Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2017-18

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers’ salary in constant 2017-18 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	$42,180	$40,660	$44,553
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	45,526	44,081	47,672
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	48,230	46,702	50,410
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	50,429	48,827	52,576
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	54,159	52,590	56,122
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	56,660	55,254	58,401
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	57,889	56,346	59,763
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	58,519	56,825	60,485
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	58,971	57,342	60,901
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	57,315	55,915	58,949
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	55,770	54,299	57,490
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	56,374	54,942	57,882
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	56,455	54,912	58,239
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	56,247	54,848	57,847
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,807	1.09	54,450	53,179	55,964
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,050	1.06	51,042	49,761	52,605
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,461	1.07	50,539	49,353	51,965
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,795	1.08	50,818	49,708	52,218
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,873	1.10	52,318	51,134	53,824
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,781	1.11	53,473	52,381	54,982
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,694	1.14	55,365	54,426	56,742
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,685	1.16	57,459	56,362	58,934
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	59,267	58,125	60,773
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	60,047	58,944	61,683
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	60,529	59,419	61,868
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	61,295	60,250	62,628
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	61,299	60,199	62,804
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,169	1.21	61,154	60,105	62,525
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,245	1.20	60,983	59,801	62,465
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	30,030	1.19	60,645	59,789	62,051
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,857	1.19	60,502	59,534	61,901
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,822	1.18	60,453	59,643	61,665
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,058	1.16	60,027	59,396	61,184
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,637	1.14	60,366	59,832	61,277
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,280	1.12	61,140	60,568	62,133
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	61,275	60,541	62,358
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,729	1.09	61,472	60,809	62,428
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,600	1.10	62,180	61,515	63,093
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,659	1.10	62,248	61,869	62,820
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,303	1.07	62,057	61,583	62,636
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,957	1.06	61,505	60,995	61,727
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,690	1.05	61,206	60,566	61,717
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,816	1.05	62,053	61,674	62,633
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,649	1.04	61,884	61,398	62,426
2008-09	54,368	53,998	54,552	51,594	1.05	62,845	62,417	63,057
2009-10	55,280	54,918	55,595	52,512	1.05	63,287	62,872	63,647
2010-11	55,628	55,217	56,225	53,966	1.03	62,431	61,970	63,101
2011-12	55,497	54,704	56,226	55,391	1.00	60,511	59,647	61,306
2012-13	56,173	55,344	57,077	56,373	1.00	60,246	59,357	61,215
2013-14	56,805	56,395	56,886	57,509	0.99	59,987	59,554	60,072
2014-15	57,754	57,092	57,678	59,149	0.98	60,548	59,854	60,468
2015-16	58,479	58,225	58,385	60,371	0.97	60,897	60,633	60,799
2016-17	59,660	58,773	58,978	61,773	0.97	61,005	60,098	60,307
2017-18	60,483	—	—	—	—	60,483	—	—

—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 2017-18; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved September 12, 2018, from https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?reqid=19&step=2#reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&1921=survey. (This table was prepared September 2018.)