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Among regular full-time teachers with a master's degree, 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   $63,800   $50,000   $60,000   $75,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 16.3   51,100   42,400   49,000   57,200  
   6–14 years 35.4   58,800   48,000   56,000   67,000  
   15–20 years 22.7   69,100   55,000   66,000   81,900  
   21–29 years 18.4   73,800   58,800   71,000   87,500  
   30 years or more 7.3   73,900   59,900   72,000   86,000  
                     
All general education teachers1 100.0   62,300   48,800   58,300   72,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 18.0   51,300   42,600   49,300   57,800  
   6–14 years 35.2   57,600   47,400   54,800   64,900  
   15–20 years 21.9   67,100   53,400   63,500   79,100  
   21–29 years 18.2   72,400   56,800   70,000   84,500  
   30 years or more 6.7   73,100   58,800   70,000   85,400  
                     
All humanities teachers2 100.0   63,600   49,700   60,000   75,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 16.9   50,500   42,000   48,000   56,000  
   6–14 years 35.2   58,800   48,000   55,900   68,400  
   15–20 years 22.2   68,900   55,000   65,900   80,300  
   21–29 years 18.7   74,300   58,000   70,400   90,000  
   30 years or more 6.9   74,600   61,000   73,500   88,600  
                     
All arts and music teachers3 100.0   64,600   50,000   61,000   76,200  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 13.1   50,200   41,900   47,700   55,700  
   6–14 years 34.7   58,400   46,700   56,000   65,700  
   15–20 years 23.5   69,800   54,400   66,200   82,400  
   21–29 years 17.7   74,000   60,600   71,700   86,700  
   30 years or more 11.0   74,900   59,600   72,200   82,400  
                     
All behavioral & social sciences teachers4 100.0   65,600   50,100   61,900   77,400  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 15.1   49,900   40,900   47,700   56,200  
   6–14 years 36.1   59,700   47,000   56,800   69,000  
   15–20 years 27.6   73,900   59,800   70,000   89,700  
   21–29 years 15.6   77,300   59,600   74,100   89,100  
   30 years or more 5.5   71,800   58,300   70,500   79,000  
                     
All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5 100.0   65,600   53,000   61,500   74,700  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 15.4   54,500   43,700   51,900   58,800  
   6–14 years 34.2   58,900   50,500   56,400   63,600  
   15–20 years 22.3   70,100   56,200   63,600   78,800  
   21–29 years 22.3   77,000   63,600   74,400   86,200  
   30 years or more 5.8   74,500   62,300   68,200   84,700  
                     
All mathematics & computer science teachers6 100.0   65,400   51,000   62,000   78,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 14.7   51,700   43,200   50,000   57,600  
   6–14 years 37.0   60,900   49,000   58,400   70,500  
   15–20 years 22.9   72,600   59,100   70,900   85,900  
   21–29 years 17.2   73,300   59,600   72,000   87,900  
   30 years or more 8.2   73,200   59,800   72,200   85,400  
                     
All natural sciences teachers7 100.0   65,400   51,200   62,000   78,100  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 14.2   50,500   41,700   48,500   56,400  
   6–14 years 36.3   60,800   49,100   58,000   69,800  
   15–20 years 25.6   70,000   55,600   67,500   82,700  
   21–29 years 17.0   77,200   62,400   75,500   90,600  
   30 years or more 7.0   74,500   61,900   73,200   86,100  
                     
All other teachers8 100.0   67,400   53,000   64,200   79,800  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 11.0   52,100   42,500   49,900   59,900  
   6–14 years 34.2   61,300   49,900   59,600   69,300  
   15–20 years 23.0   72,900   58,200   70,000   84,900  
   21–29 years 22.3   74,900   60,600   71,000   87,900  
   30 years or more 9.6   76,400   62,700   74,300   87,600  
                     
