Average base teaching salary and supplements: Among regular full-time school teachers, average base salary and earnings from all sources, percentage of teachers with earnings from various salary supplements, and among those teachers, the average amount earned from the supplement during the current school year, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2020–21

			Salary supplements
	Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers	Average school year earnings from all sources¹	Extracurricular or additional activities in same school system		Additional compensation based on students' performance				Other school system sources (state supplement, etc.)				Job outside the school system during the school year
School type and selected school characteristic	Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers	Average school year earnings from all sources¹	Percent of teachers	Average amount	Percent of teachers		Average amount		Percent of teachers		Average amount		Percent of teachers	Average amount
All teachers	$60,100	$62,500	38.7	$2,900	4.7		$1,400		7.5		$2,800		16.8	$6,100

All public school teachers	61,600	64,100	40.1	2,900	5.2		1,400		8.1		2,700		16.8	6,100

School classification
Traditional public	62,100	64,600	40.6	3,000	4.8		1,400		8.1		2,800		16.8	6,100
Charter school	54,400	56,600	32.9	2,500	10.0		1,500		8.6		2,300		16.6	6,400

Community type
City	63,500	65,800	37.6	2,600	6.3		1,500		7.6		2,900		15.7	6,300
Suburban	66,900	69,400	38.9	3,100	4.6		1,400		7.1		2,900		16.9	6,100
Town	54,300	56,800	43.4	3,100	4.6		1,300		8.2		2,500		17.0	5,700
Rural	53,700	56,400	43.6	2,900	5.3		1,200		10.6		2,500		17.7	6,100

School level²
Elementary	60,100	61,800	29.9	1,700	5.4		1,300		8.1		2,400		14.2	5,900
Middle	61,900	64,500	46.0	3,000	4.5		1,300		7.8		2,700		17.8	5,600
Secondary/high	62,900	66,700	51.8	4,000	5.4		1,500		8.9		3,200		20.5	6,600
Combined/other	64,300	66,800	41.4	3,100	4.9		1,300		6.6		2,900		15.2	6,000

Student enrollment
Less than 100	53,500	57,200	30.2	3,300	4.1		1,300		12.5		2,700		23.1	9,900	!
100–199	52,800	55,400	40.2	3,000	4.7		1,700		8.0		3,600		18.2	5,600
200–499	59,700	61,700	36.9	2,400	4.5		1,300		7.1		2,500		15.7	5,900
500–749	61,500	63,600	37.8	2,500	5.3		1,200		8.2		2,400		15.8	5,600
750–999	62,900	65,400	40.2	2,900	5.6		1,600		8.9		3,000		16.6	5,800
1,000 or more	65,600	68,900	47.5	3,800	5.8		1,500		8.7		3,100		18.4	6,500

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0–34	65,200	67,800	42.2	3,100	4.9		1,500		7.1		2,600		18.0	5,800
35–49	60,700	63,400	43.1	3,100	4.7		1,200		7.8		3,000		17.1	6,300
50–74	59,300	61,800	39.7	3,000	5.5		1,200		8.4		2,700		16.8	5,900
75 or more	60,200	62,500	37.1	2,600	5.5		1,500		9.1		2,700		15.4	6,400

Reported effect of COVID–19 on instruction³
Only teaching with distance-learning instruction	67,700	69,900	36.8	2,800	4.3		1,800		6.4		2,900		14.7	6,100
Teaching with a hybrid of in-person and distance-learning instruction	61,700	64,300	42.4	3,000	4.9		1,300		8.6		2,700		17.5	6,000
Teaching only in-person instruction or no effect on delivery of instruction	56,400	58,800	37.3	2,700	6.5		1,200		8.5		2,600		16.7	6,300

All private school teachers	$46,400	$48,300	25.5	$3,100	0.4		$2,000	!	1.6		$4,600		17.2	$6,100

School classification
Catholic	45,200	47,100	30.8	2,800	0.3	!	1,400		2.2		4,800		17.0	5,800
Other religious	40,100	42,100	22.1	3,200	‡		‡		1.3		5,700	!	18.2	6,700
Nonsectarian	56,000	57,700	24.2	3,400	0.5	!	1,800		1.3		2,600		15.9	5,400

Community type
City	50,300	52,400	29.2	3,300	0.6	!	1,800	!	2.4		4,000		16.9	5,900
Suburban	47,400	49,400	23.8	3,100	0.4	!	‡		1		5,100	!	17.0	6,800
Town	34,600	36,100	26.8	1,600	‡		‡		‡		9,400	!	21.8	4,400
Rural	37,200	38,700	18.4	2,900	‡		‡		‡		2,300	!	16.2	5,700

School level²
Elementary/middle	40,300	41,500	17.0	2,600	‡		‡		2.1	!	‡		15.0	4,600
Secondary/high	53,700	56,700	42.4	3,700	0.6	!	1,300	!	2.7		‡		19.7	6,600
Combined/other	45,900	47,700	23.5	2,900	0.5	!	2,200	!	1.3		4,500		17.0	6,100

Student enrollment
Less than 100	36,400	37,700	11.5	2,300	‡		‡		1.2	!	‡		17.6	5,500
100–199	39,900	41,200	15.8	2,000	‡		‡		1.5	!	7,000	!	17.7	5,100
200–499	46,700	48,700	29.1	2,700	‡		1,200	!	2.1		3,100		16.7	6,600
500–749	53,100	55,600	33.7	3,400	‡		‡		2.1		‡		19.4	6,700
750 or more	64,200	67,200	44.2	4,400	‡		‡		0.9	!	‡		14.8	6,500

Reported effect of COVID–19 on instruction³
Only teaching with distance-learning instruction	56,200	57,900	19.3	4,300	‡		‡		‡		5,000	!	12.1	5,500
Teaching with a hybrid of in-person and distance-learning instruction	50,100	52,300	28.9	3,200	0.6	!	1,400	!	1.8		3,600		18.3	6,400
Teaching only in-person instruction or no effect on delivery of instruction	40,100	41,700	22.0	2,800	‡		‡		1.3		6,200	!	16.5	5,700

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable analysis, or the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).

¹Average earnings from all sources is defined as the weighted mean of the amount that regular full-time teachers earned from all sources during the school year. It does not include summer income or income from a retirement pension.

²Elementary schools offer at least one grade of K to 4, and the number of elementary grades is higher than the number of middle grades. Middle schools offer at least one of grades 5 to 8, and the number of middle grades is greater than the number of elementary or secondary grades. Secondary/high schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades 9 through 12 than in lower grades. Combined/other schools include all other combinations of grades, including K–12 schools. School level categories in the 2020–21 NTPS differ from those in previous survey administrations; caution should be exercised when comparing estimates by level over time.

³Teachers were asked to report the current effect of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on their teaching at the school at the time they completed the survey. Thus, this was the reported effect on instruction at the time the survey was completed, not a summary of the school year.

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. For average base salary, teachers who reported zero are excluded from the table. Summer earnings are not included. A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files,” 2020–21.