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| Table 81. | Average base salary for full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers with a bachelor's degree as their highest degree, by years of full-time teaching experience and state: 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 |
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| State | 1993-94, total | 1999-2000 | 2003-04 | 2007-08 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2 or fewer years | Total | 2 or fewer years | Over 20 years | Total | 2 or fewer years | 3 to 5 years | 6 to 10 years | 11 to 20 years | Over 20 years | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| United States | $30,150 | (97) | $35,310 | (116) | $28,450 | (109) | $39,200 | (300) | $32,230 | (290) | $49,130 | (327) | $43,650 | (220) | $36,780 | (262) | $38,530 | (248) | $42,270 | (341) | $47,380 | (400) | $54,170 | (463) |
| Alabama | 24,450 | (151) | 31,300 | (210) | 28,280 | (142) | 32,750 | (256) | 29,640 | (291) | 37,610 | (663) | 39,210 | (381) | 34,810 | (465) | 36,910 | (671) | 39,020 | (631) | 42,860 | (644) | 44,220 | (1,210) |
| Alaska | 42,620 | (308) | 42,170 | (269) | 34,110 | (290) | 46,160 | (720) | 37,290 | (1,113) | 58,760 | (943) | 51,950 | (747) | 40,100 | (746) | 46,600 | (1,693) | 49,640 | (827) | 56,880 | (1,039) | 63,600 | (1,932) |
| Arizona | 28,050 | (347) | 30,110 | (491) | 25,020 | (303) | 33,370 | (556) | 29,510 | (408) | 44,060 | (1,469) | 36,880 | (571) | 33,640 | (388) | 34,780 | (380) | 36,560 | (648) | 39,290 | (1,239) | 45,670 | (1,770) |
| Arkansas | 24,970 | (199) | 29,810 | (345) | 25,780 | (699) | 32,710 | (328) | 26,590 | (694) | 38,080 | (803) | 40,220 | (418) | 33,090 | (626) | 35,840 | (794) | 38,480 | (778) | 42,700 | (635) | 44,610 | (984) |
| California | 37,330 | (412) | 41,930 | (301) | 32,820 | (321) | 51,210 | (704) | 38,920 | (679) | 63,110 | (1,045) | 56,950 | (966) | 44,770 | (997) | 46,810 | (1,080) | 54,040 | (1,097) | 62,570 | (1,601) | 72,680 | (1,235) |
| Colorado | 27,590 | (391) | 32,180 | (428) | 25,400 | (252) | 36,140 | (699) | 30,570 | (534) | 45,480 | (2,188) | 38,090 | (884) | 32,600 | (621) | 35,720 | (1,463) | 38,040 | (979) | 45,210 | (1,980) | ‡ | (†) |
| Connecticut | 40,510 | (645) | 38,530 | (883) | 32,030 | (344) | 48,380 | (1,997) | 37,800 | (820) | ‡ | (†) | 49,700 | (1,286) | 42,830 | (1,348) | 43,330 | (1,395) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Delaware | 31,400 | (375) | 37,620 | (893) | ‡ | (†) | 41,210 | (991) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 45,880 | (960) | ‡ | (†) | 39,760 | (871) | 46,050 | (1,038) | 52,070 | (1,631) | ‡ | (†) |
| District of Columbia | 37,690 | (645) | 40,980 | (593) | ‡ | (†) | 48,350 | (1,290) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 54,970 | (2,025) | 42,180 | (425) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Florida | 28,970 | (229) | 33,650 | (407) | 27,440 | (314) | 36,460 | (624) | 31,140 | (612) | 47,040 | (843) | 41,640 | (554) | 36,030 | (473) | 37,630 | (520) | 38,750 | (595) | 43,640 | (973) | 55,480 | (1,182) |
