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Average base salary and school year earnings from all sources among regular full-time public and private school teachers, by sex, school type, and selected teacher characteristics: 2017–18
All teachers | Female teachers | Male teachers | ||||||||||||
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School type and selected teacher characteristics | Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers |
Average school year earnings from all sources1 |
Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers |
Average school year earnings from all sources1 |
Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers |
Average school year earnings from all sources1 |
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All public school teachers | $57,900 | $60,500 | $57,500 | $59,400 | $59,400 | $63,900 | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||||||||
Less than 30 years | 45,600 | 48,000 | 45,600 | 47,600 | 45,500 | 49,500 | ||||||||
30–49 years | 57,700 | 60,400 | 57,300 | 59,200 | 59,100 | 63,900 | ||||||||
50–54 years | 64,300 | 66,900 | 63,800 | 65,800 | 65,800 | 70,500 | ||||||||
55 years or more | 65,900 | 68,400 | 66,000 | 67,900 | 65,900 | 69,900 | ||||||||
Years of teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
Less than 4 years | 45,400 | 47,600 | 45,200 | 46,900 | 45,900 | 49,600 | ||||||||
4–9 years | 49,200 | 51,800 | 49,100 | 51,100 | 49,700 | 54,100 | ||||||||
10–14 years | 57,200 | 59,700 | 56,900 | 58,700 | 58,300 | 62,600 | ||||||||
15 or more years | 67,200 | 69,900 | 66,600 | 68,600 | 69,100 | 74,100 | ||||||||
Highest degree earned | ||||||||||||||
Bachelor's degree or less | 50,200 | 52,600 | 49,600 | 51,300 | 52,300 | 56,700 | ||||||||
Master's degree | 63,100 | 65,800 | 62,700 | 64,800 | 64,300 | 69,100 | ||||||||
Higher than a master's degree | 66,900 | 69,600 | 66,800 | 69,100 | 67,500 | 71,700 | ||||||||
All private school teachers | $45,300 | $47,600 | $43,200 | $44,700 | $51,500 | $56,100 | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||||||||
Less than 30 years | 36,800 | 39,100 | 36,000 | 37,800 | 39,600 | 43,400 | ||||||||
30–49 years | 45,000 | 47,500 | 43,200 | 44,800 | 49,700 | 54,900 | ||||||||
50–54 years | 46,500 | 49,300 | 43,400 | 45,300 | 56,500 | 62,200 | ||||||||
55 years or more | 51,800 | 53,400 | 48,600 | 49,500 | 60,700 | 64,000 | ||||||||
Years of teaching experience | ||||||||||||||
Less than 4 years | 34,400 | 36,600 | 33,400 | 35,000 | 37,200 | 41,100 | ||||||||
4–9 years | 41,900 | 44,100 | 40,700 | 42,000 | 45,400 | 50,200 | ||||||||
10–14 years | 44,200 | 46,600 | 41,700 | 43,600 | 51,800 | 55,800 | ||||||||
15 or more years | 52,600 | 55,000 | 49,500 | 50,900 | 61,200 | 66,200 | ||||||||
Highest degree earned | ||||||||||||||
Bachelor's degree or less | 38,900 | 40,800 | 37,300 | 38,400 | 44,200 | 48,600 | ||||||||
Master's degree | 52,200 | 55,100 | 49,900 | 52,000 | 57,900 | 62,900 | ||||||||
Higher than a master's degree | 53,400 | 56,000 | 51,100 | 53,200 | 58,700 | 62,300 | ||||||||
1 Average school year earnings from all sources is defined as the weighted mean of the amount that regular full-time teachers earned from all sources during the school year. It does not include summer income or income from a retirement pension. | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: For average base salary, teachers who reported zero are excluded from the table. Summer earnings are not included. A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher. | ||||||||||||||
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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