Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2016-17

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2016-17 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	$41,251	$39,764	$43,571
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	44,522	43,109	46,621
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	47,167	45,672	49,299
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	49,318	47,751	51,416
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	52,965	51,431	54,884
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	55,411	54,036	57,113
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	56,613	55,104	58,445
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	57,229	55,572	59,151
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	57,671	56,078	59,559
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	56,052	54,683	57,649
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	54,540	53,102	56,222
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	55,131	53,731	56,606
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	55,211	53,702	56,955
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	55,007	53,639	56,572
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	53,250	52,006	54,730
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	49,917	48,664	51,446
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	49,425	48,265	50,820
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	49,698	48,612	51,067
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	51,164	50,007	52,638
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	52,294	51,226	53,770
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	54,144	53,227	55,491
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	56,192	55,120	57,635
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	57,961	56,844	59,433
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	58,723	57,644	60,324
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	59,194	58,109	60,504
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	59,944	58,922	61,247
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	59,948	58,871	61,419
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	59,805	58,780	61,147
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	59,639	58,483	61,088
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	59,308	58,471	60,683
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	59,168	58,221	60,537
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	59,120	58,329	60,306
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	58,703	58,086	59,835
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,638	1.14	59,035	58,513	59,927
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,280	1.12	59,792	59,233	60,764
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	59,924	59,206	60,984
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,727	1.09	60,117	59,468	61,052
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,589	1.10	60,810	60,159	61,702
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,629	1.10	60,876	60,505	61,436
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,259	1.08	60,689	60,226	61,255
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,908	1.06	60,149	59,650	60,367
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,626	1.05	59,857	59,231	60,357
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,713	1.05	60,685	60,314	61,252
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,504	1.05	60,520	60,044	61,050
2008-09	54,319	53,998	54,552	51,409	1.06	61,404	61,041	61,667
2009-10	55,202	54,918	55,595	52,413	1.05	61,804	61,486	62,244
2010-11	55,623	55,217	56,225	53,975	1.03	61,050	60,604	61,710
2011-12	55,418	54,704	56,226	55,398	1.00	59,093	58,332	59,955
2012-13	56,103	55,344	57,077	56,356	1.00	58,844	58,048	59,866
2013-14	56,610	56,395	56,886	57,459	0.99	58,463	58,241	58,748
2014-15	57,420	57,092	57,678	59,126	0.97	58,871	58,534	59,135
2015-16	58,353	58,225	58,385	60,429	0.97	59,426	59,296	59,459
2016-17	58,950	58,773	58,978	—	—	58,950	58,773	58,978

—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 2016-17; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved August 10, 2017, from http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=3&isuri=1&903=201. (This table was prepared August 2017.)