Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2018-19

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2018-19 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	$43,055	$41,503	$45,477
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	46,469	44,995	48,660
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	49,230	47,669	51,455
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	51,474	49,839	53,665
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	55,281	53,680	57,285
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	57,834	56,399	59,611
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	59,088	57,514	61,001
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	59,732	58,002	61,738
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	60,193	58,531	62,163
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	58,503	57,074	60,171
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	56,926	55,424	58,681
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	57,542	56,081	59,081
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	57,625	56,050	59,446
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	57,412	55,985	59,046
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,808	1.09	55,578	54,281	57,124
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,051	1.06	52,100	50,792	53,695
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,462	1.07	51,586	50,376	53,042
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,838	1.08	51,871	50,738	53,300
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,962	1.09	53,402	52,194	54,940
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,892	1.10	54,581	53,466	56,121
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,840	1.13	56,512	55,554	57,918
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,767	1.16	58,650	57,530	60,156
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	60,495	59,330	62,032
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	61,291	60,165	62,962
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	61,783	60,650	63,150
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	62,566	61,498	63,926
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	62,569	61,446	64,105
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,207	1.21	62,421	61,351	63,821
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,266	1.20	62,247	61,040	63,759
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	29,956	1.19	61,901	61,028	63,337
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,726	1.19	61,756	60,768	63,184
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,732	1.19	61,706	60,879	62,943
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,057	1.16	61,271	60,627	62,452
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,651	1.14	61,617	61,072	62,547
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,280	1.12	62,407	61,823	63,421
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	62,545	61,796	63,651
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,729	1.09	62,746	62,069	63,722
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,600	1.10	63,469	62,790	64,400
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,659	1.10	63,538	63,151	64,122
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,303	1.07	63,343	62,860	63,934
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,957	1.06	62,779	62,259	63,007
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,690	1.05	62,474	61,822	62,996
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,816	1.05	63,339	62,952	63,931
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,649	1.04	63,167	62,670	63,720
2008-09	54,368	53,998	54,552	51,594	1.05	64,147	63,710	64,364
2009-10	55,370	54,918	55,595	52,512	1.05	64,703	64,175	64,966
2010-11	55,495	55,217	56,225	53,966	1.03	63,573	63,254	64,409
2011-12	55,871	54,704	56,226	55,391	1.01	62,182	60,883	62,577
2012-13	56,212	55,344	57,077	56,373	1.00	61,537	60,587	62,484
2013-14	56,826	56,395	56,886	57,501	0.99	61,252	60,788	61,317
2014-15	57,626	57,092	57,678	59,147	0.97	61,666	61,094	61,721
2015-16	58,316	58,225	58,385	60,382	0.97	61,986	61,889	62,059
2016-17	59,539	58,773	58,978	61,740	0.96	62,143	61,343	61,557
2017-18	60,477	---	---	63,674	0.95	61,730	---	---
2018-19	61,730	---	---	---	---	61,730	---	---

---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 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, 1960 through 2019; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved September 4, 2019, 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 2019.)