654)	55,630	(2,100)	42,630	(1,074)	37,410	(1,058)	37,860	(838)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	61,240	(1,827)
North Carolina	26,010	(220)	20,810	(182)	32,520	(273)	31,920	(331)	25,380	(510)	40,560	(500)	33,650	(479)	26,930	(566)	29,020	(633)	32,560	(465)	36,970	(561)	43,830	(730)
North Dakota	22,450	(193)	17,830	(282)	26,060	(512)	25,910	(279)	20,640	(297)	29,730	(461)	30,870	(490)	23,810	(613)	26,600	(669)	28,780	(617)	32,420	(553)	33,500	(660)
Ohio	30,370	(399)	22,010	(312)	35,420	(653)	35,120	(583)	25,730	(400)	43,640	(1,019)	41,600	(891)	30,430	(474)	33,460	(626)	39,340	(666)	47,660	(878)	52,220	(1,061)
Oklahoma	24,880	(108)	22,190	(198)	28,500	(325)	27,400	(224)	24,510	(179)	31,770	(566)	31,190	(211)	27,330	(456)	28,650	(276)	29,600	(158)	31,970	(236)	35,700	(260)
Oregon	31,310	(440)	22,440	(470)	36,960	(769)	38,370	(613)	27,350	(418)	44,180	(1,299)	42,430	(865)	‡	(†)	34,170	(1,154)	38,200	(1,628)	45,670	(768)	51,340	(880)
Pennsylvania	37,260	(523)	26,690	(435)	44,790	(634)	42,620	(826)	28,940	(894)	54,710	(932)	44,250	(963)	33,030	(630)	37,190	(683)	41,360	(1,062)	47,890	(1,351)	57,450	(993)
Rhode Island	38,000	(522)	‡	(†)	42,530	(268)	43,900	(357)	‡	(†)	52,310	(259)	49,360	(834)	‡	(†)	40,930	(885)	48,890	(1,514)	‡	(†)	58,910	(741)
South Carolina	25,120	(280)	20,440	(151)	30,550	(526)	29,820	(300)	25,220	(175)	37,380	(538)	34,950	(483)	28,610	(1,161)	29,810	(284)	32,810	(423)	38,810	(552)	42,630	(682)
South Dakota	22,000	(186)	18,410	(303)	25,440	(386)	26,000	(230)	23,160	(826)	28,670	(307)	29,360	(301)	24,980	(437)	26,350	(289)	27,700	(536)	30,170	(381)	32,420	(493)
Tennessee	25,650	(291)	21,880	(297)	28,350	(557)	30,830	(378)	27,740	(386)	34,670	(1,188)	34,510	(432)	29,690	(624)	32,110	(922)	32,880	(591)	37,010	(794)	39,100	(756)
Texas	26,950	(295)	21,820	(295)	33,310	(476)	34,770	(386)	29,010	(322)	42,140	(458)	38,140	(278)	33,440	(564)	34,870	(362)	36,140	(315)	39,880	(333)	46,710	(455)
Utah	25,800	(195)	19,170	(223)	31,220	(356)	31,810	(375)	24,020	(271)	39,790	(691)	35,160	(525)	26,140	(259)	29,050	(511)	33,740	(327)	40,820	(753)	45,390	(679)
Vermont	29,750	(494)	‡	(†)	36,030	(873)	33,470	(733)	25,530	(671)	41,060	(1,235)	39,040	(840)	‡	(†)	31,850	(775)	36,680	(3,075)	39,490	(935)	46,720	(919)
Virginia	29,410	(378)	24,940	(310)	35,160	(584)	34,060	(424)	28,420	(311)	42,370	(1,270)	37,520	(583)	31,990	(556)	33,240	(570)	35,390	(734)	37,840	(767)	45,760	(1,595)
Washington	33,150	(490)	23,190	(273)	40,640	(390)	36,330	(359)	26,770	(233)	45,480	(368)	40,040	(916)	31,010	(610)	32,640	(801)	36,470	(563)	45,630	(1,170)	49,840	(1,000)
West Virginia	26,980	(183)	‡	(†)	29,090	(272)	30,040	(246)	‡	(†)	32,630	(284)	32,980	(344)	‡	(†)	29,320	(603)	31,240	(562)	34,030	(500)	35,910	(320)
Wisconsin	31,490	(351)	24,220	(249)	36,130	(773)	35,470	(331)	27,800	(194)	42,710	(696)	37,150	(634)	29,630	(479)	32,650	(658)	35,360	(697)	42,880	(829)	44,200	(1,291)
Wyoming	27,310	(247)	20,900	(137)	32,170	(448)	29,470	(248)	23,760	(266)	34,210	(487)	34,080	(576)	28,270	(1,408)	29,290	(685)	30,850	(724)	36,680	(1,120)	39,190	(1,900)

† Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: This table includes regular full-time teachers only; it excludes other staff even when they have full-time teaching duties (regular part-time teachers, itinerant teachers, long-term substitutes, administrators, library media specialists, other profes­sional staff, and support staff). Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Questionnaire," 1993–94, 1999–2000, and 2003–04; and "Public Charter School Teacher Question­naire," 1999–2000. (This table was prepared July 2006.)