Among regular full-time teachers with higher than a master's degree, average school related earnings and selected earning percentiles during the current school year, by selected main teaching assignments and years of teaching experience: 2015–16 (rev)

								Annual earning from all school related sources
Selected main teaching assignment and experience		Total number of teachers		Percent of teachers		Average annual school related earnings		25th percentile		50th percentile		75th percentile
All teachers		289,800		100.0		$64,500		$51,000		$62,600		$76,100
Teaching experience
0–5 years		31,600		10.9		51,100		41,900		48,900		57,900
6–14 years		103,200		35.6		59,000		47,900		58,000		68,000
15–20 years		69,800		24.1		68,100		55,000		66,900		80,000
21–29 years		59,300		20.5		72,200		58,700		69,900		85,000
30 years or more		25,900		8.9		75,100		60,900		75,500		88,900
All general education teachers1		131,800		100.0		63,400		50,100		61,900		75,600
Teaching experience
0–5 years		16,000		12.2		50,400		41,900		48,200		55,700
6–14 years		47,700		36.2		57,900		46,900		58,600		67,900
15–20 years		29,500		22.4		67,300		54,200		66,000		79,600
21–29 years		26,600		20.2		72,600		59,300		71,700		86,300
30 years or more		11,900		9.0		73,200		59,700		72,600		84,300
All humanities teachers2		68,200		100.0		65,700		51,000		63,600		77,800
Teaching experience
0–5 years		6,100		8.9		51,200		42,000		51,800		56,500
6–14 years		24,300		35.7		60,300		47,600		56,800		70,500
15–20 years		18,200		26.7		67,800		53,200		66,100		77,800
21–29 years		13,700		20.0		72,800		57,700		69,600		86,200
30 years or more		6,000		8.7		79,400		65,600		80,900		91,400
All arts and music teachers3		12,200		100.0		67,800		52,200		66,800		79,100
Teaching experience
0–5 years		1,600		13.1		50,000		42,000		45,200		57,200
6–14 years		3,100		25.5		60,900		49,500		55,700		66,900
15–20 years		3,000		24.7		75,300		58,700		74,100		87,500
21–29 years		3,200		26.4		69,200		53,100		67,000		77,500
30 years or more		1,300	!	10.3		86,400		70,300		79,800		92,600
All behavioral & social sciences teachers4		8,700		100.0		66,400		53,900		64,500		77,000
Teaching experience
0–5 years		1,100	!	13.1		55,800		46,400		53,900		64,100
6–14 years		2,800		32.0		67,900		54,400		68,700		79,000
15–20 years		2,200		24.7		63,400		52,500		57,400		75,800
21–29 years		1,800		20.9		67,400		59,900		70,500		78,200
30 years or more		800	!	9.4	!	81,500		64,500		72,400		87,200
All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5		13,200		100.0		63,100		50,100		59,900		72,900
Teaching experience
0–5 years		1,300		9.6		57,100		43,400		47,900		67,400
6–14 years		5,000		37.7		56,600		49,000		55,400		64,100
15–20 years		3,000		22.4		68,700		54,800		68,500		81,500
21–29 years		2,100		15.6		64,900		55,600		59,900		71,600
30 years or more		1,900		14.7		73,200		53,100		73,300		88,800
All mathematics & computer science teachers6		22,400		100.0		65,200		52,000		62,900		76,800
Teaching experience
0–5 years		1,700		7.5		51,600		40,400		47,300		53,000
6–14 years		8,700		38.8		60,000		49,400		56,100		67,500
15–20 years		5,800		26.1		70,400		55,900		69,700		83,100
21–29 years		4,500		20.3		72,200		60,000		69,400		79,700
30 years or more		1,600		7.4		69,000		58,200		68,800		75,900
All Natural sciences teachers7		19,900		100.0		65,600		50,900		63,000		77,600
Teaching experience
0–5 years		2,900		14.7		50,700		39,300		47,800		54,200
6–14 years		6,400		32.0		60,600		49,700		57,000		67,800
15–20 years		5,600		28.1		71,500		61,400		69,900		82,300
21–29 years		4,100		20.7		75,500		60,900		68,200		86,800
30 years or more		900	!	4.5	!	67,100		46,600	!	67,500		71,900
All other teachers8		13,200		100.0		62,600		47,900		61,600		75,400
Teaching experience
0–5 years		800	!	6.4	!	49,900		37,000		48,400		59,700
6–14 years		5,200		39.2		56,700		42,900		54,500		64,100
15–20 years		2,500		19.1		61,500		53,600		63,200		70,800
21–29 years		3,200		24.6		71,600		60,800		69,900		82,600
30 years or more		1,400		10.7		72,700		48,400		73,600		89,600
! 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).
1General education includes: early childhood or pre-K, elementary grades, middle grades, and special education.
2Humanities includes: art history, communications, composition, English, language arts, literature or literary criticism, reading, ESL or bilingual education, foreign languages, area or ethnic studies, government or civics, history, Native American studies, and philosophy.
3Arts and music includes: art or arts and crafts, dance, drama or theatre, and music.
4Behavioral and social sciences includes: social studies, anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences.
5Career, technical, & vocational education includes: agriculture and natural resources, business management, business support, marketing and distribution, healthcare occupations, construction trades, engineering, or science technologies, mechanic and repair, manufacturing or precision production, communications and related technologies, personal and public services, family and consumer sciences education, industrial arts or technology education, and other career or technical education.
6Mathematics & computer science includes: algebra I, algebra II, algebra III, basic and general mathematics, business and applied math, calculus and pre-calculus, computer science, geometry, pre-algebra, statistics and probability, and trigonometry.
7Natural sciences includes: sciences, general, biology or life sciences, chemistry, earth science, engineering, integrated science, physical science, physics, and other natural sciences.
8Other includes: journalism, speech, health education, physical education, driver education, library or information science, military science or ROTC, religious studies, and other.
NOTE: Estimates are for regular full-time teachers. Earnings from school related sources include base teaching salary, payment for extracurricular activities, and other services provided to the school or larger school system, such as merit pay bonuses and state supplements. Summer earnings are not included. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2015–16.

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