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| Table 77. | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1995-96 |
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| | | Percent
| Current dollars | Constant 1995-96 dollars\1\ | change,
| | |1979-80 to
State |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|1995-96 in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |constant
|1969-70|1979-80 |1989-90 |1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 |1969-70 |1979-80 |1989-90 |1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | dollars
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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United States .....|$8,626 |$15,970 |$31,367 |$35,029 | $35,819 | $36,802 | $37,846 |$35,341 |$31,837 |$38,232 |$38,037 | $37,913 | $37,868 | 18.9
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Alabama ..............| 6,818 | 13,060 | 24,828 | 26,953 | 28,705 | 31,144 | 31,307 | 27,933 | 26,036 | 30,262 | 29,268 | 30,383 | 32,046 | 20.2
Alaska ...............|10,560 | 27,210 | 43,153 | 46,701 | 47,512 | 47,951 |\2\ 49,620 | 43,265 | 54,244 | 52,598 | 50,712 | 50,290 | 49,340 | -8.5
Arizona ..............| 8,711 | 15,054 | 29,402 | 31,352 | 31,800 | 32,175 |\2\ 32,484 | 35,689 | 30,011 | 35,837 | 34,044 | 33,659 | 33,107 | 8.2
Arkansas .............| 6,307 | 12,299 | 22,352 | 27,433 | 28,098 | 28,934 | 29,322 | 25,840 | 24,519 | 27,244 | 29,789 | 29,741 | 29,772 | 19.6
California ...........|10,315 | 18,020 | 37,998 | 40,035 | 40,264 | 41,078 |\2\ 42,516 | 42,261 | 35,924 | 46,314 | 43,473 | 42,618 | 42,268 | 18.4
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Colorado .............| 7,761 | 16,205 | 30,758 | 33,541 | 33,826 | 34,571 | 35,364 | 31,797 | 32,305 | 37,490 | 36,421 | 35,804 | 35,572 | 9.5
Connecticut ..........| 9,262 | 16,229 | 40,461 | 48,343 | 49,769 | 50,045 | 50,400 | 37,947 | 32,353 | 49,316 | 52,495 | 52,679 | 51,495 | 55.8
Delaware .............| 9,015 | 16,148 | 33,377 | 36,217 | 37,469 | 39,076 | 40,533 | 36,935 | 32,192 | 40,682 | 39,327 | 39,659 | 40,208 | 25.9
District of Columbia .|10,285 | 22,190 | 38,402 | 38,702 | 42,543 | 43,700 |\2\ 43,700 | 42,138 | 44,237 | 46,807 | 42,026 | 45,030 | 44,966 | -1.2
Florida ..............| 8,412 | 14,149 | 28,803 | 31,172 | 31,944 | 32,588 | 33,320 | 34,464 | 28,207 | 35,107 | 33,849 | 33,811 | 33,532 | 18.1
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Georgia ..............| 7,276 | 13,853 | 28,006 | 30,223 | 30,712 | 32,633 | 34,307 | 29,810 | 27,617 | 34,135 | 32,819 | 32,507 | 33,578 | 24.2
Hawaii ...............| 9,453 | 19,920 | 32,047 | 36,470 | 36,564 | 38,518 | 35,807 | 38,729 | 39,711 | 39,061 | 39,602 | 38,702 | 39,634 | -9.8
Idaho ................| 6,890 | 13,611 | 23,861 | 27,011 | 27,756 | 29,783 | 30,891 | 28,228 | 27,134 | 29,083 | 29,331 | 29,379 | 30,646 | 13.8
Illinois .............| 9,569 | 17,601 | 32,794 | 38,632 | 39,387 | 39,431 | 41,008 | 39,204 | 35,088 | 39,971 | 41,950 | 41,690 | 40,573 | 16.9
