Table 82. | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2009-10 |
School year | Current dollars | Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2008-09 dollars2 |
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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 | $36,491 | $35,176 | $38,544 |
1961-62 | 5,515 | 5,340 | 5,775 | 5,063 | 1.09 | 39,385 | 38,135 | 41,242 |
1963-64 | 5,995 | 5,805 | 6,266 | 5,478 | 1.09 | 41,725 | 40,402 | 43,611 |
1965-66 | 6,485 | 6,279 | 6,761 | 5,934 | 1.09 | 43,627 | 42,241 | 45,484 |
1967-68 | 7,423 | 7,208 | 7,692 | 6,533 | 1.14 | 46,854 | 45,497 | 48,552 |
1969-70 | 8,626 | 8,412 | 8,891 | 7,486 | 1.15 | 49,018 | 47,801 | 50,523 |
1970-71 | 9,268 | 9,021 | 9,568 | 7,998 | 1.16 | 50,081 | 48,746 | 51,702 |
1971-72 | 9,705 | 9,424 | 10,031 | 8,521 | 1.14 | 50,626 | 49,160 | 52,326 |
1972-73 | 10,174 | 9,893 | 10,507 | 9,056 | 1.12 | 51,017 | 49,608 | 52,687 |
1973-74 | 10,770 | 10,507 | 11,077 | 9,667 | 1.11 | 49,584 | 48,373 | 50,998 |
1974-75 | 11,641 | 11,334 | 12,000 | 10,411 | 1.12 | 48,247 | 46,975 | 49,735 |
1975-76 | 12,600 | 12,280 | 12,937 | 11,194 | 1.13 | 48,770 | 47,531 | 50,074 |
1976-77 | 13,354 | 12,989 | 13,776 | 11,971 | 1.12 | 48,840 | 47,505 | 50,384 |
1977-78 | 14,198 | 13,845 | 14,602 | 12,811 | 1.11 | 48,660 | 47,450 | 50,044 |
1978-79 | 15,032 | 14,681 | 15,450 | 13,807 | 1.09 | 47,106 | 46,006 | 48,416 |
1979-80 | 15,970 | 15,569 | 16,459 | 15,050 | 1.06 | 44,157 | 43,049 | 45,509 |
1980-81 | 17,644 | 17,230 | 18,142 | 16,461 | 1.07 | 43,722 | 42,696 | 44,956 |
1981-82 | 19,274 | 18,853 | 19,805 | 17,795 | 1.08 | 43,963 | 43,003 | 45,175 |
1982-83 | 20,695 | 20,227 | 21,291 | 18,873 | 1.10 | 45,261 | 44,237 | 46,564 |
1983-84 | 21,935 | 21,487 | 22,554 | 19,781 | 1.11 | 46,260 | 45,316 | 47,566 |
1984-85 | 23,600 | 23,200 | 24,187 | 20,694 | 1.14 | 47,897 | 47,085 | 49,088 |
1985-86 | 25,199 | 24,718 | 25,846 | 21,685 | 1.16 | 49,709 | 48,760 | 50,985 |
1986-87 | 26,569 | 26,057 | 27,244 | 22,700 | 1.17 | 51,273 | 50,285 | 52,576 |
1987-88 | 28,034 | 27,519 | 28,798 | 23,777 | 1.18 | 51,948 | 50,993 | 53,363 |
1988-89 | 29,564 | 29,022 | 30,218 | 24,752 | 1.19 | 52,364 | 51,404 | 53,523 |
1989-90 | 31,367 | 30,832 | 32,049 | 25,762 | 1.22 | 53,028 | 52,123 | 54,180 |
1990-91 | 33,084 | 32,490 | 33,896 | 26,935 | 1.23 | 53,031 | 52,079 | 54,332 |
1991-92 | 34,063 | 33,479 | 34,827 | 28,169 | 1.21 | 52,905 | 51,998 | 54,092 |
1992-93 | 35,029 | 34,350 | 35,880 | 29,245 | 1.20 | 52,757 | 51,735 | 54,039 |
1993-94 | 35,737 | 35,233 | 36,566 | 30,030 | 1.19 | 52,465 | 51,725 | 53,682 |
1994-95 | 36,675 | 36,088 | 37,523 | 30,857 | 1.19 | 52,341 | 51,504 | 53,552 |
1995-96 | 37,642 | 37,138 | 38,397 | 31,822 | 1.18 | 52,299 | 51,598 | 53,348 |
1996-97 | 38,443 | 38,039 | 39,184 | 33,058 | 1.16 | 51,930 | 51,384 | 52,931 |
1997-98 | 39,350 | 39,002 | 39,944 | 34,635 | 1.14 | 52,224 | 51,762 | 53,012 |
1998-99 | 40,544 | 40,165 | 41,203 | 36,306 | 1.12 | 52,893 | 52,398 | 53,752 |
1999-2000 | 41,807 | 41,306 | 42,546 | 38,176 | 1.10 | 53,010 | 52,375 | 53,947 |
2000-01 | 43,378 | 42,910 | 44,053 | 39,722 | 1.09 | 53,180 | 52,606 | 54,008 |
2001-02 | 44,655 | 44,177 | 45,310 | 40,579 | 1.10 | 53,793 | 53,218 | 54,582 |
2002-03 | 45,686 | 45,408 | 46,106 | 41,704 | 1.10 | 53,852 | 53,524 | 54,347 |
2003-04 | 46,542 | 46,187 | 46,976 | 43,301 | 1.07 | 53,686 | 53,277 | 54,187 |
2004-05 | 47,516 | 47,122 | 47,688 | 44,941 | 1.06 | 53,209 | 52,767 | 53,401 |
2005-06 | 49,086 | 48,573 | 49,496 | 46,755 | 1.05 | 52,950 | 52,397 | 53,393 |
2006-07 | 51,052 | 50,740 | 51,529 | 48,867 | 1.04 | 53,683 | 53,355 | 54,184 |
2007-08 | 52,800 | 52,385 | 53,262 | 50,627 | 1.04 | 53,537 | 53,116 | 54,006 |
2008-09 | 54,319 | 53,998 | 54,552 | 51,595 | 1.05 | 54,319 | 53,998 | 54,552 |
2009-10 | 55,350 | 55,311 | 55,032 | — | — | 54,819 | 54,781 | 54,505 |
—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 2009-10; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, tables 6.6B-D, retrieved April 25, 2010, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp. (This table was prepared May 2010.) |