Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2019-20

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2019-20 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	$43,728	$42,152	$46,188
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	47,196	45,699	49,421
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	50,000	48,415	52,260
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	52,280	50,619	54,505
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	56,146	54,520	58,181
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	58,739	57,282	60,544
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	60,013	58,413	61,955
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	60,666	58,910	62,704
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	61,135	59,446	63,136
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	59,418	57,967	61,112
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	57,816	56,291	59,599
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	58,442	56,958	60,005
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	58,527	56,927	60,376
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	58,310	56,861	59,970
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,808	1.09	56,448	55,130	58,018
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,051	1.06	52,915	51,586	54,535
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,462	1.07	52,393	51,164	53,872
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,838	1.08	52,683	51,532	54,134
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,962	1.09	54,237	53,011	55,799
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,892	1.10	55,435	54,303	56,999
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,840	1.13	57,396	56,423	58,824
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,767	1.16	59,567	58,430	61,097
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	61,442	60,258	63,003
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	62,250	61,107	63,947
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	62,750	61,599	64,138
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	63,544	62,460	64,926
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	63,548	62,407	65,108
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,207	1.21	63,397	62,310	64,819
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,266	1.20	63,221	61,995	64,756
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	29,956	1.19	62,870	61,983	64,328
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,726	1.19	62,722	61,718	64,172
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,732	1.19	62,671	61,832	63,928
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,057	1.16	62,229	61,575	63,429
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,651	1.14	62,581	62,028	63,526
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,280	1.12	63,383	62,790	64,413
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	63,523	62,762	64,646
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,729	1.09	63,727	63,040	64,719
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,600	1.10	64,462	63,772	65,407
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,659	1.10	64,532	64,139	65,125
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,303	1.07	64,334	63,843	64,934
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,957	1.06	63,761	63,233	63,992
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,690	1.05	63,452	62,789	63,982
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,816	1.05	64,330	63,936	64,931
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,649	1.04	64,155	63,651	64,716
2008-09	54,368	53,998	54,552	51,594	1.05	65,151	64,707	65,371
2009-10	55,370	54,918	55,595	52,512	1.05	65,715	65,179	65,982
2010-11	55,759	55,217	56,225	53,966	1.03	64,874	64,244	65,417
2011-12	56,043	54,704	56,226	55,391	1.01	63,349	61,835	63,556
2012-13	56,360	55,344	57,077	56,373	1.00	62,664	61,535	63,461
2013-14	57,060	56,395	56,886	57,501	0.99	62,467	61,739	62,276
2014-15	57,748	57,092	57,678	59,167	0.98	62,763	62,050	62,687
2015-16	58,492	58,225	58,385	60,433	0.97	63,146	62,857	63,030
2016-17	59,752	58,773	58,978	61,814	0.97	63,341	62,303	62,520
2017-18	60,768	---	---	63,736	0.95	62,998	---	---
2018-19	62,304	---	---	65,747	0.95	63,279	---	---
2019-20	63,645	---	---	---	---	63,645	---	---

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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 2020; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved August 28, 2020, 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 2020.)