Indiana...............| 8,833 | 15,599 | 30,902 | 35,066 | 35,712 | 36,785 | 37,805 | 36,189 | 31,097 | 37,665 | 38,077 | 37,800 | 37,851 | 21.6
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Iowa .................| 8,355 | 15,203 | 26,747 | 30,130 | 30,760 | 31,511 | 32,376 | 34,231 | 30,308 | 32,601 | 32,718 | 32,558 | 32,424 | 6.8
Kansas ...............| 7,612 | 13,690 | 28,744 | 32,863 | 33,919 | 34,652 | 35,518 | 31,187 | 27,292 | 35,035 | 35,685 | 35,902 | 35,656 | 30.1
Kentucky .............| 6,953 | 14,520 | 26,292 | 31,115 | 31,625 | 32,257 |\2\ 33,018 | 28,487 | 28,946 | 32,046 | 33,787 | 33,474 | 33,191 | 14.1
Louisiana ............| 7,028 | 13,760 | 24,300 | 26,102 | 26,285 | 26,461 | 26,800 | 28,794 | 27,431 | 29,618 | 28,344 | 27,822 | 27,228 | -2.3
Maine ................| 7,572 | 13,071 | 26,881 | 30,250 | 30,996 | 31,972 | 32,869 | 31,023 | 26,058 | 32,764 | 32,848 | 32,808 | 32,898 | 26.1
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Maryland .............| 9,383 | 17,558 | 36,319 | 38,753 | 39,453 | 40,661 | 41,215 | 38,442 | 35,003 | 44,268 | 42,081 | 41,759 | 41,839 | 17.7
Massachusetts ........| 8,764 | 17,253 | 34,712 | 38,774 | 40,852 | 42,174 |\2\ 43,756 | 35,906 | 34,395 | 42,309 | 42,104 | 43,240 | 43,396 | 27.2
Michigan .............| 9,826 | 19,663 | 37,072 | 43,901 |\2\ 45,186 |\2\ 47,360 |\2\ 49,168 | 40,257 | 39,199 | 45,186 | 47,671 | 47,828 | 48,732 | 25.4
Minnesota ............| 8,658 | 15,912 | 32,190 | 35,093 | 36,146 | 35,948 |\2\ 36,937 | 35,472 | 31,721 | 39,235 | 38,107 | 38,259 | 36,989 | 16.4
Mississippi ..........| 5,798 | 11,850 | 24,292 | 24,367 | 25,153 | 26,818 | 27,689 | 23,755 | 23,624 | 29,609 | 26,460 | 26,623 | 27,595 | 17.2
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Missouri..............| 7,799 | 13,682 | 27,094 | 29,382 | 30,310 | 31,189 | 33,341 | 31,953 | 27,276 | 33,024 | 31,905 | 32,082 | 32,092 | 22.2
Montana ..............| 7,606 | 14,537 | 25,081 | 27,617 | 28,200 | 28,785 | 29,364 | 31,162 | 28,980 | 30,570 | 29,989 | 29,849 | 29,619 | 1.3
Nebraska .............| 7,375 | 13,516 | 25,522 | 28,768 | 29,564 | 30,922 | 31,496 | 30,216 | 26,945 | 31,108 | 31,239 | 31,292 | 31,818 | 16.9
Nevada ...............| 9,215 | 16,295 | 30,590 | 34,119 | 33,955 | 34,836 | 36,167 | 37,754 | 32,485 | 37,285 | 37,049 | 35,940 | 35,845 | 11.3
New Hampshire ........| 7,771 | 13,017 | 28,986 | 33,931 | 34,121 | 34,720 | 35,792 | 31,838 | 25,950 | 35,330 | 36,845 | 36,116 | 35,726 | 37.9
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New Jersey ...........| 9,130 | 17,161 | 35,676 | 42,680 | 44,693 | 46,087 | 47,910 | 37,406 | 34,211 | 43,484 | 46,345 | 47,306 | 47,422 | 40.0
New Mexico ...........| 7,796 | 14,887 | 24,756 | 26,532 | 27,922 | 28,491 | 29,349 | 31,940 | 29,678 | 30,174 | 28,811 | 29,554 | 29,316 | -1.1
New York .............|10,336 | 19,812 | 38,925 | 44,999 | 45,772 | 47,612 |\2\ 48,115 | 42,347 | 39,496 | 47,444 | 48,863 | 48,448 | 48,991 | 21.8
North Carolina .......| 7,494 | 14,117 | 27,883 | 29,315 | 29,728 | 30,793 | 30,564 | 30,703 | 28,143 | 33,986 | 31,833 | 31,466 | 31,685 | 8.6
