Table 78. - | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1997-98 |
_______________________________________________________________________________ | Current dollars | Constant 1997-98 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 | $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 _____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
\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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