Table 211.60.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2019-20

State	Current dollars							Constant 2019-20 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2009-10	2018-19	2019-20	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2009-10	2018-19	2019-20	Percent change, 1999- 2000 to 2019- 20
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	$62,304	$63,645	$58,739	$52,915	$63,544	$63,523	$65,715	$63,279	$63,645	0.2
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	47,571	52,009	54,095	46,427	43,273	50,297	55,747	56,459	52,823	54,095	-3.0
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	59,672	70,277	70,877	71,909	90,158	87,421	70,596	70,821	71,376	70,877	0.4
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	46,952	50,353	50,381	59,318	49,880	59,564	56,071	55,725	51,141	50,381	-10.1
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	46,700	49,438	49,822	42,948	40,752	45,281	50,728	55,425	50,211	49,822	-1.8
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	68,203	83,059	84,659	70,240	59,708	76,978	72,447	80,946	84,358	84,659	16.9
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	49,202	54,935	57,269	52,849	53,694	62,311	57,987	58,395	55,794	57,269	-1.2
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	64,350	76,465	78,247	63,070	53,773	81,967	78,677	76,373	77,661	78,247	-0.5
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	57,080	63,662	64,853	61,388	53,505	67,616	67,517	67,745	64,658	64,853	-3.9
District of Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	64,548	78,477	79,350	70,036	73,525	77,796	71,529	76,608	79,705	79,350	10.9
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	46,708	48,314	48,800	57,282	46,881	58,350	55,797	55,435	49,070	48,800	-12.5
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	53,112	57,095	60,578	49,546	45,901	56,735	62,332	63,036	57,988	60,578	-2.8
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	55,063	63,201	65,409	64,370	66,003	64,922	61,656	65,351	64,190	65,409	6.1
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	46,283	50,757	52,875	46,918	45,099	48,338	54,012	54,931	51,551	52,875	-2.1
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	62,077	67,049	68,305	65,160	58,319	66,435	70,633	73,676	68,098	68,305	-3.3
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	49,986	51,119	51,508	60,149	51,686	62,602	63,589	59,325	51,919	51,508	-19.0
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	49,626	57,489	58,917	56,894	50,374	54,185	54,211	58,898	58,388	58,917	8.7
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	46,657	51,082	52,554	51,834	45,361	58,231	53,152	55,374	51,881	52,554	-1.1
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	49,543	53,434	53,907	47,347	48,111	53,263	55,277	58,800	54,270	53,907	-2.5
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	48,903	50,288	50,217	47,857	45,593	49,228	50,307	58,040	51,075	50,217	-0.2
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	46,106	54,025	54,967	51,562	43,310	54,456	54,033	54,720	54,870	54,967	1.7
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	63,971	70,463	73,444	63,894	58,177	73,576	66,929	75,923	71,565	73,444	9.7
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	69,273	82,042	83,622	59,679	57,166	70,321	70,776	82,216	83,325	83,622	18.2
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	57,958	62,170	62,185	66,910	65,152	75,102	74,520	68,787	63,143	62,185	-16.6
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	52,431	58,221	58,663	58,957	52,723	65,212	60,477	62,227	59,132	58,663	-3.0
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	45,644	45,105	45,192	39,482	39,264	49,212	48,405	54,172	45,811	45,192	-6.6
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	45,317	50,019	50,817	53,108	45,334	54,888	54,177	53,784	50,801	50,817	-6.2
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	45,759	50,721	52,135	51,793	48,167	50,810	48,806	54,309	51,514	52,135	6.8
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	46,227	54,470	55,267	50,220	44,784	51,703	50,502	54,864	55,322	55,267	9.4
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	51,524	55,950	56,672	62,750	53,992	61,970	59,851	61,151	56,825	56,672	-5.3
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	51,443	59,182	60,003	52,917	43,131	58,721	57,335	61,055	60,108	60,003	4.7
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	65,130	74,760	76,376	62,171	56,861	72,274	79,034	77,299	75,930	76,376	-3.4
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	46,258	47,826	54,256	53,087	49,327	50,151	49,464	54,901	48,574	54,256	9.7
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	71,633	85,889	87,543	70,383	65,645	78,856	77,522	85,017	87,233	87,543	12.9
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	46,850	53,940	54,682	51,031	46,775	56,486	59,872	55,604	54,784	54,682	-8.7
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	42,964	53,434	52,328	45,597	43,946	46,627	45,375	50,991	54,270	52,328	15.3
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	55,958	59,713	59,713	56,519	50,592	63,242	62,960	66,413	60,647	59,713	-5.2
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	47,691	52,397	54,038	46,863	43,429	46,736	47,556	56,602	53,217	54,038	13.6
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	55,224	65,125	67,685	60,046	53,896	62,477	64,327	65,542	66,144	67,685	5.2
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	59,156	68,930	70,258	60,319	54,721	67,537	73,421	70,209	70,008	70,258	-4.3
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	59,686	67,040	67,323	59,760	59,648	73,045	71,476	70,838	68,089	67,323	-5.8
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	47,508	50,882	51,485	47,170	43,283	55,137	54,823	56,384	51,678	51,485	-6.1
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	38,837	48,204	49,220	43,601	40,914	43,150	44,172	46,093	48,958	49,220	11.4
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	46,290	51,349	51,862	48,007	46,295	54,803	55,198	54,939	52,152	51,862	-6.0
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	48,261	54,121	57,091	49,403	46,825	55,702	57,081	57,278	54,968	57,091	0.0
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	45,885	51,858	52,819	52,052	49,400	47,984	53,099	54,458	52,669	52,819	-0.5
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	49,084	60,672	61,108	54,258	41,365	58,773	57,371	58,255	61,621	61,108	6.5
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	50,015	53,267	53,933	54,953	46,587	62,675	58,869	59,360	54,100	53,933	-8.4
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	53,003	73,049	72,965	62,818	62,358	61,701	62,363	62,906	74,192	72,965	17.0
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	45,959	47,681	50,238	52,093	45,427	46,274	53,194	54,546	48,427	50,238	-5.6
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	51,264	58,277	59,176	61,034	53,034	64,667	62,530	60,842	59,189	59,176	-5.4
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	55,861	58,861	59,014	56,056	53,054	57,009	51,854	66,298	59,782	59,014	13.8

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 2020. (This table was prepared September 2020.)