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| Table 211.30. | Average base salary for full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers with a bachelor's degree as their highest degree, by years of teaching experience and state: Selected years, 1993-94 through 2011-12 |
| [Amounts in current dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| State | 1993-94, total | 1999-2000, total | 2003-04, total | 2007-08 | 2011-12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Years of full- and part-time teaching experience1 | Total | Years of full- and part-time teaching experience1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 or fewer years | Over 20 years | 2 or fewer years | 3 to 5 years | 6 to 10 years | 11 to 20 years | Over 20 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| United States | $30,150 | (97) | $35,310 | (116) | $39,200 | (300) | $43,650 | (220) | $36,520 | (258) | $54,010 | (449) | $46,340 | (225) | $37,660 | (299) | $39,630 | (245) | $43,800 | (416) | $50,250 | (441) | $56,620 | (591) |
| Alabama | 24,450 | (151) | 31,300 | (210) | 32,750 | (256) | 39,210 | (381) | 34,970 | (413) | 44,260 | (1,155) | 41,010 | (641) | 34,760 | (716) | 38,120 | (831) | 40,130 | (603) | 43,670 | (1,235) | 46,810 | (978) |
| Alaska | 42,620 | (308) | 42,170 | (269) | 46,160 | (720) | 51,950 | (747) | 40,420 | (772) | 63,190 | (1,761) | 58,800 | (2,016) | 47,650 | (1,747) | 50,750 | (2,405) | ‡ | (†) | 64,830 | (2,444) | ‡ | (†) |
| Arizona | 28,050 | (347) | 30,110 | (491) | 33,370 | (556) | 36,880 | (571) | 33,660 | (425) | 45,520 | (1,603) | 36,960 | (644) | 32,850 | (561) | 34,810 | (877) | 35,490 | (792) | 40,340 | (707) | 46,640 | (3,131) |
| Arkansas | 24,970 | (199) | 29,810 | (345) | 32,710 | (328) | 40,220 | (418) | 33,030 | (632) | 44,680 | (885) | 41,830 | (1,073) | 37,000 | (1,398) | 36,200 | (1,204) | 39,440 | (1,182) | 43,580 | (975) | 47,580 | (2,923) |
| California | 37,330 | (412) | 41,930 | (301) | 51,210 | (704) | 56,950 | (966) | 44,450 | (1,086) | 72,670 | (1,185) | 62,010 | (1,031) | 43,600 | (1,288) | 48,240 | (904) | 57,270 | (2,304) | 66,220 | (1,085) | 73,690 | (1,765) |
| Colorado | 27,590 | (391) | 32,180 | (428) | 36,140 | (699) | 38,090 | (884) | 32,970 | (690) | 47,260 | (2,809) | 40,770 | (1,284) | 33,020 | (940) | 34,780 | (677) | 40,280 | (1,164) | 47,250 | (2,553) | ‡ | (†) |
| Connecticut | 40,510 | (645) | 38,530 | (883) | 48,380 | (1,997) | 49,700 | (1,286) | 40,600 | (864) | ‡ | (†) | 53,300 | (1,578) | ‡ | (†) | 45,860 | (1,417) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Delaware | 31,400 | (375) | 37,620 | (893) | 41,210 | (991) | 45,880 | (960) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 47,000 | (1,504) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| District of Columbia | 37,690 | (645) | 40,980 | (593) | 48,350 | (1,290) | 54,970 | (2,025) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Florida | 28,970 | (229) | 33,650 | (407) | 36,460 | (624) | 41,640 | (554) | 36,080 | (528) | 55,120 | (1,165) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Georgia | 25,650 | (215) | 33,610 | (373) | 37,160 | (490) | 41,640 | (760) | 34,580 | (573) | 54,300 | (1,189) | 42,490 | (1,032) | 38,120 | (4,553) | 37,790 | (859) | 40,560 | (961) | 45,060 | (947) | 49,800 | (1,711) |
