For regular, full-time public school teachers, average base teaching salaries, percent and total average earnings from outside sources by main teaching assignment: 2017–18

	Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers		Job outside the school system
Teaching main assignment			Percent of teachers		Average amount earned
All public schools	$57,900		17.8		$5,800
Teacher main assignment
Early childhood or general elementary	56,800		12.4		4,700
Special education	58,200		17.8		5,400
Arts or music	56,400		30.6		5,800
English/language arts	58,100		16.1		5,100
ESL/bilingual education	62,800		14.3		6,000
Foreign languages	60,600		20.0		5,600
Health education	58,800		24.3		7,000
Mathematics	58,800		20.0		6,800
Natural sciences	59,400		20.6		5,400
Social sciences	58,700		21.3		5,600
Career or technical education	57,400		26.0		9,200
Other	59,400		20.7		8,700
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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