Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2013-14

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2013-14 dollars1
	Average public school teachers' salary			Wage and salary accruals per full-time-equivalent (FTE) employee2	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	$39,943	$38,504	$42,190
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	43,111	41,743	45,144
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	45,672	44,225	47,737
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	47,755	46,238	49,787
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	51,287	49,801	53,145
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	53,655	52,324	55,303
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	54,818	53,358	56,593
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	55,415	53,811	57,277
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	55,843	54,301	57,671
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	54,275	52,950	55,822
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	52,812	51,419	54,441
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	53,384	52,028	54,812
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	53,461	52,000	55,150
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	53,263	51,939	54,779
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	51,562	50,358	52,996
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	48,335	47,122	49,815
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	47,858	46,736	49,209
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	48,123	47,072	49,449
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	49,543	48,422	50,970
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	50,637	49,603	52,066
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	52,428	51,540	53,732
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	54,412	53,373	55,809
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	56,124	55,042	57,550
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	56,862	55,818	58,412
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	57,318	56,268	58,586
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	58,044	57,054	59,306
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	58,048	57,006	59,473
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	57,910	56,917	59,209
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	57,749	56,629	59,152
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	57,428	56,618	58,760
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	57,293	56,376	58,618
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	57,247	56,480	58,395
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	56,843	56,246	57,939
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	57,165	56,659	58,027
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,277	1.12	57,897	57,356	58,838
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	58,025	57,330	59,051
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,727	1.09	58,211	57,583	59,117
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,589	1.10	58,883	58,252	59,746
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,629	1.10	58,947	58,588	59,489
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,259	1.08	58,765	58,317	59,313
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,908	1.06	58,243	57,760	58,453
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,626	1.05	57,960	57,354	58,444
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,713	1.05	58,762	58,403	59,311
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,504	1.05	58,602	58,142	59,115
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,409	1.06	59,458	59,107	59,713
2009-10	55,202	54,918	55,595	52,413	1.05	59,845	59,537	60,271
2010-11	55,623	55,217	56,225	53,975	1.03	59,115	58,683	59,755
2011-12	55,418	54,704	56,226	55,435	1.00	57,220	56,483	58,055
2012-13	56,103	55,344	57,077	56,361	1.00	56,979	56,208	57,969
2013-14	56,689	56,015	57,593	—	—	56,689	56,015	57,593

—Not available.

1 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.

2 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.

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 2013-14; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved August 26, 2014, from http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=3&isuri=1&904=2001&903=201&906=q&905=2006&910=x&911=0. (This table was prepared August 2014.)