North Dakota .........| 6,696 | 13,263 | 23,016 | 25,211 | 25,506 | 26,327 | 26,969 | 27,434 | 26,440 | 28,053 | 27,376 | 26,997 | 27,090 | 2.0
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Ohio .................| 8,300 | 15,269 | 31,218 | 34,519 | 35,678 | 36,802 | 37,835 | 34,005 | 30,439 | 38,050 | 37,483 | 37,764 | 37,868 | 24.3
Oklahoma .............| 6,882 | 13,107 | 23,070 | 25,918 | 27,009 | 28,172 |\2\ 28,909 | 28,196 | 26,129 | 28,119 | 28,144 | 28,588 | 28,988 | 10.6
Oregon ...............| 8,818 | 16,266 | 30,840 | 35,880 | 37,590 | 38,590 | 39,650 | 36,128 | 32,427 | 37,590 | 38,961 | 39,788 | 39,708 | 22.3
Pennsylvania .........| 8,858 | 16,515 | 33,338 | 41,215 | 42,411 | 44,510 | 46,916 | 36,291 | 32,923 | 40,634 | 44,755 | 44,890 | 45,799 | 42.5
Rhode Island .........| 8,776 | 18,002 | 36,057 | 37,933 | 39,261 | 40,729 |\2\ 42,160 | 35,955 | 35,888 | 43,949 | 41,191 | 41,556 | 41,909 | 17.5
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South Carolina .......| 6,927 | 13,063 | 27,217 | 29,224 | 29,566 | 30,279 | 31,568 | 28,380 | 26,042 | 33,174 | 31,734 | 31,294 | 31,156 | 21.2
South Dakota .........| 6,403 | 12,348 | 21,300 | 24,289 | 25,259 | 25,994 | 26,346 | 26,233 | 24,616 | 25,962 | 26,375 | 26,736 | 26,747 | 7.0
Tennessee ............| 7,050 | 13,972 | 27,052 | 28,960 | 30,514 | 32,477 | 33,451 | 28,884 | 27,854 | 32,973 | 31,447 | 32,298 | 33,418 | 20.1
Texas ................| 7,255 | 14,132 | 27,496 | 29,935 | 30,519 | 31,223 | 32,000 | 29,724 | 28,173 | 33,514 | 32,506 | 32,303 | 32,127 | 13.6
Utah .................| 7,644 | 14,909 | 23,686 | 27,239 | 27,706 | 29,082 | 30,452 | 31,318 | 29,722 | 28,870 | 29,578 | 29,326 | 29,924 | 2.5
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Vermont ..............| 7,968 | 12,484 | 29,012 | 34,824 | 34,517 | 35,406 | 36,295 | 32,645 | 24,887 | 35,362 | 37,815 | 36,535 | 36,432 | 45.8
Virginia .............| 8,070 | 14,060 | 30,938 | 33,212 | 33,009 | 33,998 | 34,687 | 33,063 | 28,029 | 37,709 | 36,064 | 34,939 | 34,983 | 23.8
Washington ...........| 9,225 | 18,820 | 30,457 | 35,759 | 35,863 | 36,151 | 38,025 | 37,795 | 37,519 | 37,123 | 38,830 | 37,960 | 37,198 | 1.3
West Virginia.........| 7,650 | 13,710 | 22,842 | 30,301 | 30,549 | 31,944 | 32,155 | 31,342 | 27,332 | 27,841 | 32,903 | 32,335 | 32,869 | 17.6
Wisconsin ............| 8,963 | 16,006 | 31,921 | 35,926 | 35,990 | 37,746 |\2\ 38,571 | 36,722 | 31,909 | 38,907 | 39,011 | 38,094 | 38,839 | 20.9
Wyoming ..............| 8,232 | 16,012 | 28,141 | 30,080 | 30,952 | 31,285 | 31,571 | 33,727 | 31,921 | 34,300 | 32,663 | 32,761 | 32,191 | -1.1
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\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Price index does not account
for different rates of change in the cost of living among states.
\2\Estimated by the National Education Association. 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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