Table 211.60.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2020-21

State	Current dollars							Constant 2020-21 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2009-10	2019-20	2020-21	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2009-10	2019-20	2020-21	Percent change, 1999-2000 to 2009-10	Percent change, 2009-10 to 2020-21
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
United States	$8,626	$15,970	$31,367	$41,807	$55,370	$64,133	$65,090	$60,091	$54,133	$65,007	$64,986	$67,228	$65,609	$65,090	3.5	-3.2
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	47,571	54,095	54,271	47,496	44,269	51,455	57,030	57,759	55,340	54,271	1.3	-6.0
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	59,672	72,010	72,861	73,564	92,233	89,433	72,221	72,451	73,668	72,861	0.3	0.6
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	46,952	50,782	52,157	60,683	51,028	60,935	57,361	57,007	51,951	52,157	-0.6	-8.5
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	46,700	50,456	50,992	43,936	41,690	46,324	51,896	56,701	51,617	50,992	9.3	-10.1
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	68,203	84,531	85,892	71,857	61,082	78,749	74,115	82,809	86,477	85,892	11.7	3.7
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	49,202	57,706	60,611	54,065	54,930	63,745	59,321	59,739	59,034	60,611	0.7	1.5
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	64,350	78,427	79,742	64,522	55,011	83,854	80,488	78,131	80,232	79,742	-2.9	2.1
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	57,080	64,853	65,798	62,801	54,737	69,173	69,071	69,304	66,346	65,798	0.3	-5.1
District of Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	64,548	79,350	80,659	71,648	75,217	79,587	73,176	78,372	81,177	80,659	7.1	2.9
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	46,708	49,102	49,583	58,600	47,961	59,693	57,081	56,711	50,232	49,583	-0.6	-12.6
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	53,112	60,578	60,553	50,687	46,957	58,041	63,767	64,486	61,972	60,553	1.1	-6.1
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	55,063	65,409	70,922	65,852	67,522	66,416	63,075	66,855	66,915	70,922	6.0	6.1
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	46,283	52,875	51,817	47,998	46,137	49,451	55,255	56,195	54,092	51,817	1.7	-7.8
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	62,077	68,083	69,300	66,660	59,662	67,964	72,259	75,371	69,650	69,300	4.3	-8.1
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	49,986	51,745	52,194	61,533	52,876	64,043	65,053	60,691	52,936	52,194	-6.7	-14.0
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	49,626	58,184	58,911	58,203	51,533	55,432	55,459	60,254	59,523	58,911	8.6	-2.2
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	46,657	51,320	53,932	53,027	46,405	59,571	54,375	56,649	52,501	53,932	4.2	-4.8
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	49,543	53,907	54,384	48,437	49,218	54,489	56,550	60,153	55,148	54,384	6.4	-9.6
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	48,903	51,566	51,851	48,959	46,642	50,361	51,465	59,376	52,753	51,851	15.4	-12.7
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	46,106	55,276	57,052	52,749	44,307	55,710	55,277	55,980	56,548	57,052	1.3	1.9
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	63,971	73,444	74,514	65,365	59,516	75,270	68,469	77,671	75,135	74,514	13.4	-4.1
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	69,273	84,290	86,315	61,052	58,482	71,939	72,405	84,109	86,230	86,315	16.2	2.6
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	57,958	63,568	64,267	68,451	66,651	76,830	76,235	70,370	65,031	64,267	-7.7	-8.7
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	52,431	58,663	59,069	60,314	53,937	66,713	61,869	63,660	60,013	59,069	2.9	-7.2
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	45,644	46,843	47,655	40,390	40,168	50,344	49,519	55,419	47,921	47,655	11.9	-14.0
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	45,317	50,817	51,557	54,330	46,378	56,151	55,424	55,022	51,987	51,557	-0.7	-6.3
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	45,759	52,135	52,894	52,985	49,276	51,979	49,930	55,559	53,335	52,894	11.3	-4.8
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	46,227	55,267	56,463	51,376	45,815	52,893	51,664	56,127	56,539	56,463	8.6	0.6
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	51,524	56,672	58,167	64,194	55,235	63,397	61,229	62,558	57,976	58,167	2.2	-7.0
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	51,443	59,622	61,789	54,135	44,123	60,072	58,655	62,460	60,994	61,789	6.5	-1.1
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	65,130	76,376	77,489	63,602	58,170	73,937	80,853	79,078	78,134	77,489	-2.2	-2.0
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	46,258	54,256	54,923	54,309	50,462	51,306	50,603	56,165	55,505	54,923	11.0	-2.2
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	71,633	87,069	87,738	72,003	67,156	80,671	79,307	86,974	89,073	87,738	9.7	0.9
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	46,850	54,150	54,392	52,205	47,852	57,786	61,250	56,883	55,396	54,392	-7.1	-4.4
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	42,964	53,525	54,837	46,646	44,957	47,700	46,420	52,165	54,757	54,837	12.4	5.1
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	55,958	61,406	61,687	57,820	51,757	64,698	64,409	67,942	62,819	61,687	5.5	-9.2
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	47,691	54,096	54,256	47,942	44,429	47,812	48,650	57,905	55,341	54,256	19.0	-6.3
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	55,224	67,685	68,671	61,429	55,137	63,915	65,808	67,051	69,243	68,671	1.9	2.4
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	59,156	70,339	71,281	61,707	55,981	69,092	75,111	71,825	71,958	71,281	-4.4	-0.8
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	59,686	75,336	75,966	61,136	61,021	74,727	73,122	72,468	77,070	75,966	-0.9	4.8
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	47,508	53,329	53,361	48,255	44,279	56,406	56,085	57,682	54,557	53,361	2.8	-7.5
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	38,837	48,984	49,993	44,605	41,856	44,143	45,189	47,154	50,112	49,993	4.4	6.0
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	46,290	51,862	52,380	49,112	47,361	56,064	56,469	56,203	53,056	52,380	-0.5	-6.8
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	48,261	57,090	57,641	50,540	47,903	56,984	58,395	58,597	58,404	57,641	0.3	-1.6
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	45,885	54,678	56,918	53,250	50,537	49,088	54,321	55,712	55,937	56,918	2.6	2.2
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	49,084	61,108	61,547	55,507	42,317	60,126	58,692	59,596	62,515	61,547	1.5	3.3
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	50,015	57,665	59,267	56,218	47,659	64,118	60,224	60,726	58,992	59,267	0.8	-2.4
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	53,003	76,743	79,529	64,264	63,794	63,121	63,798	64,354	78,509	79,529	0.9	23.6
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	45,959	50,238	50,261	53,292	46,473	47,339	54,419	55,802	51,394	50,261	2.5	-9.9
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	51,264	59,431	60,038	62,439	54,255	66,155	63,969	62,243	60,799	60,038	-2.7	-3.5
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	55,861	59,786	60,357	57,346	54,276	58,321	53,048	67,824	61,162	60,357	27.9	-11.0

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 2021. (This table was prepared August 2021.)