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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

      During the school year          
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
 
  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.