Total number of public school teachers and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by their satisfaction with teaching salary and selected school and teacher characteristics: 2015–16 (rev)

				I am satisfied with my teaching salary4
Selected school and teacher characteristics		Total number of teachers		Percent who agree		Percent who disagree
All public schools		3,348,800		44.8		55.2
School classification
Traditional public		3,161,900		44.8		55.2
Charter school		186,900		45.5		54.5
Community type
City1		982,600		43.8		56.2
Suburban		1,285,500		47.1		52.9
Town		399,100		45.6		54.4
Rural		681,600		41.6		58.4
Teacher's instructional level2
Elementary		1,690,500		42.2		57.8
Secondary		1,658,400		47.5		52.5
Member of a teachers' union or employee association
Yes		2,325,200		48.5		51.5
No		1,023,600		36.6		63.4
School, district, or school system
Yes		2,003,500		49.3		50.7
No		1,345,300		38.2		61.8
Census region3
Northeast		647,700		58.9		41.1
Midwest		707,700		49.4		50.6
South		1,326,800		35.2		64.8
West		666,700		45.5		54.5
1Interpret data on city teachers with caution. After nonresponse adjustments, the nonresponse bias for this category is greater than for other characteristics.
2Instructional level refers to the grade levels taught by a teacher and divides teachers into elementary or secondary based on a combination of the grades taught, main teaching assignment, and the structure of their classes.
3Northeast includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and West includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
4Teachers who agree are those who answered "strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" to the statement. Teachers who disagree are those who answered "strongly disagree" or "somewhat disagree" to the statement.
NOTE: 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," 2015–16.

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