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Table 78. -  Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1997-98
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             |        Current dollars         |   Constant 1997-98 dollars\1\
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 School year |   All    |Elementary|Secondary |   All    |Elementary|Secondary
             | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers | teachers
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      1      |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7
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1959-60 .....|   $4,995 |   $4,815 |   $5,276 |  $27,496 |  $26,505 |  $29,042
1961-62 .....|    5,515 |    5,340 |    5,775 |   29,676 |   28,735 |   31,075
1963-64 .....|    5,995 |    5,805 |    6,266 |   31,439 |   30,443 |   32,860
1965-66 .....|    6,485 |    6,279 |    6,761 |   32,873 |   31,828 |   34,272
1967-68 .....|    7,423 |    7,208 |    7,692 |   35,304 |   34,281 |   36,583
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1969-70 .....|    8,626 |    8,412 |    8,891 |   36,934 |   36,018 |   38,069
1970-71 .....|    9,268 |    9,021 |    9,568 |   37,735 |   36,729 |   38,957
1971-72 .....|    9,705 |    9,424 |   10,031 |   38,146 |   37,041 |   39,427
1972-73 .....|   10,174 |    9,893 |   10,507 |   38,441 |   37,379 |   39,699
1973-74 .....|   10,770 |   10,507 |   11,077 |   37,361 |   36,449 |   38,426
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1974-75 .....|   11,641 |   11,334 |   12,000 |   36,354 |   35,395 |   37,475
1975-76 .....|   12,600 |   12,280 |   12,937 |   36,748 |   35,814 |   37,730
1976-77 .....|   13,354 |   12,989 |   13,776 |   36,801 |   35,795 |   37,964
1977-78 .....|   14,198 |   13,845 |   14,602 |   36,665 |   35,753 |   37,708
1978-79 .....|   15,032 |   14,681 |   15,450 |   35,494 |   34,665 |   36,480
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   15,970 |   15,569 |   16,459 |   33,272 |   32,437 |   34,291
1980-81 .....|   17,644 |   17,230 |   18,142 |   32,944 |   32,171 |   33,874
1981-82 .....|   19,274 |   18,853 |   19,805 |   33,126 |   32,402 |   34,039
1982-83 .....|   20,695 |   20,227 |   21,291 |   34,103 |   33,332 |   35,086
1983-84 .....|   21,935 |   21,487 |   22,554 |   34,857 |   34,145 |   35,840
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1984-85 .....|   23,600 |   23,200 |   24,187 |   36,090 |   35,478 |   36,987
1985-86 .....|   25,199 |   24,718 |   25,846 |   37,455 |   36,740 |   38,417
1986-87 .....|   26,569 |   26,057 |   27,244 |   38,634 |   37,889 |   39,615
1987-88 .....|   28,034 |   27,519 |   28,798 |   39,142 |   38,423 |   40,209
1988-89 .....|   29,564 |   29,022 |   30,218 |   39,456 |   38,733 |   40,329
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1989-90 .....|   31,367 |   30,832 |   32,049 |   39,956 |   39,274 |   40,824
1990-91 .....|   33,084 |   32,490 |   33,896 |   39,958 |   39,241 |   40,939
1991-92 .....|   34,063 |   33,479 |   34,827 |   39,863 |   39,180 |   40,757
1992-93 .....|   35,029 |   34,350 |   35,880 |   39,752 |   38,981 |   40,718
1993-94 .....|   35,737 |   35,233 |   36,566 |   39,531 |   38,974 |   40,448
             |          |          |          |          |          |
1994-95......|   36,685 |   36,160 |   37,468 |   39,449 |   38,885 |   40,291
1995-96......|   37,716 |   37,295 |   38,371 |   39,484 |   39,043 |   40,170
1996-97......|   38,554 |   38,193 |   39,137 |   39,242 |   38,874 |   39,835
1997-98 .....|   39,385 |   39,075 |   39,889 |   39,385 |   39,075 |   39,889
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\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 1997-98. Copyright @ 1998 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared October 1998.)


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