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Table 211.60. Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2016-17
State Current dollars Constant 2016-17 dollars1
1969-70 1979-80 1989-90 1999-2000 2009-10 2015-16 2016-17 1969-70 1979-80 1989-90 1999-2000 2009-10 2015-16 2016-17 Percent change, 1999-2000 to
      2016-17
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 $58,353 $58,950 $55,411 $49,917 $59,944 $59,924 $61,804 $59,426 $58,950 -1.6
Alabama 6,818 13,060 24,828 36,689 47,571 48,518 48,868 43,797 40,821 47,448 52,588 53,260 49,410 48,868 -7.1
Alaska 10,560 27,210 43,153 46,462 59,672 67,443 68,138 67,834 85,050 82,468 66,597 66,809 68,684 68,138 2.3
Arizona 8,711 15,054 29,402 36,902 46,952 47,218 47,403 55,957 47,054 56,189 52,894 52,567 48,087 47,403 -10.4
Arkansas 6,307 12,299 22,352 33,386 46,700 48,218 48,616 40,514 38,443 42,716 47,854 52,285 49,105 48,616 1.6
California 10,315 18,020 37,998 47,680 68,203 77,179 78,711 66,261 56,325 72,616 68,342 76,360 78,599 78,711 15.2
                               
Colorado 7,761 16,205 30,758 38,163 49,202 46,155 46,506 49,854 50,652 58,780 54,701 55,086 47,004 46,506 -15.0
Connecticut 9,262 16,229 40,461 51,780 64,350 72,013 72,561 59,496 50,727 77,323 74,219 72,046 73,338 72,561 -2.2
Delaware 9,015 16,148 33,377 44,435 57,080 59,960 60,214 57,910 50,473 63,785 63,691 63,907 61,063 60,214 -5.5
District of                              
Columbia 10,285 22,190 38,402 47,076 64,548 75,810 76,131 66,068 69,359 73,388 67,477 72,268 77,205 76,131 12.8
Florida 8,412 14,149 28,803 36,722 46,708 49,199 49,407 54,036 44,225 55,044 52,636 52,294 50,104 49,407 -6.1
                               
Georgia 7,276 13,853 28,006 41,023 53,112 54,190 54,602 46,739 43,300 53,521 58,801 59,464 55,187 54,602 -7.1
Hawaii 9,453 19,920 32,047 40,578 55,063 57,431 57,674 60,723 62,264 61,244 58,163 61,648 58,487 57,674 -0.8
Idaho 6,890 13,611 23,861 35,547 46,283 46,122 47,504 44,259 42,544 45,600 50,952 51,818 46,970 47,504 -6.8
Illinois 9,569 17,601 32,794 46,486 62,077 61,342 61,602 61,469 55,015 62,671 66,631 69,501 62,470 61,602 -7.5
Indiana 8,833 15,599 30,902 41,850 49,986 50,715 50,554 56,741 48,757 59,055 59,986 55,964 51,648 50,554 -15.7
                               
Iowa 8,355 15,203 26,747 35,678 49,626 54,416 55,443 53,670 47,520 51,115 51,139 55,561 55,417 55,443 8.4
Kansas 7,612 13,690 28,744 34,981 46,657 47,755 47,984 48,897 42,791 54,931 50,140 52,237 48,633 47,984 -4.3
Kentucky 6,953 14,520 26,292 36,380 49,543 52,134 52,339 44,664 45,385 50,245 52,146 55,468 53,093 52,339 0.4
Louisiana 7,028 13,760 24,300 33,109 48,903 49,745 50,000 45,146 43,009 46,439 47,457 54,752 50,660 50,000 5.4
Maine 7,572 13,071 26,881 35,561 46,106 50,498 51,077 48,640 40,856 51,371 50,972 51,620 51,427 51,077 0.2
                               
Maryland 9,383 17,558 36,319 44,048 63,971 66,456 66,961 60,274 54,881 69,408 63,137 71,622 67,678 66,961 6.1
Massachusetts 8,764 17,253 34,712 46,580 69,273 76,981 77,804 56,297 53,927 66,336 66,766 77,558 78,397 77,804 16.5
Michigan 9,826 19,663 37,072 49,044 57,958 62,028 62,200 63,119 61,460 70,847 70,298 64,890 63,169 62,200 -11.5
Minnesota 8,658 15,912 32,190 39,802 52,431 56,913 57,346 55,617 49,736 61,517 57,051 58,702 57,960 57,346 0.5
Mississippi 5,798 11,850 24,292 31,857 45,644 42,744 42,925 37,245 37,039 46,423 45,662 51,103 43,530 42,925 -6.0
                               
