Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2014-15

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2014-15 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 teachers3	Secondary teachers4			All teachers	Elementary teachers3	Secondary teachers4
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1959-60	$4,995	$4,815	$5,276	$4,749	1.05	$40,234	$38,784	$42,498
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	43,425	42,047	45,472
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	46,005	44,547	48,084
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	48,102	46,574	50,150
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	51,660	50,164	53,532
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	54,046	52,705	55,706
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	55,218	53,746	57,005
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	55,819	54,203	57,694
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	56,250	54,696	58,091
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	54,670	53,335	56,229
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	53,196	51,794	54,837
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	53,773	52,407	55,211
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	53,850	52,378	55,552
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	53,651	52,317	55,178
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	51,938	50,725	53,382
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	48,687	47,465	50,178
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	48,207	47,076	49,568
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	48,473	47,414	49,809
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	49,903	48,775	51,341
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	51,006	49,964	52,445
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	52,810	51,915	54,124
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	54,808	53,762	56,215
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	56,532	55,443	57,969
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	57,276	56,224	58,837
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	57,736	56,677	59,013
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	58,467	57,470	59,738
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	58,471	57,421	59,906
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	58,332	57,332	59,640
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	58,169	57,042	59,582
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	57,846	57,030	59,188
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	57,710	56,787	59,045
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	57,663	56,891	58,820
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	57,257	56,655	58,360
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,635	1.14	57,581	57,072	58,450
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,277	1.12	58,318	57,773	59,266
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	58,448	57,747	59,481
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,727	1.09	58,635	58,003	59,548
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,589	1.10	59,311	58,676	60,181
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,629	1.10	59,376	59,014	59,922
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,259	1.08	59,193	58,742	59,745
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,908	1.06	58,667	58,180	58,879
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,626	1.05	58,382	57,772	58,869
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,713	1.05	59,189	58,828	59,743
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,504	1.05	59,029	58,565	59,545
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,409	1.06	59,891	59,537	60,148
2009-10	55,202	54,918	55,595	52,413	1.05	60,281	59,971	60,710
2010-11	55,623	55,217	56,225	53,975	1.03	59,545	59,110	60,190
2011-12	55,418	54,704	56,226	55,398	1.00	57,637	56,894	58,477
2012-13	56,103	55,344	57,077	56,361	1.00	57,394	56,618	58,391
2013-14	56,610	56,395	56,886	57,081	0.99	57,022	56,806	57,300
2014-15	57,379	57,225	57,609	—	—	57,379	57,225	57,609

—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.

3 Teachers at schools that are classified as elementary by state and local practice and composed of any span of grades not above grade 8. Preschool or kindergarten schools are included only if they are an integral part of an elementary school or a regularly established school system.

4 Teachers at schools comprising any span of grades beginning with the next grade following an elementary or middle school (usually 7, 8, or 9) and ending with or below grade 12. Includes both junior high schools and senior high schools.

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 2014-15; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved September 2, 2015, from http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=1&isuri=1. (This table was prepared September 2015.)