| Table 78. | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementaryand secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1996-97 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | Percent
| Current dollars | Constant 1996-97 dollars\1\ | change,
| | |1979-80 to
State |_______________________________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________|1996-97 in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |constant
|1969-70|1979-80 |1989-90 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 |1969-70 |1979-80 |1989-90 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | dollars
______________________|_______|________|________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
______________________|_______|________|________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
United States .....|$8,626 |$15,970 |$31,367 |\2\ $35,733 | $36,609 |\2\ $37,560 |\2\ $38,509 |$36,287 |$32,689 |$39,256 | $38,834 | $38,678 | $38,632 | 17.8
|_______|________|________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
Alabama ..............| 6,818 | 13,060 | 24,828 | 28,705 | 31,144 | 31,313 | 32,549 | 28,681 | 26,733 | 31,072 | 31,196 | 32,904 | 32,206 | 21.8
Alaska ...............|10,560 | 27,210 | 43,153 | 47,512 | 47,951 |\2\ 49,620 |\2\ 50,647 | 44,423 | 55,697 | 54,006 | 51,636 | 50,661 | 51,036 | -9.1
Arizona ..............| 8,711 | 15,054 | 29,402 | 31,800 | 32,175 |\2\ 32,484 |\2\ 33,350 | 36,645 | 30,814 | 36,796 | 34,560 | 33,993 | 33,411 | 8.2
Arkansas .............| 6,307 | 12,299 | 22,352 | 28,098 | 28,934 | 29,322 |\2\ 29,975 | 26,532 | 25,175 | 27,973 | 30,537 | 30,569 | 30,159 | 19.1
California ...........|10,315 | 18,020 | 37,998 | 40,264 | 41,078 | 42,259 |\2\ 43,474 | 43,392 | 36,885 | 47,554 | 43,759 | 43,399 | 43,465 | 17.9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Colorado .............| 7,761 | 16,205 | 30,758 | 33,826 | 34,571 | 35,364 |\2\ 36,175 | 32,648 | 33,170 | 38,493 | 36,762 | 36,525 | 36,373 | 9.1
Connecticut ..........| 9,262 | 16,229 | 40,461 | 49,769 | 50,045 | 50,254 | 50,426 | 38,962 | 33,219 | 50,637 | 54,089 | 52,873 | 51,688 | 51.8
Delaware .............| 9,015 | 16,148 | 33,377 | 37,469 | 39,076 | 40,533 | 41,436 | 37,923 | 33,054 | 41,771 | 40,721 | 41,284 | 41,689 | 25.4
District of Columbia .|10,285 | 22,190 | 38,402 | 42,543 | 43,700 | 43,700 |\2\ 45,012 | 43,266 | 45,421 | 48,060 | 46,236 | 46,170 | 44,947 | -0.9
Florida ..............| 8,412 | 14,149 | 28,803 | 31,944 | 32,588 | 33,330 | 33,881 | 35,387 | 28,962 | 36,047 | 34,717 | 34,430 | 34,281 | 17.0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Georgia ..............| 7,276 | 13,853 | 28,006 | 30,712 | 32,291 | 34,002 | 36,042 | 30,608 | 28,356 | 35,049 | 33,378 | 34,116 | 34,972 | 27.1
Hawaii ...............| 9,453 | 19,920 | 32,047 | 36,564 | 38,518 | 35,807 | 35,842 | 39,766 | 40,775 | 40,107 | 39,738 | 40,695 | 36,829 | -12.1
Idaho ................| 6,890 | 13,611 | 23,861 | 27,756 | 29,783 | 30,891 | 31,818 | 28,984 | 27,861 | 29,862 | 30,165 | 31,466 | 31,772 | 14.2
