Table 90.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2011-12

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2011-12 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	$38,685	$37,291	$40,861
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	41,753	40,428	43,722
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	44,234	42,832	46,233
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	46,250	44,781	48,219
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	49,671	48,232	51,471
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	51,965	50,676	53,561
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	53,092	51,677	54,810
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	53,670	52,116	55,473
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	54,084	52,591	55,855
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	52,566	51,282	54,064
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	51,148	49,800	52,726
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	51,702	50,389	53,085
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	51,777	50,362	53,413
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	51,586	50,303	53,054
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	49,938	48,772	51,327
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	46,813	45,637	48,246
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	46,351	45,263	47,659
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	46,607	45,589	47,891
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	47,982	46,897	49,364
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	49,042	48,040	50,426
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	50,777	49,916	52,040
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	52,698	51,692	54,051
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	54,356	53,308	55,737
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	55,071	54,059	56,572
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	55,513	54,495	56,741
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	56,216	55,257	57,438
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	56,220	55,210	57,599
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	56,086	55,124	57,344
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	55,930	54,845	57,288
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	55,619	54,835	56,909
1994-95.	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	55,489	54,601	56,772
1995-96.	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	55,443	54,701	56,555
1996-97.	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	55,052	54,474	56,114
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	55,364	54,874	56,200
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,306	1.12	56,073	55,549	56,985
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,176	1.10	56,198	55,524	57,191
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,722	1.09	56,378	55,770	57,255
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,579	1.10	57,028	56,417	57,864
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,704	1.10	57,090	56,742	57,615
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,301	1.07	56,914	56,480	57,445
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,941	1.06	56,408	55,940	56,612
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,755	1.05	56,134	55,547	56,603
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,867	1.04	56,911	56,563	57,442
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,670	1.04	56,756	56,310	57,253
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,608	1.05	57,585	57,245	57,832
2009-10	55,202	54,918	55,595	52,533	1.05	57,960	57,662	58,373
2010-11	55,623	55,217	56,225	53,974	1.03	57,253	56,835	57,872
2011-12	56,643	56,384	57,008	—	—	56,643	56,384	57,008

—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 2011-12; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, tables 6.6B-D, retrieved November 2, 2011, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp. (This table was prepared May 2012.)