Missouri 7,799 13,682 27,094 35,656 45,317 47,957 48,293 50,099 42,766 51,778 51,108 50,737 48,839 48,293 -5.5
Montana 7,606 14,537 25,081 32,121 45,759 51,034 51,422 48,859 45,438 47,931 46,041 51,232 51,973 51,422 11.7
Nebraska 7,375 13,516 25,522 33,237 46,227 51,386 52,338 47,375 42,247 48,774 47,641 51,756 52,331 52,338 9.9
Nevada 9,215 16,295 30,590 39,390 51,524 56,943 57,376 59,195 50,933 58,459 56,460 57,686 57,990 57,376 1.6
New Hampshire 7,771 13,017 28,986 37,734 51,443 56,616 57,253 49,919 40,687 55,394 54,086 57,595 57,657 57,253 5.9
                               
New Jersey 9,130 17,161 35,676 52,015 65,130 69,330 69,623 58,649 53,640 68,179 74,556 72,919 70,605 69,623 -6.6
New Mexico 7,796 14,887 24,756 32,554 46,258 47,163 47,500 50,079 46,532 47,310 46,662 51,790 48,031 47,500 1.8
New York 10,336 19,812 38,925 51,020 71,633 79,152 79,637 66,396 61,926 74,388 73,130 80,200 80,608 79,637 8.9
North Carolina 7,494 14,117 27,883 39,404 46,850 47,941 49,837 48,139 44,125 53,286 56,480 52,453 48,823 49,837 -11.8
North Dakota 6,696 13,263 23,016 29,863 42,964 50,472 51,618 43,013 41,456 43,985 42,804 48,102 51,400 51,618 20.6
                               
Ohio 8,300 15,269 31,218 41,436 55,958 56,441 57,000 53,317 47,726 59,659 59,393 62,650 57,479 57,000 -4.0
Oklahoma 6,882 13,107 23,070 31,298 47,691 45,276 45,245 44,208 40,968 44,088 44,861 53,395 46,109 45,245 0.9
Oregon 8,818 16,266 30,840 42,336 55,224 60,359 61,631 56,644 50,842 58,937 60,683 61,829 61,469 61,631 1.6
Pennsylvania 8,858 16,515 33,338 48,321 59,156 65,151 65,863 56,901 51,621 63,711 69,261 66,231 66,349 65,863 -4.9
Rhode Island 8,776 18,002 36,057 47,041 59,686 66,197 66,477 56,375 56,269 68,907 67,427 66,824 67,415 66,477 -1.4
                               
South Carolina 6,927 13,063 27,217 36,081 47,508 48,769 48,598 44,497 40,831 52,013 51,717 53,190 49,666 48,598 -6.0
South Dakota 6,403 12,348 21,300 29,071 38,837 42,025 42,668 41,131 38,596 40,705 41,669 43,482 42,798 42,668 2.4
Tennessee 7,050 13,972 27,052 36,328 46,290 48,217 48,456 45,287 43,672 51,698 52,071 51,826 49,104 48,456 -6.9
Texas 7,255 14,132 27,496 37,567 48,261 51,890 52,575 46,604 44,172 52,546 53,847 54,033 52,845 52,575 -2.4
Utah 7,644 14,909 23,686 34,946 45,885 46,887 47,244 49,103 46,601 45,265 50,090 51,373 47,749 47,244 -5.7
                               
Vermont 7,968 12,484 29,012 37,758 49,084 58,901 60,187 51,184 39,021 55,443 54,121 54,954 59,984 60,187 11.2
Virginia 8,070 14,060 30,938 38,744 50,015 50,834 51,049 51,839 43,947 59,124 55,534 55,997 51,769 51,049 -8.1
Washington 9,225 18,820 30,457 41,043 53,003 53,738 54,147 59,259 58,825 58,205 58,829 59,342 54,727 54,147 -8.0
West Virginia 7,650 13,710 22,842 35,009 45,959 45,622 45,701 49,141 42,853 43,652 50,180 51,456 46,461 45,701 -8.9
Wisconsin 8,963 16,006 31,921 41,153 51,264 54,115 54,998 57,576 50,030 61,003 58,987 57,395 55,110 54,998 -6.8
Wyoming 8,232 16,012 28,141 34,127 55,861 58,140 58,650 52,880 50,048 53,779 48,916 62,542 59,209 58,650 19.9
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 2016-17. (This table was prepared August 2017.)

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