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(60KB)| Table 74. | Average base salary for full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers with a master'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 | 6 to 10 years | Over 20 years | Total | 6 to 10 years | Over 20 years | Total | 5 or fewer years | 6 to 10 years | 11 to 20 years | Over 20 years | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
| United States | $38,480 | (154) | $32,600 | (243) | $43,690 | (242) | $44,700 | (174) | $38,350 | (237) | $50,760 | (262) | $49,440 | (202) | $39,790 | (373) | $44,410 | (281) | $50,770 | (291) | $55,960 | (303) |
| Alabama | 28,920 | (156) | 28,160 | (262) | 29,930 | (253) | 36,930 | (145) | 35,790 | (298) | 38,870 | (215) | 39,730 | (383) | 34,140 | (547) | 38,370 | (329) | 40,980 | (365) | 42,870 | (779) |
| Alaska | 50,900 | (373) | 44,950 | (826) | 54,420 | (526) | 51,170 | (662) | 43,940 | (576) | 58,670 | (860) | 53,720 | (1,005) | 43,450 | (1,112) | 50,560 | (1,420) | 57,170 | (1,064) | 60,760 | (1,387) |
| Arizona | 35,280 | (302) | 29,840 | (346) | 40,670 | (458) | 38,150 | (465) | 33,130 | (568) | 45,050 | (691) | 41,310 | (531) | 34,210 | (928) | 37,850 | (477) | 43,230 | (878) | 46,850 | (1,268) |
| Arkansas | 29,070 | (322) | 25,360 | (495) | 30,890 | (592) | 34,830 | (483) | ‡ | (†) | 38,740 | (666) | 39,480 | (639) | 33,580 | (907) | 33,970 | (1,210) | 38,030 | (737) | 44,920 | (912) |
| California | 43,420 | (636) | 38,190 | (617) | 47,760 | (439) | 50,800 | (537) | 44,820 | (766) | 56,960 | (572) | 59,160 | (761) | 44,980 | (909) | 54,150 | (819) | 62,590 | (1,089) | 69,990 | (999) |
| Colorado | 36,580 | (364) | 30,050 | (381) | 41,650 | (664) | 41,200 | (445) | 37,350 | (766) | 47,410 | (721) | 47,960 | (641) | 38,020 | (945) | 42,330 | (1,012) | 49,560 | (1,098) | 55,610 | (1,307) |
| Connecticut | 49,310 | (416) | 43,420 | (1,028) | 54,360 | (386) | 50,620 | (590) | 43,240 | (795) | 59,920 | (604) | 57,340 | (934) | 43,290 | (1,120) | 50,720 | (810) | 61,590 | (1,488) | 66,970 | (743) |
| Delaware | 42,350 | (535) | ‡ | (†) | 46,460 | (480) | 48,120 | (910) | ‡ | (†) | 55,520 | (1,366) | 54,670 | (913) | ‡ | (†) | 46,820 | (1,061) | 57,730 | (1,174) | 63,070 | (1,148) |
| District of Columbia | 45,360 | (828) | ‡ | (†) | 50,710 | (228) | 51,040 | (472) | ‡ | (†) | 54,750 | (451) | 55,450 | (1,568) | 43,680 | (1,813) | ‡ | (†) | 60,080 | (1,467) | 63,570 | (2,537) |
| Florida | 33,150 | (487) | 28,830 | (494) | 38,010 | (645) | 39,330 | (476) | 32,340 | (468) | 44,940 | (583) | 42,120 | (784) | 33,570 | (834) | 35,420 | (1,016) | 41,340 | (939) | 49,860 | (1,027) |