| Hawaii | 34,060 | (460) | 36,710 | (533) | 39,250 | (887) | 45,380 | (922) | 37,960 | (1,431) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Idaho | 24,610 | (252) | 31,500 | (208) | 36,150 | (627) | 39,870 | (609) | 31,030 | (635) | 48,350 | (1,088) | 38,680 | (794) | 30,520 | (322) | 33,300 | (2,395) | 32,720 | (624) | 42,490 | (954) | 47,460 | (1,094) |
| Illinois | 29,480 | (277) | 35,250 | (563) | 38,730 | (791) | 42,740 | (836) | 36,020 | (940) | 53,120 | (1,949) | 45,660 | (1,156) | 37,400 | (1,444) | 40,650 | (1,109) | 46,510 | (1,716) | 52,110 | (2,977) | 54,570 | (2,448) |
| Indiana | 25,400 | (329) | 30,760 | (296) | 34,600 | (640) | 38,670 | (786) | 32,910 | (445) | ‡ | (†) | 42,900 | (1,489) | 33,850 | (820) | 36,240 | (599) | 39,340 | (1,124) | 47,820 | (1,438) | ‡ | (†) |
| Iowa | 24,950 | (319) | 28,910 | (279) | 33,600 | (696) | 35,240 | (500) | 28,510 | (873) | 40,470 | (940) | 41,040 | (759) | 32,760 | (1,816) | 36,140 | (852) | 39,600 | (1,206) | 45,230 | (1,405) | 45,070 | (1,869) |
| Kansas | 25,930 | (135) | 29,430 | (264) | 32,290 | (326) | 37,160 | (476) | 34,430 | (554) | 41,830 | (968) | 38,120 | (438) | 35,800 | (980) | 35,470 | (472) | 37,410 | (867) | 39,170 | (673) | 42,480 | (1,147) |
| Kentucky | 24,910 | (457) | 27,720 | (358) | 31,610 | (468) | 35,640 | (608) | 33,460 | (1,011) | ‡ | (†) | 38,840 | (896) | 35,990 | (792) | 36,670 | (445) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Louisiana | 22,520 | (159) | 28,020 | (476) | 32,590 | (489) | 39,880 | (462) | 36,170 | (885) | 44,780 | (1,014) | 43,040 | (614) | 39,110 | (829) | 39,560 | (1,089) | 42,490 | (1,153) | 44,100 | (975) | 47,560 | (957) |
| Maine | 28,550 | (330) | 34,690 | (775) | 36,650 | (606) | 38,770 | (651) | 31,200 | (597) | 46,260 | (1,321) | 43,710 | (1,023) | ‡ | (†) | 34,410 | (1,621) | 37,650 | (1,055) | 44,490 | (819) | 52,640 | (1,293) |
| Maryland | 33,520 | (476) | 37,760 | (683) | 42,960 | (1,313) | 50,680 | (1,213) | 41,270 | (492) | 67,040 | (1,434) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Massachusetts | 34,340 | (309) | 40,410 | (464) | 43,930 | (964) | 50,880 | (917) | 37,000 | (819) | 58,670 | (2,062) | 56,360 | (2,123) | ‡ | (†) | 46,880 | (3,022) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Michigan | 37,170 | (670) | 39,950 | (838) | 45,230 | (682) | 47,440 | (1,612) | 35,320 | (761) | 58,460 | (1,811) | 47,260 | (1,588) | 36,320 | (1,449) | 38,000 | (808) | 45,550 | (1,937) | 58,260 | (2,276) | 60,740 | (2,401) |
| Minnesota | 31,010 | (419) | 35,270 | (685) | 39,030 | (566) | 41,760 | (593) | 33,380 | (585) | 52,210 | (870) | 45,250 | (1,184) | 35,960 | (2,657) | 37,070 | (888) | 41,460 | (2,065) | 48,020 | (1,136) | 55,470 | (2,190) |
| Mississippi | 22,640 | (106) | 28,000 | (186) | 31,890 | (425) | 36,610 | (344) | 32,660 | (428) | 43,780 | (809) | 36,030 | (520) | 31,850 | (772) | 33,480 | (487) | 34,080 | (658) | 39,220 | (802) | 44,490 | (1,504) |
| Missouri | 23,510 | (286) | 28,020 | (378) | 31,340 | (547) | 34,730 | (553) | 31,190 | (658) | 40,190 | (1,383) | 36,640 | (941) | 36,260 | (2,740) | 33,990 | (860) | 35,560 | (1,270) | 38,050 | (1,719) | 42,310 | (1,989) |