| Georgia | 25,650 | (215) | 33,610 | (373) | 29,410 | (287) | 37,160 | (490) | 32,220 | (424) | 45,020 | (1,010) | 41,640 | (760) | 34,580 | (573) | 36,850 | (690) | 41,140 | (1,277) | 47,590 | (843) | 54,330 | (1,192) |
| Hawaii | 34,060 | (460) | 36,710 | (533) | 27,370 | (299) | 39,250 | (887) | 32,620 | (781) | 52,650 | (1,779) | 45,380 | (922) | 38,650 | (1,496) | 42,310 | (1,555) | ‡ | (†) | 48,660 | (1,781) | ‡ | (†) |
| Idaho | 24,610 | (252) | 31,500 | (208) | 22,880 | (245) | 36,150 | (627) | 26,060 | (579) | 45,330 | (794) | 39,870 | (609) | 31,110 | (619) | 32,650 | (1,493) | 37,420 | (1,394) | 43,300 | (1,169) | 48,450 | (1,122) |
| Illinois | 29,480 | (277) | 35,250 | (563) | 28,230 | (398) | 38,730 | (791) | 33,180 | (1,047) | 49,120 | (1,797) | 42,740 | (836) | 36,030 | (926) | 37,650 | (812) | 42,020 | (1,468) | 50,070 | (1,986) | 52,950 | (1,857) |
| Indiana | 25,400 | (329) | 30,760 | (296) | 27,360 | (186) | 34,600 | (640) | 30,270 | (337) | ‡ | (†) | 38,670 | (786) | 32,850 | (452) | 35,030 | (393) | 39,640 | (929) | 45,870 | (1,519) | ‡ | (†) |
| Iowa | 24,950 | (319) | 28,910 | (279) | 23,150 | (253) | 33,600 | (696) | 26,140 | (457) | 37,580 | (840) | 35,240 | (500) | 28,580 | (827) | 30,960 | (637) | 34,880 | (624) | 38,740 | (844) | 40,400 | (903) |
| Kansas | 25,930 | (135) | 29,430 | (264) | 26,110 | (261) | 32,290 | (326) | 28,500 | (447) | 36,990 | (597) | 37,160 | (476) | 34,390 | (523) | 34,520 | (673) | 35,720 | (836) | 38,920 | (1,352) | 42,250 | (880) |
| Kentucky | 24,910 | (457) | 27,720 | (358) | 24,650 | (168) | 31,610 | (468) | 28,490 | (195) | ‡ | (†) | 35,640 | (608) | 33,460 | (1,011) | 33,730 | (1,099) | 38,180 | (988) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Louisiana | 22,520 | (159) | 28,020 | (476) | 24,620 | (943) | 32,590 | (489) | 28,380 | (693) | 39,200 | (646) | 39,880 | (462) | 36,300 | (825) | 37,160 | (813) | 38,300 | (718) | 41,250 | (753) | 44,800 | (1,061) |
| Maine | 28,550 | (330) | 34,690 | (775) | 27,390 | (2,511) | 36,650 | (606) | 27,300 | (1,078) | 43,490 | (1,062) | 38,770 | (651) | 31,260 | (573) | 32,360 | (864) | 36,030 | (1,178) | 39,800 | (899) | 46,260 | (1,321) |
| Maryland | 33,520 | (476) | 37,760 | (683) | 28,900 | (337) | 42,960 | (1,313) | 34,100 | (381) | 62,750 | (2,717) | 50,680 | (1,213) | 41,270 | (492) | 42,630 | (999) | 49,870 | (1,791) | ‡ | (†) | 66,640 | (1,644) |
| Massachusetts | 34,340 | (309) | 40,410 | (464) | 29,950 | (454) | 43,930 | (964) | 35,830 | (1,124) | 54,780 | (1,331) | 50,880 | (917) | 37,720 | (970) | 45,350 | (1,022) | 52,770 | (2,234) | ‡ | (†) | 58,510 | (2,309) |
| Michigan | 37,170 | (670) | 39,950 | (838) | 30,760 | (457) | 45,230 | (682) | 35,340 | (693) | 55,950 | (1,245) | 47,440 | (1,612) | 35,930 | (664) | 41,240 | (1,553) | 48,430 | (1,599) | 55,430 | (1,705) | 59,330 | (1,506) |
| Minnesota | 31,010 | (419) | 35,270 | (685) | 28,770 | (783) | 39,030 | (566) | 31,560 | (761) | 47,350 | (783) | 41,760 | (593) | 33,830 | (574) | 35,640 | (673) | 39,840 | (1,208) | 46,140 | (1,203) | 51,890 | (924) |
| Mississippi | 22,640 | (106) | 28,000 | (186) | 24,080 | (218) | 31,890 | (425) | 27,110 | (306) | 37,990 | (555) | 36,610 | (344) | 32,770 | (434) | 33,860 | (513) | 35,310 | (462) | 39,250 | (661) | 43,690 | (850) |
