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Salary supplements | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers | Average school year earnings from all sources1 | Extracurricular or additional activities in same school system | Additional compensation based on students' performance | Other school system sources (state supplement, etc.) | Job outside the school system | |||||||||||||||
School type and selected school characteristic | Percent of teachers | Average amount |
Percent of teachers | Average amount |
Percent of teachers | Average amount |
Percent of teachers | Average amount |
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All schools | $56,600 | $59,100 | 41.4 | $2,800 | 7.4 | $1,400 | 8.0 | $3,100 | 18.1 | $5,900 | ||||||||||
All public schools | 57,900 | 60,500 | 42.8 | 2,800 | 8.2 | 1,400 | 7.8 | 3,200 | 17.8 | 5,800 | ||||||||||
School classification | ||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional public | 58,400 | 61,000 | 43.2 | 2,800 | 7.7 | 1,400 | 7.9 | 3,200 | 17.8 | 5,800 | ||||||||||
Charter school | 50,400 | 52,900 | 37.7 | 2,300 | 15.8 | 1,700 | 7.4 | 2,500 | 19.0 | 6,300 | ||||||||||
Community type | ||||||||||||||||||||
City | 59,400 | 61,900 | 38.9 | 2,600 | 9.1 | 1,700 | 8.1 | 3,400 | 17.3 | 5,900 | ||||||||||
Suburban | 62,800 | 65,500 | 43.1 | 2,900 | 8.7 | 1,400 | 6.9 | 3,600 | 17.9 | 5,700 | ||||||||||
Town | 50,600 | 53,300 | 45.1 | 3,000 | 6.5 | 1,100 | 7.8 | 2,500 | 18.5 | 6,000 | ||||||||||
Rural | 50,800 | 53,400 | 46.6 | 2,800 | 6.9 | 1,000 | 9.2 | 2,500 | 18.0 | 5,700 | ||||||||||
School level | ||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | 57,000 | 58,700 | 32.4 | 1,700 | 9.1 | 1,400 | 7.0 | 3,000 | 14.1 | 5,000 | ||||||||||
Middle | 58,900 | 61,900 | 50.8 | 2,800 | 6.8 | 1,300 | 8.4 | 3,200 | 19.2 | 6,000 | ||||||||||
High | 60,400 | 64,300 | 53.5 | 3,800 | 7.6 | 1,500 | 8.7 | 3,400 | 22.2 | 6,400 | ||||||||||
Combined | 51,100 | 54,300 | 48.9 | 3,000 | 8.8 | 1,400 | 8.2 | 3,000 | 21.3 | 6,300 | ||||||||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 54,500 | 57,500 | 35.1 | 2,300 | 4.4 | 1,300 | 8.4 | 3,400 | 23.5 | 8,100 | ||||||||||
100–199 | 50,600 | 53,000 | 44.8 | 2,500 | 6.8 | 1,100 | 7.8 | 2,500 | 17.5 | 5,800 | ||||||||||
200–499 | 55,300 | 57,500 | 41.3 | 2,400 | 6.5 | 1,400 | 6.3 | 2,900 | 16.0 | 5,400 | ||||||||||
500–749 | 57,800 | 60,000 | 38.6 | 2,400 | 8.8 | 1,400 | 7.6 | 3,300 | 16.4 | 5,600 | ||||||||||
750–999 | 59,000 | 61,500 | 42.0 | 2,700 | 8.7 | 1,200 | 8.3 | 2,800 | 17.7 | 5,600 | ||||||||||
1,000 or more | 61,500 | 65,100 | 49.6 | 3,600 | 9.5 | 1,500 | 9.5 | 3,500 | 21.1 | 6,200 | ||||||||||
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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0–34 | 61,500 | 64,400 | 45.7 | 3,100 | 7.4 | 1,400 | 6.9 | 3,700 | 18.6 | 5,800 | ||||||||||
35–49 | 56,900 | 59,600 | 46.3 | 2,800 | 6.7 | 1,300 | 8.1 | 3,700 | 20.0 | 5,300 | ||||||||||
50–74 | 55,100 | 57,700 | 43.7 | 2,700 | 9.2 | 1,300 | 8.5 | 3,200 | 18.0 | 5,700 | ||||||||||
75 or more | 57,300 | 59,600 | 37.5 | 2,500 | 9.0 | 1,500 | 8.1 | 2,400 | 15.8 | 6,200 | ||||||||||
All private schools | $45,300 | $47,700 | 30.1 | $3,000 | 0.6 | $2,300 | 9.7 | $2,900 | 20.7 | $6,700 | ||||||||||
School Classification | ||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic | 43,100 | 45,400 | 31.8 | 2,700 | 0.5 | ! | 1,300 | ! | 10.1 | 2,400 | 22.5 | 6,100 | ||||||||
Other religious | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||||
Nonsectarian | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||||
Community type | ||||||||||||||||||||
City | 48,200 | 51,100 | 32.8 | 3,200 | 0.5 | 3,000 | 10.8 | 3,100 | 22.5 | 7,100 | ||||||||||
Suburban | 46,500 | 48,800 | 31.1 | 2,900 | 0.7 | 800 | 9.1 | 2,400 | 18.7 | 7,300 | ||||||||||
Town | 33,500 | 34,100 | 19.8 | 2,400 | ‡ | 7,700 | ! | 9.6 | 3,900 | ! | 22.4 | 3,600 | ||||||||
Rural | 37,100 | 38,600 | 22.6 | 2,700 | ‡ | 300 | 8.2 | 3,300 | 19.7 | 5,100 | ||||||||||
School level | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elementary | 41,700 | 43,500 | 19.4 | 2,600 | 0.7 | ! | 3,000 | 9.2 | 2,900 | 19.3 | 5,300 | |||||||||
Secondary | 50,700 | 54,200 | 42.1 | 3,300 | 0.6 | ! | ‡ | 11.8 | 3,100 | 22.4 | 8,100 | |||||||||
Combined | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||||
100–199 | 38,900 | 40,300 | 17.8 | 1,800 | ‡ | 700 | ! | 10.2 | 2,700 | 18.1 | 5,700 | |||||||||
200–499 | 45,100 | 47,900 | 31.9 | 2,900 | 0.6 | ! | 2,400 | ! | 9.9 | 3,100 | 21.8 | 7,200 | ||||||||
500–749 | 50,300 | 53,500 | 38.6 | 3,100 | 1.0 | ! | 3,400 | ! | 10.5 | 2,700 | 21.9 | 7,500 | ||||||||
750 or more | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||||
! 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) or the response rate is below 50 percent. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 Average 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 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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