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Among regular full-time public school teachers, average base salary and earnings from all sources, percentage of teachers with earnings from various salary supplements, and among those teachers, the average amount earned from the supplement during the current school year, by state: 2017–18

          Salary supplements
  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  
State     Percent of teachers   Average
amount 		  Percent of teachers   Average
amount 		  Percent of teachers   Average
amount 		  Percent of teachers   Average
amount 		 
United States $57,900   $60,500   42.8   $2,800   8.2   $1,400   7.8   $3,200   17.8   $5,800  
                                         
Alabama 48,200   50,500   34.1   3,000   ‡   1,100   3.9   2,700   20.5   5,800  
Alaska 69,300   71,800   47.8   2,800   ‡   100   4.9   4,300   13.4   7,100  
Arizona 42,700   46,600   45.7   2,400   58.6   1,900   14.8   2,900   21.4   5,700  
Arkansas 48,000   50,200   34.9   3,400   1.2 ! 800 ! 4.8   4,500   19.7   4,000  
California 76,500   78,800   42.5   3,200   0.8   3,700   2.7   4,500   11.9   7,600  
                                         
Colorado 51,700   54,300   51.7   2,200   11.8   2,500   5.4   3,000   22.0   4,600  
Connecticut 74,400   77,400   34.4   3,100   ‡   7,000   1.8 ! 2,400 ! 23.1   8,000  
Delaware 60,100   62,200   51.1   2,000   ‡   ‡   4.3   1,600   15.5   6,000  
District of Columbia ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Florida 47,400   50,400   39.2   2,400   46.1   1,300   18.6   2,200   18.6   5,900  
                                         
Georgia 53,600   55,700   33.1   2,300   1.1 ! 1,200   10.5   2,800   15.1   7,200  
Hawaii 56,000   57,900   21.3   1,800   ‡   2,700   4.4   3,700   19.5   6,900  
Idaho 46,200   49,000   53.1   2,200   7.8   1,200   9.7   1,200   25.1   5,600  
Illinois 64,000   66,700   53.8   3,200   1.4 ! 1,200   2.7   2,400 ! 14.2   5,900  
Indiana 49,900   52,700   54.9   2,300   53.2   700   7.4   2,000 ! 17.9   5,000  
                                         
Iowa 51,500   54,500   49.0   3,200   ‡   5,100   16.6   3,600   17.8   4,600  
Kansas 48,200   51,600   53.4   3,600   ‡   3,700 ! 4.6   1,400   25.1   5,700  
Kentucky 50,600   52,300   41.0   1,900   ‡   8,200   3.5   3,500 ! 19.3   4,100  
Louisiana 45,600   47,600   27.7   2,000   32.4   700   11.7   3,600   16.2   5,200  
Maine 52,100   54,300   53.9   2,400   1.2 ! 2,800 ! 3.8   1,200   21.7   3,700  
                                         
Maryland ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Massachusetts 71,600   74,300   44.9   2,600   ‡   ‡   4.4   2,500   20.7   6,400  
Michigan 59,300   61,700   44.5   2,500   12.7   500   3.8   1,800   18.6   6,200  
Minnesota 61,900   64,600   48.8   2,600   30.9   1,200   5.6   1,500   20.7   4,800  
Mississippi 43,900   46,100   21.1   3,600   20.5   1,100   11.0   3,800   17.3   4,800  
                                         
Missouri $47,900   $50,200   52.8   $2,900   0.9 ! $1,400   4.1   $1,100   17.6   $4,200  
Montana 47,600   50,000   46.1   3,000   ‡   3,100   2.5 ! 2,700 ! 20.2   4,300  
Nebraska 45,800   48,800   60.1   3,500   ‡   ‡   2.8   2,500 ! 17.5   4,900  
Nevada 54,200   56,200   33.0   2,700   3.0   1,400   6.0   3,700   15.6   5,600  
New Hampshire 56,300   58,500   39.8   2,000   ‡   900   4.1   4,500   20.4   5,700  
                                         
New Jersey 70,900   74,500   51.0   3,700   1.0 ! 3,000 ! 4.1   3,000   24.2   6,200  
New Mexico 47,100   49,500   36.3   2,500   1.7 ! 2,800   8.3   2,900   17.6   6,400  
New York 79,900   82,600   46.3   3,300   0.6   2,000   3.6   2,600   17.6   5,900  
North Carolina 43,800   46,600   26.8   1,800   7.8   2,100   36.3   3,200   19.7   5,100  
North Dakota 50,400   53,400   49.3   3,400   ‡   1,500   3.7   2,900 ! 23.6   4,900  
                                         
Ohio 58,700   60,900   45.4   2,900   2.0 ! 1,100 ! 3.4   1,400   16.2   4,900  
Oklahoma 37,900   41,100   46.1   3,200   ‡   700   7.6   1,500   24.2   6,500  
Oregon 58,100   59,900   40.3   2,700   #   #   4.8   1,500   17.0   3,800  
Pennsylvania 65,500   68,000   42.9   2,700   0.4 ! 1,300   2.4   1,700   20.2   6,000  
Rhode Island 70,800   73,100   30.1   2,200   ‡   10,000   4.2   3,000   17.9   8,200  
                                         
South Carolina 46,100   48,400   31.2   2,300   1.6 ! 900   13.6   2,700   19.1   6,400  
South Dakota 45,500   48,100   49.6   2,900   ‡   600   6.1 ! 1,700 ! 24.4   4,200  
Tennessee 48,900   51,400   35.6   2,300   11.4   1,700   7.2   1,700   19.8   7,000  
Texas 52,200   54,400   43.0   2,900   3.4   1,700   7.3   2,000   13.5   5,800  
Utah 49,000   52,200   40.4   2,600   2.2 ! 1,900   15.7   3,900   20.4   7,200  
                                         
Vermont 57,300   59,500   40.1   2,200   ‡   1,900   4.7   900   27.5   4,700  
Virginia 56,600   58,900   42.4   2,200   ‡   ‡   5.4   2,200   21.8   5,900  
Washington 57,600   63,100   54.6   3,800   ‡   1,200   23.5   11,600   12.7   5,400  
West Virginia 44,300   46,200   38.1   2,400   ‡   1,500   12.8   2,400   16.7   4,000  
Wisconsin 52,500   54,400   49.2   1,900   4.1   1,300   3.1   2,600   21.0   3,800  
Wyoming 56,000   59,200   57.8   3,700   ‡   1,400 ! 6.2   3,100   17.0   5,100  
# Rounds to zero.
! 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 Data File," 2017–18.

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