| Georgia | 31,890 | (227) | 28,930 | (453) | 36,040 | (329) | 41,950 | (524) | 38,130 | (581) | 47,230 | (475) | 47,540 | (752) | 40,490 | (1,121) | 44,100 | (418) | 50,200 | (1,090) | 52,370 | (1,322) |
| Hawaii | 36,430 | (731) | ‡ | (†) | 43,230 | (886) | 39,280 | (524) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 42,910 | (967) | 37,550 | (1,179) | ‡ | (†) | 45,940 | (1,377) | ‡ | (†) |
| Idaho | 31,590 | (440) | ‡ | (†) | 34,140 | (654) | 42,380 | (772) | ‡ | (†) | 48,950 | (1,559) | 44,140 | (857) | ‡ | (†) | 38,380 | (1,648) | 45,930 | (1,166) | 48,580 | (1,249) |
| Illinois | 42,400 | (588) | 34,390 | (692) | 47,370 | (886) | 47,770 | (953) | 41,850 | (1,166) | 55,180 | (1,087) | 54,110 | (1,253) | 42,590 | (2,237) | 46,450 | (1,114) | 54,320 | (2,228) | 61,560 | (1,612) |
| Indiana | 38,040 | (292) | 31,170 | (450) | 41,560 | (279) | 45,480 | (413) | 36,090 | (451) | 49,420 | (362) | 49,760 | (670) | ‡ | (†) | 38,030 | (919) | 49,090 | (1,004) | 53,650 | (576) |
| Iowa | 32,220 | (571) | ‡ | (†) | 34,820 | (763) | 38,010 | (494) | 33,960 | (1,468) | 39,340 | (714) | 41,880 | (608) | ‡ | (†) | 37,140 | (1,001) | 42,940 | (1,159) | 43,880 | (900) |
| Kansas | 32,560 | (314) | 27,710 | (339) | 35,800 | (485) | 36,140 | (428) | 31,990 | (622) | 38,480 | (502) | 40,400 | (755) | ‡ | (†) | 34,940 | (963) | 40,120 | (1,667) | 43,700 | (912) |
| Kentucky | 31,390 | (396) | 27,180 | (283) | 35,140 | (359) | 36,380 | (310) | 32,810 | (305) | 41,260 | (481) | 40,570 | (457) | 35,310 | (1,064) | 37,440 | (325) | 41,040 | (555) | 45,610 | (913) |
| Louisiana | 27,300 | (262) | 22,800 | (555) | 29,500 | (361) | 33,120 | (806) | ‡ | (†) | 35,150 | (1,051) | 38,000 | (558) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 36,750 | (769) | 40,860 | (828) |
| Maine | 33,060 | (499) | 28,440 | (653) | 36,150 | (255) | 38,770 | (458) | ‡ | (†) | 42,340 | (442) | 42,460 | (677) | 29,830 | (991) | 36,100 | (1,355) | 43,780 | (753) | 47,860 | (840) |
| Maryland | 42,340 | (406) | 36,410 | (689) | 46,080 | (575) | 45,930 | (1,055) | 38,280 | (736) | 51,740 | (900) | 53,190 | (1,307) | 41,540 | (1,215) | 49,710 | (4,001) | 51,790 | (1,561) | 63,410 | (1,462) |
| Massachusetts | 39,710 | (254) | 34,790 | (791) | 42,330 | (247) | 47,630 | (370) | 41,960 | (680) | 52,390 | (334) | 53,500 | (714) | 42,360 | (694) | 48,280 | (823) | 56,090 | (1,168) | 61,270 | (670) |
| Michigan | 47,660 | (488) | 40,280 | (1,312) | 49,900 | (482) | 53,050 | (651) | 46,020 | (968) | 59,050 | (1,034) | 59,680 | (906) | 47,760 | (2,452) | 53,680 | (1,813) | 61,720 | (1,073) | 65,900 | (1,194) |
| Minnesota | 40,710 | (552) | 33,300 | (1,049) | 44,690 | (475) | 46,050 | (674) | 40,420 | (1,136) | 51,980 | (1,175) | 49,590 | (731) | 38,670 | (953) | 43,490 | (621) | 51,850 | (1,136) | 57,090 | (1,137) |