| Missouri | 23,510 | (286) | 28,020 | (378) | 24,940 | (513) | 31,340 | (547) | 27,220 | (593) | 36,040 | (1,953) | 34,730 | (553) | 31,200 | (632) | 33,320 | (607) | 35,080 | (858) | 37,290 | (1,540) | 39,320 | (1,512) |
| Montana | 24,070 | (199) | 27,920 | (256) | 21,080 | (252) | 31,870 | (522) | 23,190 | (382) | 38,530 | (837) | 35,880 | (597) | 27,090 | (591) | 30,170 | (658) | 32,020 | (828) | 39,400 | (933) | 44,080 | (1,045) |
| Nebraska | 22,580 | (388) | 26,090 | (254) | 21,940 | (215) | 30,300 | (435) | 26,790 | (590) | 33,690 | (1,329) | 34,190 | (805) | 29,400 | (379) | 31,750 | (1,098) | 34,200 | (1,302) | 36,360 | (1,413) | 36,690 | (1,524) |
| Nevada | 29,350 | (285) | 34,470 | (434) | 27,550 | (293) | 35,970 | (700) | 29,220 | (632) | ‡ | (†) | 40,060 | (619) | 34,040 | (462) | 35,550 | (647) | 41,470 | (1,187) | 45,260 | (1,379) | 48,800 | (2,143) |
| New Hampshire | 31,280 | (437) | 34,210 | (542) | 25,790 | (974) | 38,800 | (644) | 28,880 | (649) | 46,470 | (1,091) | 43,910 | (843) | 33,810 | (1,139) | 36,390 | (1,320) | 41,760 | (1,114) | 47,630 | (1,260) | 52,430 | (1,050) |
| New Jersey | 41,330 | (744) | 46,720 | (653) | 33,810 | (290) | 49,780 | (1,049) | 38,810 | (616) | 67,380 | (1,456) | 54,580 | (1,091) | 45,370 | (977) | 46,620 | (1,009) | 49,180 | (1,534) | 59,390 | (2,531) | 72,840 | (2,642) |
| New Mexico | 25,260 | (224) | 29,290 | (363) | 25,700 | (321) | 34,310 | (470) | 28,830 | (752) | 42,300 | (930) | 39,830 | (596) | 32,520 | (844) | 35,800 | (773) | 39,830 | (666) | 43,170 | (708) | 48,430 | (885) |
| New York | 39,650 | (1,152) | 41,600 | (1,094) | 33,250 | (654) | 42,630 | (1,074) | 37,410 | (1,058) | 61,240 | (1,827) | 48,520 | (2,004) | 43,670 | (1,652) | 44,850 | (1,413) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| North Carolina | 26,010 | (220) | 31,920 | (331) | 25,380 | (510) | 33,650 | (479) | 26,930 | (566) | 43,830 | (730) | 37,050 | (469) | 30,930 | (499) | 32,840 | (869) | 35,770 | (725) | 39,140 | (1,181) | 48,070 | (843) |
| North Dakota | 22,450 | (193) | 25,910 | (279) | 20,640 | (297) | 30,870 | (490) | 23,810 | (613) | 33,500 | (660) | 34,790 | (695) | 27,770 | (579) | 29,290 | (584) | 31,850 | (621) | 36,380 | (951) | 38,920 | (1,069) |
| Ohio | 30,370 | (399) | 35,120 | (583) | 25,730 | (400) | 41,600 | (891) | 30,430 | (474) | 52,220 | (1,061) | 41,670 | (1,567) | 35,350 | (1,976) | 36,320 | (1,549) | 40,660 | (1,224) | 48,740 | (2,393) | 54,890 | (2,001) |
| Oklahoma | 24,880 | (108) | 27,400 | (224) | 24,510 | (179) | 31,190 | (211) | 27,330 | (456) | 35,700 | (260) | 35,880 | (226) | 32,390 | (458) | 33,020 | (417) | 34,090 | (261) | 37,360 | (301) | 41,410 | (477) |
| Oregon | 31,310 | (440) | 38,370 | (613) | 27,350 | (418) | 42,430 | (865) | ‡ | (†) | 51,340 | (880) | 46,930 | (1,282) | 32,050 | (655) | ‡ | (†) | 44,380 | (1,719) | 55,850 | (1,397) | 52,750 | (1,869) |
| Pennsylvania | 37,260 | (523) | 42,620 | (826) | 28,940 | (894) | 44,250 | (963) | 33,030 | (630) | 57,450 | (993) | 47,780 | (1,162) | 38,950 | (780) | 40,800 | (754) | 44,900 | (710) | 51,490 | (2,252) | 64,470 | (1,680) |
