Table 78.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2008-09

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2007-08 dollars2
	Average public school teachers' salary			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			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	$35,989	$34,692	$38,013
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	38,843	37,610	40,674
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	41,150	39,846	43,010
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	43,026	41,660	44,858
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	46,209	44,870	47,883
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	48,343	47,143	49,828
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	49,391	48,075	50,990
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	49,929	48,483	51,606
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	50,314	48,925	51,961
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	48,901	47,707	50,295
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	47,583	46,328	49,051
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	48,099	46,877	49,385
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	48,168	46,851	49,690
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	47,990	46,797	49,355
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	46,457	45,372	47,749
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	43,549	42,456	44,883
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	43,120	42,108	44,337
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	43,358	42,411	44,553
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	44,638	43,628	45,923
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	45,623	44,692	46,911
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	47,238	46,437	48,412
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	49,024	48,089	50,283
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	50,567	49,593	51,852
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	51,232	50,291	52,629
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	51,643	50,697	52,786
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	52,297	51,405	53,434
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	52,301	51,362	53,584
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	52,177	51,282	53,347
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	52,031	51,022	53,295
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	51,742	51,013	52,943
1994-95.	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	51,621	50,795	52,814
1995-96.	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	51,579	50,888	52,613
1996-97.	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	51,215	50,677	52,202
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	51,505	51,049	52,282
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,306	1.12	52,165	51,677	53,012
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,176	1.10	52,280	51,654	53,204
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,722	1.09	52,448	51,882	53,264
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,579	1.10	53,053	52,485	53,831
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,704	1.10	53,110	52,787	53,599
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,301	1.07	52,947	52,543	53,441
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,941	1.06	52,476	52,041	52,666
2005-06	48,804	48,420	49,041	46,755	1.04	51,921	51,513	52,173
2006-07	50,758	50,699	50,829	48,812	1.04	52,639	52,578	52,712
2007-08	52,308	52,149	52,367	50,476	1.04	52,308	52,149	52,367
2008-09	53,910	54,037	53,724	—	—	53,168	53,293	52,984
nowrap—Not available.

1 The average monetary remuneration earned by FTE employees across all industries in a given year, including wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, voluntary employee contributions to certain deferred compensation plans, and receipts in kind that represent income. 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. Standard errors are not available for these estimates, which are based on state reports.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1959-60 through 2008-09; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, tables 6.6B-D, retrieved August 25, 2009, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp. (This table was prepared August 2009.)