Table 211.60.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2018-19

State	Current dollars							Constant 2018-19 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999- 2000	2009-10	2017-18	2018-19	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999- 2000	2009-10	2017-18	2018-19	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2018-19
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	$55,370	$60,477	$61,730	$57,834	$52,100	$62,566	$62,545	$64,703	$61,730	$61,730	-1.3
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	47,571	50,568	50,810	45,712	42,607	49,523	54,888	55,590	51,616	50,810	-7.4
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	59,672	69,682	70,277	70,801	88,769	86,074	69,509	69,730	71,126	70,277	1.1
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	46,952	48,723	49,892	58,404	49,112	58,646	55,207	54,866	49,733	49,892	-9.6
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	46,700	50,544	51,019	42,286	40,124	44,584	49,947	54,572	51,591	51,019	2.1
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	68,203	80,680	82,282	69,158	58,788	75,792	71,331	79,699	82,352	82,282	15.4
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	49,202	52,701	53,301	52,035	52,867	61,351	57,093	57,496	53,793	53,301	-6.6
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	64,350	74,517	76,465	62,098	52,945	80,705	77,465	75,197	76,061	76,465	-1.3
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	57,080	61,795	62,308	60,442	52,681	66,575	66,477	66,701	63,076	62,308	-6.3
District of
Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	64,548	76,486	78,477	68,957	72,392	76,598	70,428	75,428	78,071	78,477	11.4
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	46,708	48,168	48,395	56,399	46,159	57,451	54,938	54,581	49,166	48,395	-11.9
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	53,112	56,329	57,137	48,783	45,194	55,862	61,372	62,065	57,496	57,137	-6.9
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	55,063	57,866	59,757	63,379	64,987	63,922	60,706	64,344	59,065	59,757	-1.6
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	46,283	49,225	50,757	46,195	44,404	47,594	53,180	54,084	50,245	50,757	-4.6
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	62,077	65,721	66,600	64,157	57,421	65,412	69,545	72,541	67,083	66,600	-4.2
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	49,986	50,614	50,937	59,222	50,890	61,638	62,609	58,412	51,663	50,937	-18.6
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	49,626	57,018	58,140	56,017	49,598	53,350	53,376	57,991	58,200	58,140	8.9
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	46,657	49,754	49,800	51,036	44,662	57,334	52,333	54,522	50,785	49,800	-4.8
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	49,543	52,952	53,434	46,617	47,370	52,443	54,426	57,894	54,049	53,434	-1.8
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	48,903	50,359	50,923	47,120	44,890	48,469	49,532	57,146	51,403	50,923	2.8
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	46,106	53,815	54,974	50,768	42,643	53,618	53,201	53,878	54,930	54,974	3.3
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	63,971	69,627	70,463	62,910	57,281	72,443	65,898	74,754	71,070	70,463	6.9
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	69,273	80,357	82,042	58,760	56,286	69,238	69,686	80,950	82,022	82,042	17.7
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	57,958	61,911	61,825	65,880	64,148	73,945	73,372	67,727	63,194	61,825	-15.7
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	52,431	57,782	58,221	58,049	51,911	64,207	59,545	61,269	58,979	58,221	-2.2
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	45,644	44,926	45,574	38,874	38,659	48,454	47,659	53,338	45,857	45,574	-4.4
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	45,317	49,304	50,064	52,290	44,636	54,042	53,343	52,956	50,326	50,064	-6.1
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	45,759	52,776	54,034	50,996	47,425	50,027	48,054	53,472	53,870	54,034	12.4
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	46,227	54,213	54,506	49,447	44,094	50,907	49,724	54,019	55,336	54,506	9.6
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	51,524	54,280	54,280	61,783	53,160	61,016	58,929	60,209	55,405	54,280	-7.9
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	51,443	57,833	58,146	52,102	42,466	57,816	56,452	60,114	59,031	58,146	3.0
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	65,130	69,917	70,212	61,213	55,986	71,160	77,817	76,108	71,366	70,212	-9.8
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	46,258	47,152	47,826	52,269	48,567	49,379	48,702	54,055	48,129	47,826	-1.8
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	71,633	84,227	85,889	69,299	64,634	77,641	76,328	83,708	85,972	85,889	12.5
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	46,850	51,231	53,975	50,245	46,055	55,616	58,950	54,747	52,293	53,975	-8.4
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	42,964	52,850	53,434	44,894	43,269	45,908	44,676	50,206	53,945	53,434	19.6
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	55,958	58,000	57,799	55,649	49,813	62,268	61,990	65,390	59,202	57,799	-6.8
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	47,691	46,300	52,412	46,141	42,760	46,016	46,823	55,730	47,259	52,412	11.9
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	55,224	63,061	64,385	59,122	53,066	61,514	63,336	64,533	64,368	64,385	1.7
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	59,156	67,535	68,141	59,390	53,878	66,497	72,290	69,127	68,935	68,141	-5.7
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	59,686	66,758	67,040	58,840	58,729	71,920	70,375	69,747	68,141	67,040	-4.7
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	47,508	50,182	50,395	46,443	42,616	54,288	53,979	55,516	51,222	50,395	-6.6
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	38,837	47,631	48,786	42,930	40,284	42,486	43,491	45,383	48,618	48,786	12.2
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	46,290	50,900	51,714	47,268	45,582	53,959	54,348	54,093	51,955	51,714	-4.8
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	48,261	53,334	54,155	48,642	46,104	54,844	56,202	56,396	54,439	54,155	-3.6
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	45,885	49,655	50,342	51,250	48,639	47,245	52,281	53,619	50,684	50,342	-3.7
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	49,084	60,556	61,027	53,423	40,727	57,868	56,488	57,358	61,811	61,027	8.0
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	50,015	51,994	52,466	54,106	45,869	61,710	57,963	58,446	53,071	52,466	-9.5
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	53,003	55,693	72,965	61,850	61,398	60,750	61,402	61,937	56,847	72,965	18.8
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	45,959	45,642	47,681	51,291	44,727	45,561	52,375	53,706	46,588	47,681	-9.0
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	51,264	51,469	51,453	60,094	52,218	63,671	61,567	59,905	52,536	51,453	-16.4
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	55,861	58,352	58,618	55,193	52,237	56,131	51,055	65,277	59,561	58,618	14.8

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. For more information about adjusting for differences in the cost of living from state to state, see the American Community Survey Comparable Wage Index for Teachers (ACS-CWIFT) at https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Docs/EDGE_ACS_CWIFT2015_FILEDOC.pdf.

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, 1970 through 2019. (This table was prepared September 2019.)