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Table 75. Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2005-06
School year Current dollars Constant 2006-07 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 $34,703 $33,452 $36,655
1961-62 5,515 5,340 5,775 5,063 1.09 37,455 36,266 39,221
1963-64 5,995 5,805 6,266 5,478 1.09 39,680 38,422 41,474
1965-66 6,485 6,279 6,761 5,934 1.09 41,489 40,171 43,255
1967-68 7,423 7,208 7,692 6,533 1.14 44,558 43,267 46,172
                 
1969-70 8,626 8,412 8,891 7,486 1.15 46,615 45,459 48,047
1970-71 9,268 9,021 9,568 7,998 1.16 47,626 46,357 49,168
1971-72 9,705 9,424 10,031 8,521 1.14 48,145 46,751 49,762
1972-73 10,174 9,893 10,507 9,056 1.12 48,517 47,177 50,105
1973-74 10,770 10,507 11,077 9,667 1.11 47,154 46,003 48,498
                 
1974-75 11,641 11,334 12,000 10,411 1.12 45,883 44,673 47,298
1975-76 12,600 12,280 12,937 11,194 1.13 46,380 45,202 47,620
1976-77 13,354 12,989 13,776 11,971 1.12 46,447 45,177 47,915
1977-78 14,198 13,845 14,602 12,815 1.11 46,275 45,125 47,592
1978-79 15,032 14,681 15,450 13,825 1.09 44,797 43,751 46,043
                 
1979-80 15,970 15,569 16,459 15,088 1.06 41,993 40,939 43,279
1980-81 17,644 17,230 18,142 16,520 1.07 41,579 40,604 42,753
1981-82 19,274 18,853 19,805 17,866 1.08 41,809 40,896 42,961
1982-83 20,695 20,227 21,291 18,950 1.09 43,043 42,069 44,282
1983-84 21,935 21,487 22,554 19,878 1.10 43,993 43,095 45,235
                 
1984-85 23,600 23,200 24,187 20,819 1.13 45,550 44,778 46,683
1985-86 25,199 24,718 25,846 21,732 1.16 47,273 46,370 48,486
1986-87 26,569 26,057 27,244 22,650 1.17 48,760 47,821 49,999
1987-88 28,034 27,519 28,798 23,705 1.18 49,402 48,494 50,748
1988-89 29,564 29,022 30,218 24,655 1.20 49,798 48,885 50,900
                 
1989-90 31,367 30,832 32,049 25,647 1.22 50,429 49,569 51,525
1990-91 33,084 32,490 33,896 26,794 1.23 50,432 49,526 51,670
1991-92 34,063 33,479 34,827 27,999 1.22 50,312 49,450 51,441
1992-93 35,029 34,350 35,880 29,058 1.21 50,172 49,199 51,391
1993-94 35,737 35,233 36,566 29,811 1.20 49,893 49,190 51,051
                 
1994-95 36,675 36,088 37,523 30,606 1.20 49,776 48,980 50,927
1995-96 37,642 37,138 38,397 31,561 1.19 49,736 49,070 50,733
1996-97 38,443 38,039 39,184 32,789 1.17 49,385 48,866 50,337
1997-98 39,350 39,002 39,944 34,346 1.15 49,664 49,225 50,414
1998-99 40,544 40,165 41,203 35,978 1.13 50,301 49,830 51,118
                 
1999-2000 41,807 41,306 42,546 37,800 1.11 50,412 49,808 51,303
2000-01 43,394 42,921 44,034 39,257 1.11 50,593 50,041 51,339
2001-02 44,600 44,143 45,186 40,031 1.11 51,094 50,570 51,765
2002-03 45,654 45,369 45,971 41,089 1.11 51,177 50,857 51,532
2003-04 46,704 46,389 47,042 42,617 1.10 51,233 50,887 51,604
                 
2004-05 47,674 47,419 47,968 44,198 1.08 50,769 50,498 51,082
2005-06 49,109 48,958 49,396 45,950 1.07 50,379 50,224 50,673
1 Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 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 2005-06; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, retrieved September 10, 2007, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp#Mid. (This table was prepared September 2007.)

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