| Montana | 24,070 | (199) | 27,920 | (256) | 31,870 | (522) | 35,880 | (597) | 26,620 | (556) | 43,490 | (992) | 38,470 | (1,155) | 28,390 | (1,190) | 30,120 | (1,240) | 35,710 | (1,469) | 40,280 | (1,521) | 48,760 | (1,671) |
| Nebraska | 22,580 | (388) | 26,090 | (254) | 30,300 | (435) | 34,190 | (805) | 29,180 | (320) | 37,720 | (1,423) | 38,670 | (912) | 34,050 | (1,138) | 34,290 | (814) | 34,750 | (1,170) | 40,890 | (1,255) | 44,010 | (1,934) |
| Nevada | 29,350 | (285) | 34,470 | (434) | 35,970 | (700) | 40,060 | (619) | 34,010 | (476) | 48,800 | (2,143) | 45,100 | (1,913) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 43,040 | (1,373) | 51,070 | (2,942) | ‡ | (†) |
| New Hampshire | 31,280 | (437) | 34,210 | (542) | 38,800 | (644) | 43,910 | (843) | 33,670 | (1,166) | 51,550 | (1,158) | 48,320 | (1,394) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 43,040 | (1,902) | 50,790 | (1,620) | 56,540 | (1,921) |
| New Jersey | 41,330 | (744) | 46,720 | (653) | 49,780 | (1,049) | 54,580 | (1,091) | 45,280 | (1,053) | 72,790 | (2,571) | 61,120 | (1,391) | 49,180 | (1,123) | 48,780 | (733) | 54,380 | (1,314) | 65,290 | (2,265) | 78,390 | (3,286) |
| New Mexico | 25,260 | (224) | 29,290 | (363) | 34,310 | (470) | 39,830 | (596) | 32,470 | (878) | 46,440 | (1,532) | 41,460 | (747) | 34,580 | (1,921) | 36,690 | (1,632) | 42,620 | (851) | 42,510 | (1,443) | 46,730 | (991) |
| New York | 39,650 | (1,152) | 41,600 | (1,094) | 42,630 | (1,074) | 48,520 | (2,004) | 42,660 | (1,249) | ‡ | (†) | 60,460 | (2,704) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| North Carolina | 26,010 | (220) | 31,920 | (331) | 33,650 | (479) | 37,050 | (469) | 30,910 | (511) | 48,020 | (845) | 37,660 | (545) | 31,810 | (678) | 32,040 | (915) | 35,270 | (640) | 39,560 | (817) | 46,260 | (1,192) |
| North Dakota | 22,450 | (193) | 25,910 | (279) | 30,870 | (490) | 34,790 | (695) | 27,190 | (473) | 38,730 | (1,122) | 40,470 | (1,666) | 33,190 | (767) | 35,180 | (711) | 37,650 | (1,015) | 43,820 | (2,066) | 45,120 | (2,858) |
| Ohio | 30,370 | (399) | 35,120 | (583) | 41,600 | (891) | 41,670 | (1,567) | 34,750 | (1,520) | 54,800 | (1,607) | 46,070 | (1,116) | 34,620 | (1,272) | 36,760 | (700) | 42,440 | (1,685) | 51,220 | (1,728) | 60,010 | (2,090) |
| Oklahoma | 24,880 | (108) | 27,400 | (224) | 31,190 | (211) | 35,880 | (226) | 32,180 | (435) | 41,200 | (444) | 36,700 | (371) | 32,770 | (983) | 33,330 | (467) | 33,790 | (407) | 37,950 | (419) | 42,750 | (1,085) |
| Oregon | 31,310 | (440) | 38,370 | (613) | 42,430 | (865) | 46,930 | (1,282) | 31,870 | (592) | 53,560 | (1,750) | 51,260 | (1,653) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 52,280 | (2,286) | 58,100 | (1,756) |
| Pennsylvania | 37,260 | (523) | 42,620 | (826) | 44,250 | (963) | 47,780 | (1,162) | 39,350 | (946) | 63,200 | (1,836) | 54,210 | (1,485) | 42,220 | (887) | 43,840 | (1,371) | 46,530 | (1,678) | 57,480 | (2,366) | 72,640 | (2,771) |
| Rhode Island | 38,000 | (522) | 43,900 | (357) | 49,360 | (834) | 56,680 | (1,362) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| South Carolina | 25,120 | (280) | 29,820 | (300) | 34,950 | (483) | 37,150 | (606) | 31,270 | (504) | 45,790 | (973) | 39,380 | (1,077) | 32,820 | (686) | 33,120 | (623) | 36,030 | (1,076) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| South Dakota | 22,000 | (186) | 26,000 | (230) | 29,360 | (301) | 32,180 | (445) | 27,400 | (406) | 36,360 | (754) | 34,870 | (601) | 32,760 | (2,575) | 30,670 | (627) | 32,010 | (494) | 34,980 | (905) | 38,740 | (1,289) |