Public schools 100.0   64,800   50,800   60,900   76,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 15.9   52,300   43,300   50,000   58,000  
   6–14 years 35.5   59,600   48,600   56,200   67,700  
   15–20 years 23.2   70,000   55,900   67,000   82,400  
   21–29 years 18.9   74,700   60,000   71,500   88,000  
   30 years or more 6.6   76,200   62,400   73,500   88,000  
                     
All general education teachers1 100.0   63,500   50,000   59,500   73,800  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 17.5   52,500   43,100   50,000   58,800  
    6–14 years 35.1   58,500   48,000   55,300   65,000  
    15–20 years 22.5   68,100   54,400   64,700   80,000  
    21–29 years 18.6   73,600   58,400   70,200   85,400  
    30 years or more 6.3   75,300   60,900   71,400   86,500  
                     
All humanities teachers2 100.0   64,600   50,000   60,700   75,800  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 16.5   51,800   43,600   49,200   56,800  
    6–14 years 35.6   59,500   48,500   56,200   69,000  
    15–20 years 22.6   69,700   55,900   67,200   80,400  
    21–29 years 19.2   75,400   58,900   71,500   91,000  
    30 years or more 6.1   76,600   63,900   74,900   88,600  
                     
All arts and music teachers3 100.0   65,000   50,300   60,700   76,300  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 13.4   50,400   42,000   47,300   55,300  
    6–14 years 34.2   58,800   47,900   56,300   65,300  
    15–20 years 23.2   70,400   54,800   66,200   82,200  
    21–29 years 18.7   74,300   60,700   72,000   87,500  
    30 years or more 10.4   75,600   59,500   72,900   82,600  
                     
All behavioral & social sciences teachers4 100.0   66,500   50,900   62,100   78,000  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 14.2   52,000   41,300   49,600   58,200  
    6–14 years 35.6   59,500   47,300   56,500   69,000  
    15–20 years 28.2   74,500   59,800   69,900   91,900  
    21–29 years 16.7   77,600   59,900   74,400   90,100  
    30 years or more 5.3   74,400   58,900   71,900   79,700  
                     
All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5 100.0   65,900   53,500   61,800   74,800  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 15.3   55,000   44,300   52,000   58,900  
    6–14 years 34.3   59,000   50,700   56,500   63,800  
    15–20 years 22.3   70,100   56,200   63,600   79,300  
    21–29 years 22.4   77,100   63,700   74,500   86,200  
    30 years or more 5.6   75,400   62,400   67,900   85,700  
                     
All mathematics & computer science teachers6 100.0   66,300   52,000   62,900   79,000  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 14.4   52,700   44,400   50,400   58,200  
    6–14 years 37.6   61,700   50,000   59,000   70,600  
    15–20 years 23.7   73,400   59,700   71,300   86,000  
    21–29 years 17.9   73,400   59,800   72,000   88,200  
    30 years or more 6.3   78,200   64,900   74,800   91,900  
                     
All natural sciences teachers7 100.0   66,400   52,000   62,500   79,600  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 13.8   51,400   42,200   49,300   57,000  
    6–14 years 36.6   61,500   49,800   58,300   69,800  
    15–20 years 26.6   71,000   56,800   68,200   82,800  
    21–29 years 17.3   77,700   62,700   75,600   91,100  
    30 years or more 5.8   78,900   65,800   77,800   92,900  
                     
All other teachers8 100.0   69,000   54,600   65,000   80,500  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 9.6   54,800   45,600   52,900   60,200  
    6–14 years 34.3   62,400   51,000   60,200   69,800  
    15–20 years 23.5   74,500   59,500   71,900   85,200  
    21–29 years 23.4   75,500   61,100   71,300   88,000  
    30 years or more 9.2   77,300   64,200   74,800   87,800  
                     
Private schools 100.0   53,600   39,900   50,000   65,500  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 20.3   42,000   33,700   40,900   49,300  
   6–14 years 34.6   51,200   38,600   49,200   62,900  
   15–20 years 17.5   57,300   41,800   52,900   71,900  
   21–29 years 13.4   61,900   45,000   57,800   76,800  
   30 years or more 14.2   63,500   49,800   60,900   80,000  
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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