Among regular full-time 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 school type and selected school characteristics: 2011

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Among regular full-time 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 school type and selected school characteristics: 2011–12

			Salary supplements
			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
Selected public school district characteristic	Average base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers	Average school year earnings from all sources¹	Percent of teachers	Average amount	Percent of teachers		Average amount			Percent of teachers		Average amount			Percent of teachers	Average amount
All schools	$51,700	$53,700	40.4	$2,500	4.0		$1,400			7.3		$2,100			16.5	$4,900

All public schools	53,100	55,100	41.8	2,500	4.4		1,400			7.9		2,100			16.1	4,800

School classification
Traditional public	53,400	55,400	42.0	2,500	4.0		1,400			8.0		2,100			16.1	4,800
Charter school	44,500	46,300	34.9	2,000	15.8		1,300			5.8		1,900			16.5	4,900

Community type
City	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡
Suburban	58,500	60,500	42.4	2,800	4.0		1,400			6.6		1,900			15.6	4,300
Town	47,800	49,900	43.6	2,600	3.0		1,100			7.4		1,900			16.3	4,900
Rural	47,100	49,400	44.3	2,500	3.7		1,400			10.0		2,100			16.3	5,300

School level
Primary	52,800	54,000	31.0	1,500	4.1		1,300			7.6		1,700			12.9	4,000
Middle	53,400	55,800	49.9	2,600	4.4		1,400			8.2		2,300			17.3	4,900
High	54,500	57,700	53.9	3,400	4.4		1,600			8.7		2,500			20.6	5,300
Combined	47,000	49,500	44.2	2,800	6.8		1,100	!		6.7		2,400			16.6	6,000

School enrollment
Less than 100	45,800	47,900	30.3	2,600	2.8		1,100			8.8		2,300	!		19.6	5,100
100-199	46,000	48,100	43.2	2,400	4.9		2,000			5.8		2,000			16.3	5,100
200-499	51,900	53,600	39.2	2,200	2.7		1,400			6.7		2,100			14.6	4,800
500–749	52,600	54,300	38.7	2,000	4.9		1,300			8.1		1,900			15.1	4,700
750–999	53,000	54,900	40.7	2,300	5.0		1,500			9.7		1,800			15.3	4,300
1,000 or more	56,200	59,100	49.2	3,400	5.5		1,500			8.5		2,400			19.2	5,100

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	57,200	59,400	45.4	2,700	2.6		1,300			6.3		2,300			17.4	4,600
35-49	51,700	53,900	44.4	2,800	4.4		1,200			8.0		2,300			16.8	4,200
50-74	49,700	51,600	39.7	2,300	4.9		1,400			9.8		1,900			14.8	5,400
75 or more	52,000	53,900	37.7	2,200	6.5		1,500			8.2		1,900			15.0	4,900
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	54,800	57,300	36.6	3,300	4.7	!	1,700	!		6.2		2,100			20.3	5,400

All private schools	$40,200	$41,900	28.9	$2,700	0.5	!	$1,100	!		1.8		$2,000	!		19.6	$5,400

School classification
Catholic	39,700	41,300	31.1	2,800	‡		2,000	!		2.0	!	‡			18.5	5,100
Other religious	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡
Nonsectarian	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡

Community type
City	44,800	46,700	29.3	3,000	‡		1,400			1.6	!	1,500			19.2	6,000
Suburban	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡
Town	30,000	31,200	20.8	1,200	‡		2,500			‡		‡			18.4	5,600
Rural	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡

School level
Elementary	37,200	38,400	19.7	1,900	0.8	!	800	!		1.9	!	‡			18.8	4,800
Secondary	46,800	49,200	46.6	3,400	‡		1,900	!		2.6	!	1,500	!		22.3	6,300
Combined	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡

School enrollment
Less than 100	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡
100-199	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡		‡			‡	‡
200-499	41,300	43,000	29.6	2,600	0.6	!	‡			1.8	!	1,700			19.7	5,300
500–749	45,000	47,000	45.2	2,700	‡		2,000			‡		‡			22.2	6,900
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 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, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.

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