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.)