| Table 80. | Estimated average annual salary of instructional staff\1\ in public elementary and secondary schools and average annual earnings of full-time employees in all industries: 1929-30 to 1995-96 |
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| Current dollars | Constant 1995-96 dollars\2\
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| Average |Earnings per full-| Average |Earnings per full-| Ratio of instruc-
School year | salary of | time employee | salary of | time employee |tional staff salary
|instructional|working for wages |instructional|working for wages |to earnings for all
| staff | or salary\3\ | staff | or salary\3\ |full-time employees
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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1929-30 .....| $1,420 | $1,386 | $12,839 | $12,532 | 1.02
1931-32 .....| 1,417 | 1,198 | 15,211 | 12,860 | 1.18
1933-34 .....| 1,227 | 1,070 | 14,340 | 12,506 | 1.15
1935-36 .....| 1,283 | 1,160 | 14,449 | 13,064 | 1.11
1937-38 .....| 1,374 | 1,224 | 14,844 | 13,224 | 1.12
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1939-40 .....| 1,441 | 1,282 | 15,958 | 14,197 | 1.12
1941-42 .....| 1,507 | 1,576 | 14,958 | 15,643 | 0.96
1943-44 .....| 1,728 | 2,030 | 15,348 | 18,030 | 0.85
1945-46 .....| 1,995 | 2,272 | 16,926 | 19,276 | 0.88
1947-48 .....| 2,639 | 2,692 | 17,529 | 17,881 | 0.98
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1949-50 .....| 3,010 | 2,930 | 19,670 | 19,147 | 1.03
1951-52 .....| 3,450 | 3,322 | 20,315 | 19,561 | 1.04
1953-54 .....| 3,825 | 3,628 | 22,013 | 20,879 | 1.05
1955-56 .....| 4,156 | 3,924 | 23,926 | 22,590 | 1.06
1957-58 .....| 4,702 | 4,276 | 25,482 | 23,173 | 1.10
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1959-60 .....| 5,174 | 4,632 | 27,252 | 24,397 | 1.12
1961-62 .....| 5,700 | 4,928 | 29,349 | 25,374 | 1.16
1963-64 .....| 6,240 | 5,373 | 31,312 | 26,962 | 1.16
1965-66 .....| 6,935 | 5,838 | 33,637 | 28,316 | 1.19
1967-68 .....| 7,630 | 6,444 | 34,723 | 29,326 | 1.18
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1969-70 .....| 9,047 | 7,334 | 37,066 | 30,048 | 1.23
1970-71 .....| 9,698 | 7,815 | 37,783 | 30,447 | 1.24
1971-72 .....| 10,213 | 8,334 | 38,411 | 31,344 | 1.23
1972-73 .....| 10,634 | 8,858 | 38,445 | 32,025 | 1.20
1973-74 .....| 11,254 | 9,647 | 37,356 | 32,022 | 1.17
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1974-75 .....| 12,167 | 10,420 | 36,357 | 31,137 | 1.17
1975-76 .....| 13,124 | 11,218 | 36,625 | 31,306 | 1.17
1976-77 .....| 13,840 | 11,991 | 36,495 | 31,619 | 1.15
1977-78 .....| 14,698 | 12,829 | 36,318 | 31,699 | 1.15
1978-79 .....| 15,764 | 13,851 | 35,616 | 31,294 | 1.14
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1979-80 .....| 16,715 | 15,095 | 33,322 | 30,092 | 1.11
1980-81 .....| 18,404 | 16,495 | 32,881 | 29,470 | 1.12
1981-82 .....| 20,327 | 17,818 | 33,429 | 29,303 | 1.14
1982-83 .....| 21,641 | 18,883 | 34,124 | 29,774 | 1.15
1983-84 .....| 23,005 | 19,749 | 34,980 | 30,029 | 1.16
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1984-85 .....| 24,666 | 20,626 | 36,093 | 30,181 | 1.20
1985-86 .....| 26,362 | 21,518 | 37,493 | 30,603 | 1.23
1986-87 .....| 27,706 | 22,432 | 38,549 | 31,211 | 1.24
1987-88 .....| 29,219 | 23,467 | 39,037 | 31,352 | 1.25
1988-89 .....| 30,850 | 24,502 | 39,396 | 31,289 | 1.26
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1989-90 .....| 32,638 | 25,555 | 39,781 | 31,148 | 1.28
1990-91 .....| 34,412 | 26,668 | 39,769 | 30,820 | 1.29
1991-92 .....| 35,550 | 27,829 | 39,809 | 31,163 | 1.28
1992-93 .....| 36,454 | 28,937 | 39,585 | 31,422 | 1.26
1993-94 .....| 37,383 | --- | 39,568 | --- | ---
1994-95 .....| 38,501 | --- | 39,616 | --- | ---
1995-96 .....| 39,662 | --- | 39,662 | --- | ---
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\1\Includes supervisors, principals, classroom teachers, and other instructional staff.
\2\Based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. \3\Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce have been converted to a school-year basis by averaging the two appropriate calendar years in each case. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, and unpublished data; National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1995-96, (Copyright @ 1996 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.), unpublished data; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues. (This table was prepared July 1996.)
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