| Mississippi | 26,600 | (200) | 24,200 | (382) | 28,890 | (301) | 34,170 | (326) | 29,040 | (271) | 38,460 | (348) | 38,460 | (479) | 30,810 | (1,013) | 33,710 | (594) | 37,660 | (629) | 44,060 | (571) |
| Missouri | 33,180 | (625) | 27,370 | (763) | 38,290 | (1,002) | 37,400 | (747) | 31,650 | (1,028) | 44,150 | (1,067) | 40,880 | (761) | 34,170 | (1,020) | 37,090 | (1,071) | 40,160 | (1,011) | 46,110 | (1,604) |
| Montana | 32,270 | (423) | 26,250 | (684) | 35,390 | (393) | 35,960 | (728) | 28,230 | (508) | 41,050 | (1,237) | 39,650 | (885) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 40,740 | (796) | 43,280 | (1,218) |
| Nebraska | 30,290 | (538) | 27,380 | (1,109) | 32,430 | (903) | 33,540 | (536) | 28,580 | (667) | 37,420 | (936) | 39,980 | (784) | 29,930 | (1,322) | 35,740 | (1,248) | 38,990 | (1,233) | 44,380 | (1,023) |
| Nevada | 38,570 | (353) | ‡ | (†) | 42,530 | (571) | 43,350 | (429) | ‡ | (†) | 49,500 | (575) | 45,770 | (1,083) | 36,130 | (904) | 44,120 | (3,641) | 48,050 | (1,174) | 49,900 | (922) |
| New Hampshire | 36,970 | (505) | 31,540 | (889) | 40,880 | (595) | 41,310 | (689) | ‡ | (†) | 46,210 | (660) | 45,140 | (977) | 35,580 | (1,185) | ‡ | (†) | 49,800 | (1,003) | 52,340 | (636) |
| New Jersey | 50,950 | (883) | 39,430 | (1,132) | 58,160 | (821) | 57,410 | (709) | ‡ | (†) | 65,640 | (670) | 60,200 | (1,571) | 43,310 | (799) | 45,980 | (962) | 58,500 | (2,452) | 76,020 | (1,723) |
| New Mexico | 28,400 | (281) | 25,290 | (476) | 33,180 | (477) | 35,570 | (539) | 30,590 | (835) | 40,060 | (742) | 40,100 | (810) | 33,060 | (1,387) | 34,170 | (572) | 40,600 | (759) | 48,440 | (1,013) |
| New York | 47,440 | (840) | 37,930 | (892) | 58,710 | (1,127) | 53,130 | (923) | 42,590 | (884) | 66,450 | (1,150) | 56,650 | (746) | 45,710 | (995) | 50,450 | (1,119) | 61,290 | (1,401) | 67,470 | (1,703) |
| North Carolina | 29,180 | (306) | 25,350 | (343) | 33,390 | (624) | 36,810 | (542) | 33,780 | (725) | 41,890 | (756) | 42,720 | (641) | 33,670 | (1,342) | 36,440 | (778) | 43,620 | (1,043) | 48,390 | (644) |
| North Dakota | 28,520 | (730) | ‡ | (†) | 31,040 | (1,162) | 32,920 | (559) | ‡ | (†) | 35,380 | (828) | 39,710 | (789) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 39,620 | (1,242) | 43,130 | (1,234) |
| Ohio | 37,960 | (550) | 31,420 | (1,307) | 41,490 | (766) | 43,420 | (585) | 35,820 | (1,054) | 48,710 | (836) | 50,090 | (689) | 39,170 | (1,098) | 43,810 | (692) | 53,480 | (1,108) | 55,920 | (852) |
| Oklahoma | 28,510 | (186) | 25,430 | (339) | 30,460 | (286) | 31,990 | (261) | 28,260 | (333) | 34,280 | (458) | 34,580 | (319) | 29,280 | (818) | 31,370 | (329) | 33,700 | (401) | 38,060 | (351) |
| Oregon | 36,930 | (471) | 32,240 | (522) | 40,940 | (714) | 42,180 | (588) | 37,840 | (764) | 47,990 | (1,031) | 45,850 | (647) | 37,040 | (770) | 41,580 | (1,019) | 50,150 | (672) | 54,690 | (808) |
