Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2012-13

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2012-13 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	$39,329	$37,912	$41,542
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	42,448	41,101	44,449
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	44,970	43,545	47,003
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	47,020	45,527	49,021
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	50,498	49,035	52,328
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	52,830	51,519	54,453
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	53,975	52,537	55,723
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	54,563	52,983	56,396
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	54,985	53,466	56,784
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	53,441	52,136	54,964
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	52,000	50,628	53,603
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	52,563	51,228	53,969
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	52,639	51,200	54,302
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	52,444	51,140	53,937
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	50,769	49,584	52,181
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	47,592	46,397	49,049
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	47,122	46,017	48,452
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	47,383	46,348	48,688
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	48,781	47,678	50,186
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	49,858	48,840	51,265
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	51,622	50,747	52,906
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	53,575	52,552	54,950
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	55,261	54,196	56,665
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	55,988	54,959	57,514
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	56,437	55,402	57,685
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	57,152	56,177	58,394
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	57,155	56,129	58,558
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	57,020	56,042	58,298
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	56,860	55,758	58,242
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	56,545	55,748	57,857
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	56,412	55,509	57,717
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	56,366	55,611	57,497
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	55,969	55,381	57,048
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	56,285	55,788	57,135
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,306	1.12	57,006	56,474	57,933
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,176	1.10	57,133	56,448	58,143
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,722	1.09	57,316	56,698	58,208
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,579	1.10	57,977	57,356	58,827
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,704	1.10	58,040	57,687	58,574
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,301	1.07	57,862	57,420	58,401
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,941	1.06	57,347	56,871	57,554
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,755	1.05	57,068	56,472	57,545
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,867	1.04	57,858	57,504	58,399
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,670	1.04	57,701	57,247	58,206
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,608	1.05	58,544	58,198	58,795
2009-10	55,202	54,918	55,595	52,533	1.05	58,925	58,622	59,344
2010-11	55,623	55,217	56,225	53,974	1.03	58,206	57,781	58,836
2011-12	55,418	54,704	56,226	—	—	56,340	55,614	57,162
2012-13	56,383	55,747	57,243	—	—	56,383	55,747	57,243

—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 2012-13; 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/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=1&isuri=1. (This table was prepared April 2013.)