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Average base salary for full-time teachers, percentage of full-time teachers that worked a second job inside or outside the school system during the school year, percentage that worked a second job during the summer and percentage that would leave teaching as soon as possible if they could get a higher paying job, by school type and selected main teaching assignment: 2017–18
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School type and selected main teaching assignment | Average base salary | Percentage that worked a second job inside the school system |
Percentage that worked a second job outside the school system |
Percentage that worked a second job during the summer |
Percentage that would leave teaching as soon as possible if they could get a higher paying job |
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All teachers | $56,500 | 41.4 | 18.1 | 31.3 | 33.8 | |||||
Public school teachers | 57,900 | 42.8 | 17.8 | 31.1 | 35.0 | |||||
Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||
Early childhood or general elementary | 56,800 | 31.5 | 12.4 | 25.5 | 35.4 | |||||
Special education | 58,200 | 35.0 | 17.8 | 37.3 | 32.9 | |||||
Arts or music | 56,400 | 59.8 | 30.6 | 34.2 | 35.3 | |||||
English and language arts | 58,100 | 45.2 | 16.1 | 29.9 | 34.2 | |||||
ESL or bilingual education | 62,800 | 32.3 | 14.3 | 34.5 | 39.5 | |||||
Foreign languages | 60,600 | 38.9 | 20.0 | 25.5 | 34.9 | |||||
Health education | 58,800 | 64.0 | 24.3 | 39.5 | 37.4 | |||||
Mathematics | 58,800 | 51.5 | 20.0 | 34.6 | 35.4 | |||||
Natural sciences | 59,400 | 51.0 | 20.6 | 31.9 | 35.6 | |||||
Social sciences | 58,700 | 56.0 | 21.3 | 36.3 | 35.4 | |||||
Career or technical education | 57,400 | 55.0 | 26.0 | 34.6 | 34.4 | |||||
All Other | 59,400 | 53.4 | 20.7 | 32.2 | 32.6 | |||||
Private school teachers | 45,100 | 30.1 | 20.7 | 33.0 | 23.5 | |||||
Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||
Early childhood or general elementary | 39,100 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 28.2 | 24.4 | |||||
Special education | 47,100 | 13.7 | 22.2 | 50.2 | 27.9 | |||||
Arts or music | 50,700 | 39.2 | 36.3 | 45.8 | 22.4 | |||||
English and language arts | 46,500 | 35.8 | 16.0 | 26.5 | 22.9 | |||||
ESL or bilingual education | 40,500 | 36.9 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
Foreign languages | 51,500 | 35.1 | 22.9 | 25.7 | 25.4 | |||||
Health education | 45,700 | 57.7 | 29.3 | 51.0 | 28.4 | |||||
Mathematics | 48,700 | 40.1 | 22.1 | 32.8 | 22.7 | |||||
Natural sciences | 49,000 | 36.3 | 23.1 | 36.9 | 19.2 | |||||
Social sciences | 51,100 | 42.5 | 24.0 | 37.0 | 23.5 | |||||
Career or technical education | 49,000 | 39.1 | 11.9 | ! | 30.9 | 22.0 | ||||
All Other | 45,200 | 32.3 | 22.9 | 33.5 | 17.0 | |||||
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate). | ||||||||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate). | ||||||||||
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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