Table 211.60.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected school years, 1969-70 through 2021-22

State	Current dollars								Constant 2021-22 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999- 2000	2009-10	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999- 2000	2009-10	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	Percent  change,  1999-2000 to  2009-10	Percent  change,  2009-10 to  2021-22
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
United States	$8,626	$15,970	$31,367	$41,807	$55,370	$64,133	$65,293	$66,397	$64,401	$58,016	$69,669	$69,647	$72,050	$70,315	$69,976	$66,397	3.5	-7.8
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	47,571	54,095	54,271	55,834	50,903	47,444	55,146	61,121	61,901	59,309	58,163	55,834	1.3	-9.8
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	59,672	72,010	73,061	73,722	78,840	98,848	95,847	77,401	77,648	78,951	78,301	73,722	0.3	-5.1
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	46,952	50,782	52,157	54,580	65,036	54,688	65,305	61,475	61,096	55,677	55,898	54,580	-0.6	-10.7
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	46,700	50,456	51,668	52,486	47,088	44,680	49,646	55,618	60,768	55,320	55,374	52,486	9.3	-13.6
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	68,203	84,531	85,856	87,275	77,011	65,463	84,398	79,431	88,749	92,679	92,014	87,275	11.7	-1.7
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	49,202	57,706	58,183	58,481	57,943	58,869	68,317	63,576	64,024	63,268	62,356	58,481	0.7	-8.7
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	64,350	78,427	79,742	81,185	69,149	58,957	89,868	86,261	83,735	85,987	85,461	81,185	-2.9	-3.0
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	57,080	64,853	65,141	65,647	67,305	58,662	74,134	74,025	74,275	71,104	69,813	65,647	0.3	-11.6
District of Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	64,548	79,350	80,659	82,523	76,787	80,612	85,295	78,424	83,993	86,999	86,444	82,523	7.1	-1.7
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	46,708	49,102	51,009	51,230	62,803	51,400	63,975	61,175	60,778	53,835	54,668	51,230	-0.6	-15.7
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	53,112	60,578	60,553	61,249	54,322	50,325	62,204	68,341	69,112	66,417	64,896	61,249	1.1	-11.4
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	55,063	65,409	70,922	67,000	70,575	72,365	71,180	67,599	71,650	71,714	76,009	67,000	6.0	-6.5
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	46,283	52,875	51,817	54,232	51,440	49,446	52,998	59,218	60,225	57,972	55,533	54,232	1.7	-10.0
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	62,077	68,083	70,705	72,301	71,441	63,941	72,839	77,441	80,777	74,646	75,776	72,301	4.3	-10.5
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	49,986	51,745	53,072	54,126	65,946	56,668	68,637	69,718	65,044	56,733	56,878	54,126	-6.7	-16.8
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	49,626	58,184	58,831	59,262	62,378	55,229	59,408	59,436	64,576	63,792	63,051	59,262	8.6	-8.2
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	46,657	51,320	53,619	54,815	56,831	49,733	63,843	58,275	60,712	56,267	57,465	54,815	4.2	-9.7
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	49,543	53,907	54,139	54,574	51,911	52,748	58,397	60,606	64,468	59,103	58,022	54,574	6.4	-15.3
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	48,903	51,566	52,472	52,376	52,470	49,987	53,973	55,157	63,635	56,537	56,235	52,376	15.4	-17.7
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	46,106	55,276	57,167	58,757	56,532	47,484	59,706	59,241	59,995	60,604	61,267	58,757	1.3	-2.1
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	63,971	73,444	74,006	75,766	70,053	63,785	80,668	73,380	83,242	80,523	79,314	75,766	13.4	-9.0
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	69,273	84,290	86,755	88,903	65,431	62,677	77,099	77,598	90,141	92,415	92,977	88,903	16.2	-1.4
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	57,958	63,568	64,262	65,198	73,360	71,432	82,341	81,703	75,417	69,695	68,871	65,198	-7.7	-13.6
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	52,431	58,663	66,561	68,491	64,640	57,805	71,497	66,306	68,225	64,318	71,335	68,491	2.9	0.4
