Table 75.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959–60 through 2004–05

School year	Current dollars					Constant 2005–06 dollars2
	All teachers	Elementary teachers	Secondary teachers	Wage and salary accruals per full-time-equivalent (FTE) employee1	Ratio of average teachers' salary to accruals per FTE employee	All teachers	Elementary teachers	Secondary teachers
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1959–60	$4,995	$4,815	$5,276	$4,749	1.05	$33,828	$32,609	$35,731
1961–62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	36,511	35,352	38,232
1963–64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	38,680	37,454	40,428
1965–66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	42,932	41,569	44,760
1967–68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	46,293	44,952	47,971
1969–70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	45,440	44,313	46,836
1970–71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	46,426	45,188	47,928
1971–72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	46,931	45,572	48,508
1972–73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	47,294	45,987	48,842
1973–74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	45,966	44,843	47,276
1974–75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	44,726	43,547	46,106
1975–76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	45,211	44,063	46,420
1976–77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	45,276	44,038	46,707
1977–78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,815	1.11	45,109	43,987	46,392
1978–79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,825	1.09	43,668	42,648	44,882
1979–80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,088	1.06	40,935	39,907	42,188
1980–81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,520	1.07	40,531	39,580	41,675
1981–82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,866	1.08	40,755	39,865	41,878
1982–83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,950	1.09	41,958	41,009	43,166
1983–84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,878	1.10	42,884	42,008	44,094
1984–85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,819	1.13	44,401	43,649	45,506
1985–86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,732	1.16	46,081	45,201	47,264
1986–87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,650	1.17	47,531	46,615	48,739
1987–88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,705	1.18	48,156	47,272	49,469
1988–89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,655	1.20	48,543	47,653	49,617
1989–90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,647	1.22	49,158	48,319	50,226
1990–91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,794	1.23	49,161	48,278	50,367
1991–92	34,063	33,479	34,827	27,999	1.22	49,044	48,203	50,144
1992–93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,058	1.21	48,907	47,959	50,095
1993–94	35,737	35,233	36,566	29,811	1.20	48,636	47,950	49,764
1994–95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,606	1.20	48,522	47,745	49,643
1995–96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,561	1.19	48,482	47,833	49,454
1996–97	38,443	38,039	39,184	32,789	1.17	48,140	47,634	49,068
1997–98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,346	1.15	48,413	47,984	49,143
1998–99	40,544	40,165	41,203	35,978	1.13	49,033	48,574	49,830
1999–2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	37,800	1.11	49,141	48,553	50,010
2000–01	43,395	42,929	44,013	39,257	1.11	49,318	48,789	50,021
2001–02	44,660	44,192	45,252	40,031	1.12	49,873	49,350	50,534
2002–03	45,776	45,480	46,095	41,004	1.12	50,020	49,697	50,369
2003–04	46,752	46,408	47,120	42,547	1.10	49,993	49,625	50,386
2004–05	47,750	47,487	48,100	—	—	49,568	49,295	49,932

—Not available. 1 Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce have been converted to a school-year basis by averaging the two appropriate calendar years in each case. 2 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1959–60 through 2004–05; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, 1959 through 2004. (This table was prepared September 2006.)