Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2020-21

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2020-21 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	$44,735	$43,123	$47,251
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	48,283	46,750	50,559
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	51,151	49,530	53,463
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	53,483	51,784	55,759
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	57,439	55,775	59,520
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	60,091	58,600	61,937
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	61,394	59,758	63,381
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	62,063	60,266	64,147
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	62,542	60,815	64,589
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	60,786	59,301	62,518
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	59,147	57,587	60,971
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	59,788	58,269	61,387
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	59,874	58,237	61,766
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	59,653	58,169	61,350
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,808	1.09	57,747	56,399	59,353
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,051	1.06	54,133	52,774	55,791
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,462	1.07	53,599	52,342	55,112
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,838	1.08	53,895	52,718	55,380
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,962	1.09	55,486	54,231	57,084
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,892	1.10	56,711	55,553	58,311
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,840	1.13	58,717	57,722	60,178
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,767	1.16	60,938	59,775	62,503
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	62,856	61,645	64,453
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	63,683	62,513	65,419
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	64,194	63,017	65,614
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	65,007	63,898	66,420
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	65,011	63,844	66,607
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,207	1.21	64,857	63,745	66,311
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,266	1.20	64,676	63,422	66,247
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	29,956	1.19	64,317	63,410	65,809
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,726	1.19	64,166	63,139	65,650
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,732	1.19	64,113	63,255	65,399
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,057	1.16	63,661	62,992	64,889
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,651	1.14	64,022	63,455	64,988
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,280	1.12	64,842	64,236	65,896
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	64,986	64,207	66,134
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,729	1.09	65,194	64,491	66,209
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,600	1.10	65,946	65,240	66,913
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,659	1.10	66,018	65,616	66,624
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,303	1.07	65,815	65,313	66,428
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,957	1.06	65,229	64,688	65,465
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,690	1.05	64,912	64,234	65,455
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,816	1.05	65,810	65,408	66,425
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,649	1.04	65,632	65,116	66,206
2008-09	54,368	53,998	54,552	51,594	1.05	66,650	66,197	66,876
2009-10	55,370	54,918	55,595	52,512	1.05	67,228	66,679	67,501
2010-11	55,759	55,217	56,225	53,966	1.03	66,368	65,723	66,922
2011-12	56,062	54,704	56,226	55,391	1.01	64,829	63,258	65,018
2012-13	56,377	55,344	57,077	56,373	1.00	64,126	62,951	64,922
2013-14	57,077	56,395	56,886	57,501	0.99	63,924	63,160	63,710
2014-15	57,759	57,092	57,678	59,167	0.98	64,220	63,478	64,130
2015-16	58,506	58,225	58,385	60,410	0.97	64,615	64,304	64,481
2016-17	59,772	58,773	58,978	61,774	0.97	64,820	63,737	63,959
2017-18	60,785	---	---	63,703	0.95	64,466	---	---
2018-19	62,355	---	---	65,733	0.95	64,788	---	---
2019-20	64,133	---	---	69,119	0.93	65,609	---	---
2020-21	65,090	---	---	---	---	65,090	---	---

---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 2021; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved August 4, 2021, from https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?reqid=19&step=2#reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&1921=survey. (This table was prepared August 2021.)