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	45,644	46,843	46,862	47,162	43,287	43,049	53,955	53,071	59,394	51,358	50,223	47,162	11.9	-20.6
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	45,317	50,817	51,557	52,481	58,227	49,704	60,179	59,400	58,968	55,715	55,255	52,481	-0.7	-11.0
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	45,759	52,135	53,133	53,628	56,786	52,810	55,708	53,511	59,544	57,160	56,944	53,628	11.3	-9.9
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	46,227	55,267	56,463	57,420	55,061	49,101	56,687	55,370	60,153	60,594	60,513	57,420	8.6	-4.5
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	51,524	56,672	58,167	57,804	68,798	59,196	67,944	65,620	67,045	62,135	62,339	57,804	2.2	-13.8
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	51,443	59,622	61,849	62,783	58,018	47,288	64,381	62,861	66,940	65,369	66,285	62,783	6.5	-6.2
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	65,130	76,376	77,677	79,045	68,164	62,342	79,240	86,652	84,750	83,738	83,248	79,045	-2.2	-6.7
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	46,258	54,256	54,923	54,272	58,204	54,081	54,986	54,232	60,193	59,486	58,862	54,272	11.0	-9.8
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	71,633	87,069	90,222	92,222	77,168	71,973	86,457	84,995	93,212	95,462	96,693	92,222	9.7	-1.1
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	46,850	54,150	53,458	53,644	55,950	51,284	61,931	65,643	60,963	59,370	57,292	53,644	-7.1	-12.0
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	42,964	53,525	54,837	55,769	49,992	48,182	51,121	49,749	55,907	58,684	58,770	55,769	12.4	-0.2
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	55,958	61,406	63,082	63,153	61,967	55,469	69,339	69,029	72,815	67,325	67,606	63,153	5.5	-13.3
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	47,691	54,096	54,762	54,804	51,380	47,615	51,241	52,140	62,058	59,310	58,690	54,804	19.0	-11.7
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	55,224	67,685	68,565	69,671	65,834	59,091	68,499	70,528	71,860	74,209	73,483	69,671	1.9	-3.0
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	59,156	70,339	71,479	72,248	66,133	59,996	74,047	80,498	76,976	77,119	76,606	72,248	-4.4	-6.1
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	59,686	75,336	75,966	76,852	65,521	65,398	80,086	78,366	77,666	82,598	81,415	76,852	-0.9	-1.0
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	47,508	53,329	53,188	53,393	51,716	47,455	60,452	60,108	61,819	58,470	57,003	53,393	2.8	-13.6
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	38,837	48,984	49,547	49,761	47,804	44,858	47,310	48,430	50,536	53,706	53,101	49,761	4.4	-1.5
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	46,290	51,862	52,871	53,619	52,635	50,757	60,085	60,519	60,235	56,861	56,663	53,619	-0.5	-11.0
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	48,261	57,090	57,641	58,887	54,165	51,339	61,072	62,583	62,799	62,593	61,775	58,887	0.3	-6.2
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	45,885	54,678	57,226	58,619	57,069	54,161	52,609	58,217	59,708	59,949	61,330	58,619	2.6	-1.8
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	49,084	61,108	62,483	62,866	59,488	45,352	64,439	62,901	63,870	66,998	66,964	62,866	1.5	-1.6
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	50,015	57,665	58,506	59,965	60,250	51,077	68,717	64,544	65,082	63,223	62,702	59,965	0.8	-7.9
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	53,003	76,743	79,388	81,586	68,873	68,369	67,648	68,374	68,970	84,140	85,082	81,586	0.9	18.3
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	45,959	50,238	50,261	50,315	57,114	49,806	50,735	58,322	59,804	55,081	53,866	50,315	2.5	-15.9
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	51,264	59,431	59,992	60,453	66,917	58,147	70,900	68,557	66,707	65,160	64,295	60,453	-2.7	-9.4
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	55,861	59,786	60,234	60,820	61,459	58,168	62,504	56,852	72,689	65,549	64,554	60,820	27.9	-16.3

1Constant 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/Economic/TeacherWage.

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 2022. (This table was prepared August 2022.)