| Rhode Island | 38,000 | (522) | 43,900 | (357) | ‡ | (†) | 49,360 | (834) | ‡ | (†) | 58,910 | (741) | 56,680 | (1,362) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 56,900 | (1,585) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| South Carolina | 25,120 | (280) | 29,820 | (300) | 25,220 | (175) | 34,950 | (483) | 28,610 | (1,161) | 42,630 | (682) | 37,150 | (606) | 31,670 | (625) | 32,550 | (465) | 35,960 | (698) | 42,870 | (1,020) | 45,920 | (1,013) |
| South Dakota | 22,000 | (186) | 26,000 | (230) | 23,160 | (826) | 29,360 | (301) | 24,980 | (437) | 32,420 | (493) | 32,180 | (445) | 27,730 | (422) | 27,910 | (411) | 29,860 | (555) | 33,660 | (785) | 36,250 | (784) |
| Tennessee | 25,650 | (291) | 30,830 | (378) | 27,740 | (386) | 34,510 | (432) | 29,690 | (624) | 39,100 | (756) | 37,420 | (553) | 32,990 | (481) | 33,000 | (527) | 37,120 | (670) | 39,600 | (1,020) | 43,350 | (1,430) |
| Texas | 26,950 | (295) | 34,770 | (386) | 29,010 | (322) | 38,140 | (278) | 33,440 | (564) | 46,710 | (455) | 42,890 | (480) | 39,150 | (706) | 39,500 | (975) | 41,100 | (1,009) | 45,420 | (794) | 48,800 | (753) |
| Utah | 25,800 | (195) | 31,810 | (375) | 24,020 | (271) | 35,160 | (525) | 26,140 | (259) | 45,390 | (679) | 38,570 | (863) | 30,430 | (745) | 32,360 | (480) | 39,010 | (1,032) | 45,560 | (1,062) | 48,750 | (1,469) |
| Vermont | 29,750 | (494) | 33,470 | (733) | 25,530 | (671) | 39,040 | (840) | ‡ | (†) | 46,720 | (919) | 43,430 | (1,005) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 38,340 | (1,157) | 48,320 | (2,255) | 52,160 | (1,253) |
| Virginia | 29,410 | (378) | 34,060 | (424) | 28,420 | (311) | 37,520 | (583) | 31,990 | (556) | 45,760 | (1,595) | 43,440 | (569) | 37,170 | (974) | 38,270 | (573) | 39,800 | (621) | 45,000 | (943) | 54,320 | (1,391) |
| Washington | 33,150 | (490) | 36,330 | (359) | 26,770 | (233) | 40,040 | (916) | 31,010 | (610) | 49,840 | (1,000) | 44,650 | (905) | 37,220 | (2,053) | 34,310 | (437) | 42,380 | (2,010) | 49,070 | (1,297) | 53,950 | (1,445) |
| West Virginia | 26,980 | (183) | 30,040 | (246) | ‡ | (†) | 32,980 | (344) | ‡ | (†) | 35,910 | (320) | 34,410 | (475) | 29,030 | (491) | 31,030 | (488) | 34,070 | (697) | 35,630 | (1,096) | 40,660 | (581) |
| Wisconsin | 31,490 | (351) | 35,470 | (331) | 27,800 | (194) | 37,150 | (634) | 29,630 | (479) | 44,200 | (1,291) | 41,390 | (859) | 32,020 | (651) | 34,750 | (706) | 40,660 | (1,557) | 46,590 | (1,377) | 49,630 | (1,457) |
| Wyoming | 27,310 | (247) | 29,470 | (248) | 23,760 | (266) | 34,080 | (576) | 28,270 | (1,408) | 39,190 | (1,900) | 45,750 | (543) | 38,230 | (863) | 41,710 | (825) | 44,480 | (928) | 47,640 | (841) | 51,210 | (1,119) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: This table includes regular full-time teachers only; it excludes other staff even when they have full-time teaching duties (regular part-time teachers, itinerant teachers, long-term substitutes, administrators, library media specialists, other professional staff, and support staff). Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08; and "Public Charter School Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared September 2009.) |
