Table 76. | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1995-96 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Current dollars | Constant 1995-96 dollars\1\ |--------------------------------|-------------------------------- School year | All |Elementary|Secondary | All |Elementary|Secondary | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers -------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 -------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------- 1959-60 .....| $4,995 | $4,815 | $5,276 | $26,309 | $25,361 | $27,790 1961-62 .....| 5,515 | 5,340 | 5,775 | 28,396 | 27,495 | 29,735 1963-64 .....| 5,995 | 5,805 | 6,266 | 30,083 | 29,129 | 31,443 1965-66 .....| 6,485 | 6,279 | 6,761 | 31,455 | 30,455 | 32,793 1967-68 .....| 7,423 | 7,208 | 7,692 | 33,781 | 32,802 | 35,005 | | | | | | 1969-70 .....| 8,626 | 8,412 | 8,891 | 35,341 | 34,464 | 36,427 1970-71 .....| 9,268 | 9,021 | 9,568 | 36,107 | 35,145 | 37,276 1971-72 .....| 9,705 | 9,424 | 10,031 | 36,500 | 35,444 | 37,727 1972-73 .....| 10,174 | 9,893 | 10,507 | 36,782 | 35,766 | 37,986 1973-74 .....| 10,770 | 10,507 | 11,077 | 35,749 | 34,876 | 36,769 | | | | | | 1974-75 .....| 11,641 | 11,334 | 12,000 | 34,786 | 33,868 | 35,858 1975-76 .....| 12,600 | 12,280 | 12,937 | 35,162 | 34,269 | 36,103 1976-77 .....| 13,354 | 12,989 | 13,776 | 35,213 | 34,251 | 36,326 1977-78 .....| 14,198 | 13,845 | 14,602 | 35,083 | 34,211 | 36,081 1978-79 .....| 15,032 | 14,681 | 15,450 | 33,962 | 33,169 | 34,907 | | | | | | 1979-80 .....| 15,970 | 15,569 | 16,459 | 31,837 | 31,038 | 32,812 1980-81 .....| 17,644 | 17,230 | 18,142 | 31,523 | 30,783 | 32,413 1981-82 .....| 19,274 | 18,853 | 19,805 | 31,697 | 31,005 | 32,570 1982-83 .....| 20,695 | 20,227 | 21,291 | 32,632 | 31,894 | 33,572 1983-84 .....| 21,935 | 21,487 | 22,554 | 33,353 | 32,672 | 34,294 | | | | | | 1984-85 .....| 23,600 | 23,200 | 24,187 | 34,533 | 33,948 | 35,392 1985-86 .....| 25,199 | 24,718 | 25,846 | 35,839 | 35,155 | 36,759 1986-87 .....| 26,569 | 26,057 | 27,244 | 36,967 | 36,255 | 37,906 1987-88 .....| 28,034 | 27,519 | 28,798 | 37,453 | 36,765 | 38,474 1988-89 .....| 29,564 | 29,022 | 30,218 | 37,754 | 37,062 | 38,589 | | | | | | 1989-90 .....| 31,367 | 30,832 | 32,049 | 38,232 | 37,580 | 39,063 1990-91 .....| 33,085 | 32,491 | 33,897 | 38,236 | 37,549 | 39,174 1991-92 .....| 34,063 | 33,479 | 34,824 | 38,144 | 37,490 | 38,996 1992-93 .....| 35,029 | 34,337 | 35,880 | 38,037 | 37,286 | 38,961 1993-94 .....| 35,819 | 35,298 | 36,671 | 37,913 | 37,362 | 38,815 1994-95......| 36,802 | 36,275 | 37,621 | 37,868 | 37,326 | 38,711 1995-96......| 37,846 | 37,336 | 38,563 | 37,846 | 37,336 | 38,563 -------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------- |
\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Latest edition 1995-96. Copyright @ 1996 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared July 1996.)
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