Average and median age of public school teachers and percentage distribution of teachers by age category, sex, and state: 2017

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Average and median age of public school teachers and percentage distribution of teachers by age category, sex, and state: 2017–18


			Age category				Sex
State	Average age of teachers	Median age of teachers	Less than 30 years	30‐49 years	50‐54 years	55 years or more	Male	Female
United States	42.4	41.4	15.0	56.9	11.6	16.5	23.5	76.5

Alabama	43.4	42.8	11.4	59.9	14.4	14.3	20.2	79.8
Alaska	44.6	44.7	12.7	49.7	13.6	24.0	22.4	77.6
Arizona	42.3	41.1	19.7	49.3	10.8	20.2	22.9	77.1
Arkansas	42.3	41.5	16.6	54.7	11.1	17.6	21.1	78.9
California	44.6	44.2	10.2	55.5	14.4	20.0	26.5	73.5

Colorado	40.6	39.7	16.6	61.9	11.5	10.0	21.3	78.7
Connecticut	43.6	43.7	13.6	56.2	10.4	19.7	24.5	75.5
Delaware	40.8	39.8	15.3	63.0	10.0	11.8	23.2	76.8
District of Columbia	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Florida	43.5	42.7	13.0	56.0	11.4	19.5	21.3	78.7

Georgia	42.4	42.1	15.2	57.8	12.4	14.6	18.9	81.1
Hawaii	42.7	41.6	15.7	54.1	11.8	18.3	27.4	72.6
Idaho	44.3	44.5	12.3	53.2	11.2	23.3	23.5	76.5
Illinois	40.9	39.9	17.6	59.5	10.3	12.6	22.8	77.2
Indiana	42.0	40.3	15.6	53.6	13.0	17.8	28.4	71.6

Iowa	41.0	39.4	18.8	55.9	10.7	14.5	22.8	77.2
Kansas	42.2	41.3	18.0	50.1	12.8	19.1	24.3	75.7
Kentucky	39.5	39.0	20.8	62.7	8.5	8.0	20.0	80.0
Louisiana	42.3	41.3	19.8	50.4	11.9	17.9	21.4	78.6
Maine	45.0	44.8	9.4	52.4	13.6	24.6	23.3	76.7

Maryland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Massachusetts	42.5	41.4	16.6	54.0	10.3	19.0	27.4	72.6
Michigan	42.4	42.0	12.0	63.1	12.7	12.2	24.2	75.8
Minnesota	42.5	41.9	14.4	54.3	14.5	16.8	26.6	73.4
Mississippi	41.7	40.0	15.3	60.7	6.4	17.6	18.1	81.9

Missouri	40.8	38.8	15.9	61.5	9.4	13.2	21.3	78.7
Montana	42.2	40.4	18.4	53.1	7.6	20.9	20.1	79.9
Nebraska	41.3	39.7	19.4	53.3	12.6	14.7	25.8	74.2
Nevada	44.8	44.5	9.5	54.7	15.9	19.9	22.2	77.8
New Hampshire	44.5	43.9	12.0	50.9	13.5	23.7	21.8	78.2

New Jersey	42.8	41.8	14.8	54.7	10.7	19.8	22.0	78.0
New Mexico	46.0	45.6	6.7	54.0	14.8	24.5	24.4	75.6
New York	42.5	41.5	11.8	62.1	11.5	14.6	22.8	77.2
North Carolina	40.7	39.2	19.7	55.5	10.4	14.4	19.8	80.2
North Dakota	42.7	41.9	18.2	49.9	11.2	20.8	24.0	76.0

Ohio	42.0	41.1	15.5	58.6	11.9	14.0	24.8	75.2
Oklahoma	43.4	43.2	15.4	53.8	9.2	21.5	21.7	78.3
Oregon	42.9	41.7	10.5	61.8	12.9	14.8	27.7	72.3
Pennsylvania	41.8	40.6	11.6	64.5	11.2	12.7	27.1	72.9
Rhode Island	45.3	44.6	8.5	55.0	12.9	23.6	23.8	76.2

South Carolina	40.2	38.9	23.1	52.6	11.0	13.3	17.1	82.9
South Dakota	42.1	39.8	15.9	53.6	11.9	18.6	22.1	77.9
Tennessee	41.7	40.4	16.2	58.1	10.1	15.6	23.0	77.0
Texas	41.5	40.2	17.0	57.4	11.0	14.5	24.8	75.2
Utah	42.6	41.0	17.9	53.6	8.9	19.7	23.1	76.9

Vermont	43.5	42.3	14.6	51.0	12.6	21.8	21.5	78.5
Virginia	43.2	43.3	15.3	54.0	10.5	20.3	26.0	74.0
Washington	43.5	42.6	14.9	51.7	13.2	20.1	25.5	74.5
West Virginia	43.4	41.8	11.9	56.7	11.9	19.5	23.9	76.1
Wisconsin	41.7	41.2	17.5	56.1	12.0	14.4	23.3	76.7
Wyoming	42.3	40.9	12.3	60.1	13.0	14.7	31.8	68.2
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.

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