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Among regular full-time teachers with a bachelor's degree or less, average school related earnings and selected earning percentiles during the current school year, by school type, selected main teaching assignment, and years of teaching experience: 2017–18
| Average annual school related earnings |
Annual earnings from all school related sources | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School type, selected main teaching assignment, and years of teaching experience |
Percent of teachers |
25th percentile | 50th percentile | 75th percentile | ||||||||||
| All schools | 100.0 | $50,100 | $40,000 | $47,500 | $56,200 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 34.1 | 43,100 | 36,800 | 41,900 | 49,100 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.5 | 48,500 | 40,900 | 47,000 | 54,500 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.3 | 56,800 | 45,200 | 53,300 | 65,000 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.6 | 59,800 | 48,200 | 56,300 | 69,300 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 5.4 | 61,300 | 49,700 | 59,200 | 72,000 | |||||||||
| All general education teachers1 | 100.0 | 48,400 | 38,900 | 45,500 | 55,000 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 35.5 | 41,900 | 35,900 | 41,000 | 47,000 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.7 | 47,000 | 40,000 | 45,500 | 53,000 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 14.6 | 55,300 | 43,200 | 52,000 | 63,900 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.4 | 58,600 | 46,200 | 55,500 | 68,600 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.8 | 58,900 | 46,000 | 57,600 | 68,300 | |||||||||
| All humanities teachers2 | 100.0 | 51,200 | 41,000 | 48,500 | 56,500 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 33.2 | 44,000 | 38,000 | 42,500 | 50,700 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.9 | 49,300 | 41,600 | 47,300 | 55,000 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 16.4 | 57,800 | 46,500 | 54,000 | 65,300 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.8 | 61,600 | 49,900 | 58,800 | 70,800 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.8 | 63,000 | 50,300 | 58,800 | 72,900 | |||||||||
| All arts and music teachers3 | 100.0 | 50,600 | 41,000 | 49,000 | 57,000 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 34.3 | 43,900 | 37,900 | 42,300 | 49,500 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 29.9 | 48,500 | 41,700 | 48,000 | 53,800 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.1 | 57,000 | 46,100 | 55,100 | 64,800 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 14.6 | 59,400 | 49,400 | 56,200 | 65,900 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 6.2 | 61,200 | 53,200 | 57,800 | 67,300 | |||||||||
| All behavioral & social sciences teachers4 | 100.0 | 51,400 | 41,800 | 49,600 | 57,000 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 32.9 | 43,300 | 36,700 | 42,200 | 47,800 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 35.4 | 50,900 | 43,000 | 49,600 | 54,900 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.0 | 59,800 | 46,700 | 54,800 | 67,600 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 13.6 | 60,900 | 53,800 | 61,700 | 67,000 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 3.0 | 60,000 | 45,900 | 50,400 | 67,500 | |||||||||
| All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5 | 100.0 | 53,700 | 43,500 | 51,500 | 59,900 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 29.9 | 46,700 | 38,000 | 45,200 | 52,900 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 36.5 | 52,900 | 43,600 | 49,800 | 58,000 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.7 | 61,100 | 50,100 | 57,000 | 66,000 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.2 | 60,000 | 48,900 | 55,700 | 70,700 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 5.7 | 62,300 | 54,600 | 60,600 | 69,200 | |||||||||
| All mathematics & computer science teachers6 | 100.0 | 51,100 | 41,000 | 49,500 | 57,700 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 35.9 | 44,400 | 37,300 | 42,500 | 51,100 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 30.8 | 49,800 | 41,600 | 48,800 | 55,900 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 16.4 | 58,200 | 48,500 | 54,100 | 63,000 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 11.2 | 61,600 | 49,300 | 58,200 | 69,300 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 5.7 | 59,300 | 49,000 | 57,300 | 68,200 | |||||||||
| All natural sciences teachers7 | 100.0 | 51,300 | 41,000 | 48,000 | 57,300 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 34.4 | 42,900 | 37,300 | 42,000 | 48,600 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.1 | 50,500 | 41,500 | 47,000 | 55,900 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.6 | 57,700 | 46,900 | 53,900 | 67,000 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 11.5 | 61,100 | 49,600 | 56,900 | 68,800 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 6.3 | 68,100 | 54,200 | 65,300 | 78,300 | |||||||||
| All other teachers8 | 100.0 | 52,800 | 42,000 | 50,000 | 60,200 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 27.9 | 45,000 | 37,900 | 43,600 | 51,700 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 31.3 | 50,100 | 41,900 | 48,200 | 55,900 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 16.6 | 57,300 | 45,900 | 53,800 | 67,400 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 14.7 | 60,400 | 47,800 | 55,700 | 69,600 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 9.4 | 64,500 | 52,900 | 62,000 | 75,700 | |||||||||
| Public schools | 100.0 | 51,700 | 41,400 | 49,000 | 57,200 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 34.3 | 44,500 | 38,000 | 42,500 | 50,000 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.7 | 50,000 | 42,000 | 48,000 | 55,000 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.6 | 58,600 | 47,000 | 54,300 | 66,900 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.7 | 61,900 | 50,000 | 58,100 | 70,900 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.7 | 65,000 | 52,900 | 62,000 | 74,000 | |||||||||