Illinois .............| 9,569 | 17,601 | 32,794 | 39,387 | 39,431 | 40,919 | 42,679 | 40,254 | 36,028 | 41,041 | 42,806 | 41,659 | 42,086 | 18.5
Indiana...............| 8,833 | 15,599 | 30,902 | 35,712 | 36,785 | 37,675 | 38,575 | 37,158 | 31,930 | 38,674 | 38,812 | 38,864 | 38,750 | 20.8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Iowa .................| 8,355 | 15,203 | 26,747 | 30,760 | 31,511 | 32,372 | 33,275 | 35,147 | 31,119 | 33,474 | 33,430 | 33,292 | 33,296 | 6.9
Kansas ...............| 7,612 | 13,690 | 28,744 | 33,914 | 34,652 | 35,134 | 35,837 | 32,021 | 28,022 | 35,973 | 36,858 | 36,610 | 36,136 | 27.9
Kentucky .............| 6,953 | 14,520 | 26,292 | 31,625 | 32,257 | 33,080 |\2\ 33,950 | 29,249 | 29,721 | 32,904 | 34,370 | 34,080 | 34,024 | 14.2
Louisiana ............| 7,028 | 13,760 | 24,300 | 26,095 | 26,461 | 26,800 | 28,347 | 29,565 | 28,166 | 30,411 | 28,360 | 27,956 | 27,565 | 0.6
Maine ................| 7,572 | 13,071 | 26,881 | 30,996 | 31,972 | 32,869 |\2\ 33,800 | 31,853 | 26,755 | 33,641 | 33,686 | 33,779 | 33,807 | 26.3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Maryland .............| 9,383 | 17,558 | 36,319 | 39,453 | 40,661 | 41,160 | 41,148 | 39,471 | 35,940 | 45,453 | 42,877 | 42,959 | 42,334 | 14.5
Massachusetts ........| 8,764 | 17,253 | 34,712 | 39,023 | 40,795 | 42,264 | 43,806 | 36,867 | 35,315 | 43,442 | 42,410 | 43,100 | 43,470 | 24.0
Michigan .............| 9,826 | 19,663 | 37,072 | 44,856 | 41,895 |\2\ 44,796 |\2\ 44,251 | 41,335 | 40,248 | 46,395 | 48,749 | 44,263 | 46,074 | 9.9
Minnesota ............| 8,658 | 15,912 | 32,190 |\2\ 35,440 | 35,948 |\2\ 36,937 |\2\ 37,975 | 36,422 | 32,570 | 40,285 | 38,516 | 37,980 | 37,991 | 16.6
Mississippi ..........| 5,798 | 11,850 | 24,292 | 25,153 | 26,818 | 27,692 | 27,720 | 24,390 | 24,256 | 30,401 | 27,336 | 28,334 | 28,482 | 14.3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Missouri..............| 7,799 | 13,682 | 27,094 | 30,319 | 31,189 | 33,341 |\2\ 34,342 | 32,808 | 28,006 | 33,908 | 32,951 | 32,952 | 34,292 | 22.6
Montana ..............| 7,606 | 14,537 | 25,081 | 28,200 | 28,785 | 29,364 |\2\ 29,950 | 31,996 | 29,756 | 31,389 | 30,648 | 30,412 | 30,202 | 0.7
Nebraska .............| 7,375 | 13,516 | 25,522 | 29,564 | 30,922 | 31,496 | 31,768 | 31,024 | 27,666 | 31,941 | 32,130 | 32,669 | 32,395 | 14.8
Nevada ...............| 9,215 | 16,295 | 30,590 | 33,955 | 34,836 | 36,167 | 37,340 | 38,765 | 33,354 | 38,283 | 36,902 | 36,805 | 37,199 | 11.9
New Hampshire ........| 7,771 | 13,017 | 28,986 | 34,121 | 34,720 | 35,792 |\2\ 36,867 | 32,690 | 26,645 | 36,276 | 37,083 | 36,682 | 36,813 | 38.4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
New Jersey ...........| 9,130 | 17,161 | 35,676 | 44,693 | 46,087 | 47,910 |\2\ 49,349 | 38,407 | 35,127 | 44,648 | 48,572 | 48,692 | 49,277 | 40.5
New Mexico ...........| 7,796 | 14,887 | 24,756 | 27,202 | 28,493 | 29,074 | 29,715 | 32,795 | 30,472 | 30,982 | 29,563 | 30,103 | 29,904 | -2.5
New York .............|10,336 | 19,812 | 38,925 | 45,772 | 47,612 | 48,115 | 49,560 | 43,480 | 40,553 | 48,714 | 49,745 | 50,303 | 49,488 | 22.2
