Table 7.  Current instruction and instruction-related expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by object and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2006
	Current instruction and instruction-related expenditures1 [in thousands of dollars]
State or jurisdiction	Total		Salaries		Employee benefits		Purchased services		Tuition to out-of-state and private schools		Instructional supplies		Other
United States2	$296,104,516	3	$199,910,397	3	$62,930,989	3	$13,046,741	3	$4,168,859	3	$14,652,214	3	$1,395,317	3
Alabama	3,613,442		2,335,209		837,940		125,267		2,900		296,752		15,374
Alaska	957,744		594,296		239,391		63,076		0		51,753		9,228
Arizona	4,586,419	3	3,551,676	3	663,018	3	173,724	3	6,053		164,494	3	27,454	3
Arkansas	2,534,474	3	1,733,179	3	443,175	3	100,560	3	8,078		229,213	3	20,269	3
California	35,850,215	3	23,763,975	3	7,556,588	3	1,895,694	3	693,885		1,934,524	3	5,550	3
Colorado	3,907,295		2,756,003		616,493		131,448		49,377		288,309		65,665
Connecticut	5,003,775	3	3,244,338	3	1,156,015	3	171,881	3	284,136		137,808	3	9,596	3
Delaware	866,591		550,805		236,452		20,147		6,777		42,972		9,439
District of Columbia4	625,904	3	382,399	3	46,639	3	49,950	3	140,103		6,812	3	0	3
Florida	13,764,969	3	8,931,468	3	2,459,697	3	1,533,867	3	666		725,330	3	113,940	3
Georgia	9,348,593	3	6,554,537	3	1,928,885	3	247,041	3	4,983		558,444	3	54,702	3
Hawaii4	1,143,214		732,009		259,508		59,130		4,553		63,733		24,282
Idaho	1,117,513	3	765,320	3	245,399	3	45,768	3	606		59,680	3	740	3
Illinois	12,223,957	3	8,688,110	3	2,301,040	3	507,091	3	220,610		489,250	3	17,856	3
Indiana	5,843,838	3	3,662,501	3	1,812,142	3	114,689	3	21		219,417	3	35,067	3
Iowa	2,605,837		1,846,871		554,720		66,982		19,795		114,110		3,358
Kansas	2,605,113		1,903,592		428,991		90,910		1,861		162,435		17,324
Kentucky	3,392,033		2,392,563		757,620		75,150		232		143,045		23,423
Louisiana	3,516,871	3	2,365,097	3	849,524	3	63,122	3	958		214,971	3	23,199	3
Maine	1,467,136	3	934,941		339,724	3	63,131		74,580		46,758		8,003
Maryland	6,250,392	3	4,155,790		1,449,597	3	168,672		237,608		227,319		11,407
Massachusetts	8,530,548	3	5,309,789		2,151,900	3	63,642		737,354		240,712		27,152
Michigan	10,269,636		6,404,262		2,933,838		567,430		0		336,026		28,080
Minnesota	5,304,226	3	3,687,553	3	1,086,298	3	251,240	3	51,405		211,713	3	16,017	3
Mississippi	2,267,086	3	1,584,772	3	446,853	3	74,921	3	4,331		145,066	3	11,144	3
Missouri	4,947,406		3,472,261		831,214		197,598	3	9,572		407,763		28,998	3
Montana	807,561		530,596		148,095		56,750		536		68,465		3,118
Nebraska	1,783,853		1,220,922		400,275		66,042		15,083		65,934		15,598
Nevada	1,890,821		1,201,311		409,337		51,548		879		145,388		82,358
New Hampshire	1,446,317		917,696		319,450		46,098		112,672		47,261		3,141
New Jersey	13,016,486		8,457,085		3,007,868		395,976		549,944		478,811		126,802
New Mexico	1,662,234		1,116,388		327,089		86,334		0		124,255		8,168
New York	29,622,407	3	19,461,937	3	7,517,909	3	1,453,853	3	251,214		933,469	3	4,024	3
North Carolina	6,899,740		5,064,850		1,169,200		216,223		0		442,156		7,311
North Dakota	546,554		387,719		106,123		20,014		1,914		27,127		3,656
Ohio	11,360,796		7,534,970		2,465,451		606,165		137,904		463,610		152,698
Oklahoma	2,673,852		1,891,332		487,010		57,653		0		224,147		13,711
Oregon	2,992,083		1,812,015		821,684		141,192		21,691		179,936		15,565
Pennsylvania	12,803,055		8,328,823		2,814,801		865,830		222,164		549,197		22,240
Rhode Island	1,257,095	3	828,442	3	305,471	3	24,938	3	68,901		26,893	3	2,451	3
South Carolina	3,699,189		2,594,045		707,475		156,533		440		211,640		29,056
South Dakota	590,657		395,215		108,250		30,202		6,203		49,230		1,556
Tennessee	4,668,182	3	3,210,744		856,532		129,090		260	3	453,461		18,095
Texas	21,998,997	3	16,666,996	3	2,629,856	3	927,639	3	53,356		1,507,959	3	213,191	3
Utah	1,885,924		1,233,293		501,726		44,229		344		101,220		5,112
Vermont	833,389		522,449		175,337		50,965		56,114		26,181		2,344
Virginia	7,761,049		5,475,481		1,632,588		234,277		5,368		408,426		4,909
Washington	5,262,132	3	3,703,581		1,016,678		266,519		9,630	3	228,263		37,462
West Virginia	1,690,818	3	1,023,870	3	525,323	3	44,421	3	708		96,217	3	279	3
Wisconsin	5,782,750		3,621,765		1,701,343		119,438		92,407		233,812		13,986
Wyoming	624,347		405,556		143,457		32,684		684		40,747		1,220
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	36,784		21,342		4,126		6,556		0		3,009		1,751
Guam	125,846	3	92,958		22,977		2,140		0		7,424	3	347
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	47,079	3	32,431	3	8,755	3	4,330	3	0		1,538	3	26	3
Puerto Rico	2,190,152		1,763,778		266,163		17,850		0		84,223		58,138
U.S. Virgin Islands	99,432		77,115		20,498		225		0		1,544		49
1 Include salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians and library aides, in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student assessment, technology, and supplies and purchased services related to these activities.
2 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
3 Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items, and/or to distribute state direct support expenditures.
4 Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2006, Version 1a.