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This article was originally published as an Indicator of the Month, taken from The Condition of Education: 1999. The sample survey data are from the U.S. Census Bureau's March Current Population Survey (CPS). | |||
Attracting and retaining quality teachers are growing concerns among education officials and the public. This is especially true for beginning teachers as school districts compete with each other and other industries for additional teaching personnel to cope with growing enrollments and an aging workforce of experienced teachers who are nearing retirement. Increased salaries potentially provide a means of attracting and retaining the increased numbers of quality young teachers who will be needed in the years ahead.
Table 1. - Percentage distribution and annual median salaries (in constant 1998 dollars) of full-time elementary and secondary school teachers, by age, and annual median salaries of all bachelor's degree recipients: 1971-98
*Includes only full-time employed bachelor's degree
recipients.
NOTE: Median salaries refer to the previous calendar
year; for example, salaries reported in 1971 refer to salaries earned
in 1970. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was used to calculate constant
dollars. Includes full-time public and private school teachers who taught
grades 1-12. Detail may not add to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
Current Population Survey (CPS), March 1971-98
(selected years).
Figure 1. - Percentage distribution and annual median salaries of full-time elementary and secondary school teachers, by age: 1971-98
NOTE: Median salaries refer to the previous calendar
year; for example, salaries reported in 1971 refer to salaries earned
in 1970. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was used to calculate constant
dollars. Includes full-time public and private school teachers who taught
grades 1-12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
Current Population Survey (CPS), March 1971-98
(selected years).
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