Teachers’ age and sex: Average and median age of public K–12 school teachers and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by age category, sex, and state: 2020–21

			Age category				Sex¹
State	Average age of teachers	Median age of teachers	Less than 30 years	30–49 years	50–54 years	55 years or more	Male	Female
United States	42.9	42.0	14.2	55.5	13.1	17.2	23.2	76.8

Alabama	42.4	41.7	14.1	58.7	11.6	15.7	19.1	80.9
Alaska	45.0	44.8	9.7	54.3	14.8	21.2	28.1	71.9
Arizona	42.7	42.3	17.5	52.2	12.9	17.4	26.6	73.4
Arkansas	42.3	41.3	16.4	54.5	12.1	17.1	22.4	77.6
California	44.5	44.0	10.5	55.3	13.2	21.0	26.7	73.3

Colorado	42.7	42.2	15.3	54.3	14.8	15.5	25.1	74.9
Connecticut	44.3	43.0	11.7	55.3	12.2	20.8	24.5	75.5
Delaware	41.7	40.6	14.1	61.6	10.8	13.4	20.6	79.4
District of Columbia	38.8	35.4	24.5	58.6	5.4	11.4	23.9	76.1
Florida	44.4	43.7	12.8	50.4	12.6	24.1	19.1	80.9

Georgia	43.2	43.1	13.8	54.2	15.3	16.7	20.0	80.0
Hawaii	43.9	43.3	14.3	52.3	11.6	21.7	26.6	73.4
Idaho	43.0	42.7	14.2	54.3	14.4	17.2	24.1	75.9
Illinois	41.6	40.6	14.4	60.7	12.1	12.8	23.8	76.2
Indiana	42.2	40.9	16.8	55.4	10.9	17.0	24.5	75.5

Iowa	42.0	41.3	18.0	50.8	15.5	15.8	24.0	76.0
Kansas	42.0	40.4	16.8	53.5	10.7	18.9	24.4	75.6
Kentucky	40.2	39.2	19.0	60.3	10.5	10.2	22.3	77.7
Louisiana	41.8	40.5	15.4	58.0	11.8	14.8	16.9	83.1
Maine	46.0	45.9	10.1	47.8	12.7	29.5	25.5	74.5

Maryland	43.3	43.6	13.6	52.8	16.3	17.3	17.6	82.4
Massachusetts	42.0	40.6	13.9	60.2	9.4	16.5	24.1	75.9
Michigan	43.0	42.4	12.3	58.6	15.4	13.7	23.3	76.7
Minnesota	42.6	41.7	16.1	52.5	12.9	18.4	28.7	71.3
Mississippi	41.0	39.7	18.4	59.3	9.8	12.5	16.4	83.6

Missouri	41.1	39.8	19.4	55.2	12.4	13.0	24.7	75.3
Montana	43.0	42.3	16.3	52.9	13.8	17.0	27.5	72.5
Nebraska	41.6	39.8	21.7	48.8	11.2	18.3	25.0	75.0
Nevada	44.7	44.6	11.4	55.0	13.9	19.7	22.9	77.1
New Hampshire	44.6	44.0	11.0	52.6	11.9	24.4	26.6	73.4

New Jersey	42.3	40.9	13.5	58.4	12.1	16.0	21.0	79.0
New Mexico	45.6	43.8	9.9	53.9	10.7	25.5	23.2	76.8
New York	43.2	42.5	11.2	59.3	15.3	14.2	23.0	77.0
North Carolina	41.0	40.3	18.7	56.4	11.9	13.0	20.3	79.7
North Dakota	40.1	37.6	21.3	54.9	6.6	17.2	24.5	75.5

Ohio	42.5	41.3	12.9	60.3	12.1	14.7	22.8	77.2
Oklahoma	44.4	45.0	18.1	42.3	12.9	26.6	18.9	81.1
Oregon	43.7	43.2	12.6	55.5	14.4	17.6	29.8	70.2
Pennsylvania	42.0	40.8	11.4	63.7	14.3	10.6	26.7	73.3
Rhode Island	45.8	45.8	9.6	49.9	16.0	24.4	23.5	76.5

South Carolina	42.0	41.3	18.8	51.7	13.9	15.6	22.8	77.2
South Dakota	41.1	39.5	21.0	52.6	10.4	16.0	23.3	76.7
Tennessee	42.6	41.1	16.6	52.6	11.1	19.8	20.1	79.9
Texas	43.0	42.4	14.9	54.5	13.0	17.5	22.6	77.4
Utah	43.1	42.5	12.4	56.9	12.9	17.8	24.4	75.6

Vermont	43.2	42.3	11.8	54.9	13.4	19.9	23.8	76.2
Virginia	43.4	41.8	15.2	50.8	12.7	21.3	21.0	79.0
Washington	44.5	44.4	10.3	52.4	17.7	19.5	27.7	72.3
West Virginia	43.7	42.6	12.6	52.4	12.9	22.1	24.2	75.8
Wisconsin	41.4	40.0	18.1	53.9	16.2	11.9	25.9	74.1
Wyoming	43.2	42.8	13.6	53.0	16.8	16.6	28.1	71.9

¹Teachers were asked whether they were male or female. Although this variable is labeled “sex,” the questionnaire did not use the terms either “gender” or “sex.”

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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