| Pennsylvania | 44,830 | (816) | 36,630 | (1,649) | 48,550 | (875) | 50,790 | (1,027) | 43,650 | (1,633) | 57,220 | (1,154) | 54,800 | (925) | 39,530 | (1,277) | 46,210 | (1,322) | 56,640 | (2,337) | 64,100 | (910) |
| Rhode Island | 41,630 | (303) | ‡ | (†) | 43,200 | (261) | 48,610 | (204) | ‡ | (†) | 52,300 | (169) | 55,110 | (909) | ‡ | (†) | 49,330 | (2,504) | 58,990 | (1,214) | 60,180 | (1,080) |
| South Carolina | 31,860 | (208) | 27,530 | (286) | 34,620 | (234) | 38,390 | (528) | 32,850 | (657) | 41,660 | (960) | 42,910 | (625) | 34,380 | (1,594) | 37,780 | (814) | 41,760 | (997) | 49,410 | (679) |
| South Dakota | 28,110 | (449) | (†) | 29,320 | (660) | 32,800 | (443) | (†) | 35,910 | (727) | 37,670 | (801) | (†) | 31,200 | (971) | 40,160 | (1,346) | 41,740 | (1,162) | |||
| Tennessee | 30,270 | (350) | 27,710 | (409) | 32,540 | (455) | 35,610 | (414) | 31,750 | (533) | 38,470 | (648) | 39,620 | (543) | 33,590 | (747) | 36,120 | (835) | 41,810 | (1,182) | 42,860 | (892) |
| Texas | 31,610 | (355) | 27,390 | (692) | 35,650 | (529) | 40,280 | (453) | 33,280 | (548) | 44,820 | (764) | 43,370 | (723) | 36,660 | (1,126) | 37,590 | (872) | 43,480 | (867) | 49,650 | (881) |
| Utah | 32,590 | (277) | ‡ | (†) | 35,560 | (281) | 39,880 | (586) | ‡ | (†) | 44,960 | (1,332) | 43,370 | (636) | ‡ | (†) | 36,950 | (1,534) | 43,380 | (922) | 48,730 | (598) |
| Vermont | 36,770 | (594) | ‡ | (†) | 39,190 | (730) | 37,260 | (668) | ‡ | (†) | 42,340 | (1,073) | 44,740 | (926) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 45,800 | (871) | 51,090 | (1,076) |
| Virginia | 33,740 | (579) | ‡ | (†) | 38,610 | (760) | 40,230 | (668) | 35,880 | (668) | 46,640 | (1,263) | 43,860 | (948) | 36,710 | (808) | 41,140 | (1,342) | 43,450 | (1,725) | 50,370 | (1,581) |
| Washington | 38,270 | (398) | 33,990 | (713) | 42,780 | (525) | 43,160 | (364) | 36,450 | (533) | 48,630 | (566) | 47,970 | (500) | 37,990 | (737) | 43,230 | (829) | 51,300 | (687) | 55,050 | (731) |
| West Virginia | 32,130 | (195) | 28,230 | (424) | 33,970 | (230) | 36,590 | (226) | (†) | 38,830 | (240) | 40,440 | (716) | 34,060 | (1,895) | 33,580 | (668) | 38,820 | (611) | 42,840 | (1,081) | |
| Wisconsin | 40,920 | (486) | 35,470 | (560) | 42,670 | (739) | 46,420 | (512) | 39,570 | (669) | 49,520 | (588) | 47,750 | (713) | 35,510 | (1,461) | 40,870 | (956) | 48,330 | (920) | 53,980 | (817) |
| Wyoming | 32,490 | (371) | ‡ | (†) | 34,060 | (663) | 36,120 | (497) | ‡ | (†) | 38,480 | (810) | 41,610 | (1,014) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 40,480 | (1,225) | 44,490 | (1,557) |
| † 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.) |