| Tennessee | 25,650 | (291) | 30,830 | (378) | 34,510 | (432) | 37,420 | (553) | 32,990 | (481) | 43,400 | (1,363) | 39,420 | (877) | 34,420 | (2,755) | 37,380 | (1,322) | 38,740 | (1,120) | 41,100 | (924) | 45,900 | (1,820) |
| Texas | 26,950 | (295) | 34,770 | (386) | 38,140 | (278) | 42,890 | (480) | 38,850 | (698) | 48,900 | (767) | 46,820 | (440) | 40,910 | (959) | 43,610 | (570) | 44,910 | (586) | 47,770 | (630) | 54,560 | (1,193) |
| Utah | 25,800 | (195) | 31,810 | (375) | 35,160 | (525) | 38,570 | (863) | 30,500 | (760) | 49,260 | (1,218) | 39,740 | (1,087) | 29,840 | (1,916) | 34,160 | (418) | 38,400 | (1,115) | 44,990 | (1,057) | 55,210 | (1,497) |
| Vermont | 29,750 | (494) | 33,470 | (733) | 39,040 | (840) | 43,430 | (1,005) | ‡ | (†) | 52,240 | (1,222) | 48,240 | (1,416) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 51,520 | (2,057) | 54,000 | (2,211) |
| Virginia | 29,410 | (378) | 34,060 | (424) | 37,520 | (583) | 43,440 | (569) | 37,120 | (1,009) | 54,320 | (1,391) | 44,860 | (999) | 37,860 | (983) | 37,780 | (706) | 41,270 | (1,181) | 46,500 | (2,073) | 54,180 | (1,546) |
| Washington | 33,150 | (490) | 36,330 | (359) | 40,040 | (916) | 44,650 | (905) | 34,520 | (1,041) | 54,330 | (1,426) | 45,590 | (1,439) | ‡ | (†) | 38,660 | (1,301) | 40,770 | (845) | 52,090 | (2,118) | 53,450 | (4,050) |
| West Virginia | 26,980 | (183) | 30,040 | (246) | 32,980 | (344) | 34,410 | (475) | 28,620 | (553) | 39,880 | (846) | 38,360 | (646) | 32,120 | (675) | 34,050 | (897) | 36,650 | (790) | 40,140 | (1,166) | 46,570 | (1,158) |
| Wisconsin | 31,490 | (351) | 35,470 | (331) | 37,150 | (634) | 41,390 | (859) | 32,090 | (781) | 50,110 | (1,434) | 42,790 | (840) | 34,010 | (776) | 37,430 | (1,048) | 42,710 | (1,509) | 45,730 | (1,506) | 54,430 | (1,486) |
| Wyoming | 27,310 | (247) | 29,470 | (248) | 34,080 | (576) | 45,750 | (543) | 38,570 | (797) | 51,150 | (1,111) | 50,610 | (1,105) | ‡ | (†) | 47,530 | (1,083) | 48,840 | (1,458) | 52,250 | (1,189) | 55,710 | (2,807) |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. Data may be suppressed because the response rate is under 50 percent, there are too few cases for a reliable estimate, or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Teachers were asked how many school years they had worked as a teacher. They were also asked how many of their teaching years were full time and how many were part time. Throughout this table, all school years are counted, regardless of whether teachers taught full time or part time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: This table includes regular full-time teachers only; it excludes other staff even when they have full-time teaching duties (regular part-time teachers, itinerant teachers, long-term substitutes, administrators, library media specialists, other professional staff, and support staff). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, 2007-08, and 2011-12; and "Public Charter School Teacher Data File," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared June 2018.) |
