Table 211.60.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2015-16

State	Current dollars							Constant 2015-16 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2009-10	2014-15	2015-16	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2009-10	2014-15	2015-16	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2015-16
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
United States	$8,626	$15,970	$31,367	$41,807	$55,202	$57,420	$58,064	$54,411	$49,016	$58,862	$58,843	$60,688	$57,808	$58,064	-1.3
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	47,571	48,611	49,781	43,006	40,084	46,591	51,639	52,299	48,939	49,781	-3.6
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	59,672	66,755	67,443	66,610	83,514	80,979	65,395	65,603	67,206	67,443	3.1
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	46,952	45,406	45,477	54,947	46,204	55,174	51,939	51,618	45,713	45,477	-12.4
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	46,700	47,823	48,220	39,783	37,749	41,945	46,990	51,341	48,146	48,220	2.6
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	68,203	72,535	72,842	65,065	55,308	71,305	67,109	74,981	73,025	72,842	8.5
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	49,202	49,828	50,039	48,955	49,737	57,719	53,714	54,092	50,165	50,039	-6.8
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	64,350	71,709	72,013	58,422	49,811	75,927	72,880	70,746	72,193	72,013	-1.2
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	57,080	59,195	59,085	56,864	49,562	62,634	62,542	62,753	59,595	59,085	-5.5
District of       Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	64,548	75,490	75,810	64,875	68,107	72,063	66,259	70,963	76,000	75,810	14.4
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	46,708	48,992	49,199	53,061	43,427	54,050	51,686	51,350	49,323	49,199	-4.8
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	53,112	53,382	54,190	45,895	42,518	52,555	57,739	58,391	53,743	54,190	-6.1
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	55,063	57,189	57,431	59,627	61,139	60,138	57,113	60,536	57,575	57,431	0.6
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	46,283	45,218	45,409	43,460	41,775	44,776	50,032	50,883	45,524	45,409	-9.2
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	62,077	61,083	61,342	60,359	54,022	61,540	65,428	68,247	61,496	61,342	-6.2
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	49,986	50,877	50,715	55,716	47,877	57,989	58,903	54,954	51,221	50,715	-13.9
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	49,626	53,408	54,416	52,701	46,662	50,192	50,216	54,558	53,769	54,416	8.4
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	46,657	48,990	49,197	48,015	42,018	53,940	49,235	51,294	49,321	49,197	-0.1
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	49,543	51,155	51,666	43,858	44,565	49,338	51,204	54,467	51,501	51,666	0.9
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	48,903	47,886	46,733	44,331	42,233	45,600	46,600	53,763	48,210	46,733	0.3
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	46,106	50,017	50,229	47,762	40,118	50,444	50,052	50,688	50,355	50,229	0.4
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	63,971	65,477	66,482	59,186	53,890	68,155	61,997	70,329	65,919	66,482	7.2
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	69,273	75,398	76,981	55,281	52,954	65,139	65,561	76,158	75,907	76,981	17.4
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	57,958	63,856	63,878	61,980	60,351	69,568	69,029	63,718	64,287	63,878	-7.5
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	52,431	56,670	56,910	54,613	48,838	60,406	56,021	57,642	57,053	56,910	1.6
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	45,644	42,564	42,744	36,572	36,371	45,585	44,838	50,180	42,852	42,744	-4.7
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	45,317	47,409	47,849	49,194	41,993	50,843	50,185	49,821	47,729	47,849	-4.7
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	45,759	50,670	51,215	47,977	44,618	47,066	45,210	50,307	51,012	51,215	13.3
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	46,227	50,525	51,364	46,520	41,484	47,893	46,781	50,821	50,866	51,364	9.8
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	51,524	56,703	56,943	58,126	50,013	57,404	55,441	56,645	57,086	56,943	2.7
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	51,443	58,554	58,802	49,018	39,952	54,394	53,110	56,556	58,950	58,802	10.7
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	65,130	69,038	69,330	57,590	52,671	66,948	73,210	71,603	69,504	69,330	-5.3
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	46,258	46,625	47,163	49,175	45,692	46,456	45,819	50,855	46,940	47,163	2.9
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	71,633	77,628	77,957	65,197	60,808	73,045	71,810	78,752	78,152	77,957	8.6
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	46,850	47,819	47,985	47,270	43,329	52,324	55,461	51,506	48,142	47,985	-13.5
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	42,964	50,025	50,237	42,237	40,707	43,191	42,032	47,234	50,363	50,237	19.5
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	55,958	56,172	56,410	52,354	46,864	58,582	58,321	61,519	56,552	56,410	-3.3
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	47,691	45,317	44,921	43,410	40,229	43,292	44,051	52,431	45,623	44,921	2.0
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	55,224	59,811	60,064	55,622	49,924	57,873	59,587	60,713	60,215	60,064	0.8
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	59,156	64,447	64,991	55,874	50,689	62,561	68,011	65,035	64,882	64,991	-4.4
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	59,686	65,918	66,197	55,357	55,253	67,663	66,210	65,618	66,363	66,197	#
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	47,508	48,486	48,542	43,694	40,094	51,074	50,784	52,230	48,814	48,542	-4.4
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	38,837	40,934	42,025	40,389	37,899	39,971	40,917	42,697	41,211	42,025	2.7
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	46,290	47,979	48,708	44,470	42,883	50,765	51,131	50,891	48,303	48,708	-4.7
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	48,261	50,713	51,758	45,763	43,375	51,598	52,875	53,058	51,056	51,758	-2.1
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	45,885	45,848	46,042	48,217	45,759	44,448	49,186	50,445	46,158	46,042	-6.4
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	49,084	57,642	58,901	50,260	38,316	54,443	53,144	53,962	58,031	58,901	10.8
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	50,015	50,620	50,834	50,904	43,154	58,057	54,532	54,986	50,962	50,834	-6.8
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	53,003	52,502	52,539	58,189	57,763	57,154	57,767	58,271	52,857	52,539	-9.1
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	45,959	45,783	45,977	48,254	42,079	42,864	49,275	50,527	46,092	45,977	-6.7
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	51,264	54,535	54,766	56,536	49,126	59,902	57,922	56,359	54,903	54,766	-5.4
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	55,861	57,414	57,761	51,925	49,145	52,808	48,033	61,413	57,802	57,761	20.3

#Rounds to zero.

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. The CPI does not account for differences in inflation rates from state to state.

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, selected years, 1969-70 through 2015-16. (This table was prepared September 2016.)