North Carolina .......| 7,494 | 14,117 | 27,883 | 29,728 | 30,793 | 30,411 |\2\ 31,225 | 31,525 | 28,896 | 34,895 | 32,308 | 32,533 | 31,279 | 8.1
North Dakota .........| 6,696 | 13,263 | 23,016 | 25,506 | 26,327 | 26,969 | 27,711 | 28,168 | 27,148 | 28,804 | 27,720 | 27,815 | 27,738 | 2.1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ohio .................| 8,300 | 15,269 | 31,218 | 35,673 | 36,802 | 37,835 | 38,831 | 34,916 | 31,254 | 39,069 | 38,769 | 38,882 | 38,914 | 24.2
Oklahoma .............| 6,882 | 13,107 | 23,070 | 27,009 | 28,172 | 28,404 | 29,270 | 28,950 | 26,829 | 28,872 | 29,353 | 29,764 | 29,214 | 9.1
Oregon ...............| 8,818 | 16,266 | 30,840 | 37,713 | 38,555 | 39,706 | 40,900 | 37,095 | 33,295 | 38,596 | 40,986 | 40,734 | 40,839 | 22.8
Pennsylvania .........| 8,858 | 16,515 | 33,338 | 42,411 | 44,510 | 46,087 | 47,429 | 37,263 | 33,805 | 41,722 | 46,092 | 47,025 | 47,402 | 40.3
Rhode Island .........| 8,776 | 18,002 | 36,057 | 39,261 | 40,729 |\2\ 42,160 |\2\ 43,019 | 36,918 | 36,849 | 45,125 | 42,669 | 43,031 | 43,363 | 16.7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
South Carolina .......| 6,927 | 13,063 | 27,217 | 29,566 | 30,279 | 31,622 | 32,659 | 29,140 | 26,739 | 34,062 | 32,132 | 31,990 | 32,524 | 22.1
South Dakota .........| 6,403 | 12,348 | 21,300 | 25,259 | 25,994 | 26,346 | 26,764 | 26,935 | 25,275 | 26,657 | 27,451 | 27,463 | 27,098 | 5.9
Tennessee ............| 7,050 | 13,972 | 27,052 | 30,514 | 32,477 | 33,126 | 33,789 | 29,657 | 28,599 | 33,855 | 33,162 | 34,312 | 34,071 | 18.1
Texas ................| 7,255 | 14,132 | 27,496 | 30,529 | 31,223 | 32,000 | 32,644 | 30,520 | 28,927 | 34,411 | 33,179 | 32,988 | 32,913 | 12.8
Utah .................| 7,644 | 14,909 | 23,686 | 27,706 | 29,082 | 30,588 | 31,750 | 32,156 | 30,517 | 29,643 | 30,111 | 30,726 | 31,461 | 4.0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vermont ..............| 7,968 | 12,484 | 29,012 | 34,517 | 35,406 | 36,295 |\2\ 37,200 | 33,519 | 25,554 | 36,308 | 37,513 | 37,407 | 37,331 | 45.6
Virginia .............| 8,070 | 14,060 | 30,938 | 33,009 | 33,987 | 34,792 |\2\ 35,837 | 33,948 | 28,780 | 38,719 | 35,874 | 35,908 | 35,785 | 24.5
Washington ...........| 9,225 | 18,820 | 30,457 | 35,863 | 36,151 | 37,853 | 37,860 | 38,807 | 38,523 | 38,117 | 38,976 | 38,194 | 38,933 | -1.7
West Virginia.........| 7,650 | 13,710 | 22,842 | 30,549 | 31,944 | 32,155 | 33,159 | 32,181 | 28,063 | 28,587 | 33,201 | 33,749 | 33,072 | 18.2
Wisconsin ............| 8,963 | 16,006 | 31,921 | 35,990 | 37,746 | 38,182 |\2\ 38,950 | 37,705 | 32,763 | 39,949 | 39,114 | 39,879 | 39,271 | 18.9
Wyoming ..............| 8,232 | 16,012 | 28,141 | 30,952 | 31,285 | 31,571 | 31,721 | 34,630 | 32,775 | 35,218 | 33,638 | 33,053 | 32,472 | -3.2
______________________|_______|________|________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
|
|
\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 1996-97. Copyright @ 1997 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared August 1997.)
|
(31 KB)