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| Table 82. - | 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 1997-98 |
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| Current dollars | Constant 1997-98 dollars\2\
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| Average |Earnings per full-| Average |Earnings per full-| Ratio of instruc-
School | salary of | time employee | salary of | time employee |tional staff salary
year |instructional|working for wages |instructional|working for wages | to earnings per
| staff | or salary\3\ | staff | or salary\3\ |full-time employee
_________|_____________|__________________|_____________|__________________|___________________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
_________|_____________|__________________|_____________|__________________|___________________
1929-30 .| $1,420 | $1,386 | $13,418 | $13,097 | 1.02
1931-32 .| 1,417 | 1,198 | 15,897 | 13,440 | 1.18
1933-34 .| 1,227 | 1,070 | 14,987 | 13,069 | 1.15
1935-36 .| 1,283 | 1,160 | 15,101 | 13,653 | 1.11
1937-38 .| 1,374 | 1,224 | 15,514 | 13,820 | 1.12
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1939-40 .| 1,441 | 1,282 | 16,678 | 14,837 | 1.12
1941-42 .| 1,507 | 1,576 | 15,633 | 16,348 | 0.96
1943-44 .| 1,728 | 2,030 | 16,040 | 18,843 | 0.85
1945-46 .| 1,995 | 2,272 | 17,689 | 20,145 | 0.88
1947-48 .| 2,639 | 2,692 | 18,319 | 18,687 | 0.98
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1949-50 .| 3,010 | 2,930 | 20,557 | 20,010 | 1.03
1951-52 .| 3,450 | 3,322 | 21,231 | 20,443 | 1.04
1953-54 .| 3,825 | 3,628 | 23,005 | 21,821 | 1.05
1955-56 .| 4,156 | 3,924 | 25,005 | 23,609 | 1.06
1957-58 .| 4,702 | 4,276 | 26,630 | 24,218 | 1.10
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1959-60 .| 5,174 | 4,632 | 28,481 | 25,497 | 1.12
1961-62 .| 5,700 | 4,928 | 30,672 | 26,518 | 1.16
1963-64 .| 6,240 | 5,373 | 32,724 | 28,177 | 1.16
1965-66 .| 6,935 | 5,838 | 35,154 | 29,593 | 1.19
1967-68 .| 7,630 | 6,444 | 36,288 | 30,648 | 1.18
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1969-70 .| 9,047 | 7,334 | 38,737 | 31,402 | 1.23
1970-71 .| 9,698 | 7,815 | 39,486 | 31,819 | 1.24
1971-72 .| 10,213 | 8,334 | 40,143 | 32,757 | 1.23
1972-73 .| 10,634 | 8,858 | 40,179 | 33,468 | 1.20
1973-74 .| 11,254 | 9,647 | 39,040 | 33,465 | 1.17
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1974-75 .| 12,167 | 10,420 | 37,997 | 32,541 | 1.17
1975-76 .| 13,124 | 11,218 | 38,276 | 32,717 | 1.17
1976-77 .| 13,840 | 11,991 | 38,140 | 33,045 | 1.15
1977-78 .| 14,698 | 12,829 | 37,956 | 33,128 | 1.15
1978-79 .| 15,764 | 13,851 | 37,222 | 32,705 | 1.14
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1979-80 .| 16,715 | 15,095 | 34,824 | 31,448 | 1.11
1980-81 .| 18,404 | 16,495 | 34,363 | 30,799 | 1.12
1981-82 .| 20,327 | 17,818 | 34,936 | 30,624 | 1.14
1982-83 .| 21,641 | 18,883 | 35,662 | 31,117 | 1.15
1983-84 .| 23,005 | 19,749 | 36,557 | 31,383 | 1.16
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1984-85 .| 24,666 | 20,626 | 37,720 | 31,542 | 1.20
1985-86 .| 26,362 | 21,518 | 39,184 | 31,983 | 1.23
1986-87 .| 27,706 | 22,432 | 40,287 | 32,618 | 1.24
1987-88 .| 29,219 | 23,467 | 40,796 | 32,765 | 1.25
1988-89 .| 30,850 | 24,502 | 41,172 | 32,700 | 1.26
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1989-90 .| 32,638 | 25,555 | 41,575 | 32,553 | 1.28
1990-91 .| 34,401 | 26,668 | 41,549 | 32,209 | 1.29
1991-92 .| 35,556 | 27,829 | 41,610 | 32,568 | 1.28
1992-93 .| 36,460 | 29,060 | 41,376 | 32,978 | 1.25
1993-94 .| 37,446 | 29,781 | 41,422 | 32,943 | 1.26
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1994-95 .| 38,331 | 30,573 | 41,219 | 32,876 | 1.25
1995-96 .| 39,465 | 31,579 | 41,315 | 33,059 | 1.25
1996-97 .| 40,562 | 32,850 | 41,285 | 33,436 | 1.23
1997-98 .| 41,598 | --- | 41,598 | --- | ---
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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. Beginning in 1992-93, data are wage and salary accruals per full-time-equivalent employee. ---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, 1997-98, (Copyright @ 1998 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 October 1998.) |
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