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Average annual salary for teachers in public middle and high schools, by main teaching assignment and selected school characteristics: 2017–18
| Main teaching assignment and selected school characteristic | Average salary | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All public school teachers | $59,500 | |||||||||
| Teaching field and school characteristic | ||||||||||
| Mathematics | 59,600 | |||||||||
| Percent of students who were non-White | ||||||||||
| 0–24 | 58,000 | |||||||||
| 25–49 | 57,000 | |||||||||
| 50–74 | 59,100 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 63,800 | |||||||||
| Data not available | 70,200 | |||||||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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| 0–34 | 62,000 | |||||||||
| 35–49 | 58,600 | |||||||||
| 50–74 | 56,700 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 59,900 | |||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 60,400 | |||||||||
| Suburban | 64,500 | |||||||||
| Town | 51,100 | |||||||||
| Rural | 50,900 | |||||||||
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 72,500 | |||||||||
| Midwest | 60,400 | |||||||||
| South | 50,300 | |||||||||
| West | 64,200 | |||||||||
| Natural sciences | 60,500 | |||||||||
| Percent of students who were non-White | ||||||||||
| 0–24 | 59,600 | |||||||||
| 25–49 | 59,500 | |||||||||
| 50–74 | 57,200 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 64,200 | |||||||||
| Data not available | 71,000 | |||||||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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| 0–34 | 65,100 | |||||||||
| 35–49 | 59,400 | |||||||||
| 50–74 | 56,100 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 59,000 | |||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 60,900 | |||||||||
| Suburban | 65,900 | |||||||||
| Town | 51,700 | |||||||||
| Rural | 53,100 | |||||||||
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 73,200 | |||||||||
| Midwest | 60,900 | |||||||||
| South | 51,300 | |||||||||
| West | 66,100 | |||||||||
| Other1 | 59,300 | |||||||||
| Percent of students who were non-White | ||||||||||
| 0–24 | 58,000 | |||||||||
| 25–49 | 59,200 | |||||||||
| 50–74 | 58,000 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 62,100 | |||||||||
| Data not available | 59,100 | |||||||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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| 0–34 | 62,700 | |||||||||
| 35–49 | 58,200 | |||||||||
| 50–74 | 56,900 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 57,700 | |||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||
| City | 60,400 | |||||||||
| Suburban | 64,000 | |||||||||
| Town | 51,100 | |||||||||
| Rural | 52,600 | |||||||||
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 72,900 | |||||||||
| Midwest | 57,700 | |||||||||
| South | 50,700 | |||||||||
| West | 64,300 | |||||||||
| 1 Other teachers include those who teach any subject other than mathematics or natural sciences. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18. | ||||||||||
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