| All general education teachers1 | 100.0 | 50,300 | 40,300 | 47,000 | 55,900 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 35.6 | 43,500 | 37,000 | 41,800 | 48,000 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 33.0 | 48,700 | 41,000 | 46,800 | 54,000 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 14.9 | 57,500 | 45,000 | 53,200 | 66,600 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.5 | 61,200 | 49,000 | 58,000 | 70,700 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.0 | 63,600 | 51,200 | 61,100 | 71,800 | |||||||||
| All humanities teachers2 | 100.0 | 52,400 | 42,000 | 49,700 | 57,400 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 33.8 | 45,400 | 38,800 | 43,200 | 51,000 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.7 | 50,400 | 42,000 | 48,000 | 55,100 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 16.4 | 59,500 | 48,400 | 54,500 | 67,600 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.8 | 63,500 | 51,100 | 59,900 | 72,800 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.3 | 63,700 | 50,200 | 59,800 | 74,500 | |||||||||
| All arts and music teachers3 | 100.0 | 51,500 | 41,900 | 49,600 | 57,800 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 35.0 | 44,800 | 38,500 | 42,700 | 50,300 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 30.8 | 49,200 | 42,500 | 48,000 | 53,900 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.1 | 58,400 | 48,300 | 56,500 | 65,800 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 14.3 | 61,700 | 50,900 | 57,300 | 70,100 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.9 | 62,600 | 55,400 | 59,400 | 69,800 | |||||||||
| All behavioral & social sciences teachers4 | 100.0 | 52,600 | 42,200 | 50,900 | 59,000 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 31.5 | 44,300 | 37,600 | 42,600 | 50,600 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 35.9 | 52,000 | 44,000 | 50,700 | 55,600 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.5 | 61,200 | 50,100 | 55,100 | 67,900 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 14.1 | 61,300 | 53,900 | 61,900 | 66,900 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 3.0 | 61,200 | 47,900 | 52,000 | 68,100 | |||||||||
| All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5 | 100.0 | 53,900 | 43,500 | 51,500 | 59,900 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 29.9 | 46,900 | 38,700 | 45,200 | 52,900 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 36.6 | 53,000 | 43,600 | 49,900 | 58,100 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 16.0 | 61,100 | 50,000 | 57,000 | 66,100 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.2 | 60,200 | 48,900 | 55,800 | 70,700 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 5.4 | 63,600 | 54,900 | 60,800 | 69,300 | |||||||||
| All mathematics & computer science teachers6 | 100.0 | 52,400 | 41,900 | 50,000 | 57,900 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 36.8 | 45,500 | 38,400 | 43,400 | 51,900 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 30.5 | 51,700 | 42,500 | 49,200 | 56,500 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 17.0 | 59,200 | 48,900 | 54,500 | 63,200 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 11.0 | 63,100 | 50,900 | 59,100 | 67,000 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 4.8 | 60,700 | 51,900 | 57,500 | 68,800 | |||||||||
| All natural sciences teachers7 | 100.0 | 52,700 | 42,000 | 49,000 | 57,900 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 34.9 | 44,300 | 37,900 | 42,600 | 49,900 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 32.3 | 51,200 | 42,400 | 47,900 | 55,900 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 15.5 | 59,500 | 47,000 | 55,000 | 69,400 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 11.6 | 62,800 | 52,700 | 58,800 | 70,300 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 5.7 | 73,000 | 55,900 | 66,600 | 79,600 | |||||||||
| All other teachers8 | 100.0 | 55,100 | 44,000 | 51,900 | 61,800 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 26.8 | 46,400 | 39,000 | 44,000 | 52,000 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 31.1 | 51,800 | 43,400 | 49,600 | 56,200 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 17.7 | 59,700 | 48,200 | 55,400 | 68,600 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 15.4 | 62,400 | 50,000 | 56,200 | 71,800 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 9.0 | 71,000 | 56,700 | 66,500 | 80,800 | |||||||||
| Private schools | 100.0 | 39,600 | 30,000 | 37,900 | 47,900 | |||||||||
| Teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
| 0–5 years | 33.1 | 33,700 | 25,600 | 33,300 | 40,500 | |||||||||
| 6–14 years | 31.1 | 38,700 | 29,900 | 37,500 | 46,200 | |||||||||
| 15–20 years | 13.6 | 43,100 | 34,100 | 41,100 | 52,300 | |||||||||
| 21–29 years | 12.0 | 45,200 | 32,900 | 42,900 | 52,900 | |||||||||
| 30 years or more | 10.1 | 50,000 | 38,600 | 49,500 | 59,900 | |||||||||
| 1 General education includes: early childhood or pre-K, elementary grades, middle grades, and special education. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Humanities 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. | ||||||||||||||
| 3 Arts and music includes: art or arts and crafts, dance, drama or theatre, and music. | ||||||||||||||
| 4 Behavioral and social sciences includes: social studies, anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 5 Career, 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. | ||||||||||||||
| 6 Mathematics & 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. | ||||||||||||||
| 7 Natural sciences includes: sciences, general, biology or life sciences, chemistry, earth science, engineering, integrated science, physical science, physics, and other natural sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 8 Other 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 and because some data are not shown. | ||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2017–18. | ||||||||||||||
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