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Among regular full-time teachers with a bachelor's degree or less, average school related earnings and selected earning percentiles during the current school year, by school type, selected main teaching assignment, and years of teaching experience: 2011–12

      Average annual
school related
earnings		   Annual earnings from all school related sources
School type, selected main teaching assignment, and
years of teaching experience		 Percent of
teachers		     25th percentile   50th percentile   75th percentile  
    All schools 100.0   $46,400   $37,000   $44,000   $53,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 31.1   39,000   33,500   38,000   44,000  
   6–14 years 35.5   45,600   38,000   44,000   52,000  
   15–20 years 13.9   51,600   41,900   49,000   59,900  
   21–29 years 12.8   55,000   45,000   53,000   64,000  
   30 years or more 6.8   57,500   46,600   57,000   66,800  
                     
All general education teachers1 100.0   45,000   36,000   42,700   52,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 30.4   37,600   33,000   37,000   42,400  
   6–14 years 35.4   44,000   36,700   42,900   50,200  
   15–20 years 14.7   50,500   40,900   47,300   60,300  
   21–29 years 13.2   53,700   42,900   51,500   61,500  
   30 years or more 6.3   55,600   44,300   55,600   65,700  
                     
All humanities teachers2 100.0   47,200   38,100   45,000   53,900  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 31.2   39,700   34,000   38,500   45,000  
   6–14 years 37.3   46,900   39,900   45,400   52,000  
   15–20 years 12.7   52,600   42,200   50,000   57,500  
   21–29 years 11.1   54,900   44,900   53,500   63,500  
   30 years or more 7.7   58,900   50,900   59,100   67,300  
                     
All arts and music teachers3 100.0   47,300   38,000   45,400   54,100  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 26.7   39,600   34,000   38,500   43,700  
   6–14 years 34.4   45,200   37,900   43,000   51,800  
   15–20 years 13.7   50,600   42,100   48,100   57,100  
   21–29 years 16.9   56,100   50,200   53,800   63,800  
   30 years or more 8.2   58,200   47,800   56,100   66,400  
                     
All behavioral & social sciences teachers4 100.0   47,100   37,600   44,900   53,600  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 33.5   39,800   34,000   38,500   44,000  
   6–14 years 36.0   47,200   39,000   44,900   53,900  
   15–20 years 14.3   52,700   45,600   49,000   59,000  
   21–29 years 9.3   55,100   44,700   51,900   61,600  
   30 years or more 6.9   59,000   50,100   59,200   69,200  
                     
All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5 100.0   50,300   40,900   47,000   57,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 30.7   43,900   36,900   41,300   48,000  
   6–14 years 32.4   48,700   41,300   46,000   53,400  
   15–20 years 13.9   55,900   44,800   53,200   65,000  
   21–29 years 13.7   55,600   46,300   52,800   62,900  
   30 years or more 9.4   60,900   48,000   60,000   70,800  
                     
All mathematics & computer science teachers6 100.0   45,900   37,000   44,100   52,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 36.4   39,800   34,000   39,600   45,000  
   6–14 years 33.8   46,100   38,000   44,700   52,500  
   15–20 years 14.8   51,900   42,000   48,500   58,200  
   21–29 years 10.5   55,000   45,900   51,900   61,300  
   30 years or more 4.5   53,900   41,700   52,000   69,400  
                     
All natural sciences teachers7 100.0   46,100   37,000   42,900   52,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 35.4   39,500   34,000   37,900   43,800  
   6–14 years 37.7   46,600   38,500   43,500   51,700  
   15–20 years 10.5   50,800   42,100   48,600   57,900  
   21–29 years 11.3   56,000   41,900   56,200   68,200  
   30 years or more 5.1   56,000   41,900   57,200   65,200  
                     
All other teachers8 100.0   50,200   40,000   48,000   58,500  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 27.2   40,300   34,100   39,900   46,700  
   6–14 years 34.0   48,500   40,100   47,000   55,000  
   15–20 years 14.0   54,800   45,200   50,900   61,900  
   21–29 years 16.8   59,500   52,000   60,000   69,300  
   30 years or more 8.1   63,000   50,000   58,900   73,900  
                     
Public schools 100.0   48,000   38,500   45,200   54,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 31.1   40,200   34,900   38,800   44,900  
   6–14 years 35.8   47,200   39,500   45,100   53,000  
   15–20 years 13.8   53,400   43,900   50,700   61,000  
   21–29 years 13.0   57,000   47,400   55,000   64,900  
   30 years or more 6.4   60,400   51,000   59,900   68,100  
                     
All general education teachers1 100.0   47,100   37,600   44,000   53,000  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 30.5   39,100   34,000   37,900   43,200  
    6–14 years 36.0   46,000   38,000   44,000   51,300  
    15–20 years 14.6   53,400   42,600   50,700   63,400  
    21–29 years 13.4   56,000   45,000   53,100   62,500  
    30 years or more 5.6   59,600   50,800   59,700   66,100  
                     
All humanities teachers2 100.0   48,400   39,500   46,200   54,000  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 31.1   40,900   35,200   39,100   45,300  
    6–14 years 38.1   48,200   41,000   46,200   53,300  
    15–20 years 12.5   52,400   44,600   50,800   57,100  
    21–29 years 10.7   56,800   47,200   54,000   64,600  
    30 years or more 7.7   61,400   53,500   60,200   67,700  
                     
All arts and music teachers3 100.0   48,500   39,500   46,800   55,400  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 27.4   40,200   35,000   39,200   44,500  
    6–14 years 33.3   46,900   39,900   44,900   52,700  
    15–20 years 13.3   51,500   43,200   50,100   57,100  
    21–29 years 18.4   56,800   50,200   54,300   63,800  
    30 years or more 7.7   60,200   48,800   57,900   68,200  
                     
All behavioral & social sciences teachers4 100.0   48,500   38,500   45,600   55,000  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 32.4   41,300   35,900   39,500   45,100  
    6–14 years 37.2   48,300   39,100   45,600   55,000  
    15–20 years 14.8   54,300   46,000   50,800   59,700  
    21–29 years 9.5   56,000   44,300   54,500   64,300  
    30 years or more 6.1   61,500   53,800   62,400   70,000  
                     
All career, tech, & vocational education teachers5 100.0   50,500   41,000   47,000   57,300  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 30.1   43,500   36,900   41,200   47,400  
    6–14 years 33.0   48,800   41,600   46,000   53,500  
    15–20 years 14.3   55,900   44,900   53,200   65,000  
    21–29 years 13.6   56,000   47,200   53,600   63,100  
    30 years or more 9.0   62,600   50,800   60,400   72,400  
                     
All mathematics & computer science teachers6 100.0   47,400   38,500   45,100   53,000  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 38.0   40,800   35,400   40,200   45,500  
    6–14 years 32.8   47,900   40,000   45,900   53,900  
    15–20 years 13.8   53,000   44,400   49,000   58,700  
    21–29 years 11.0   56,500   48,000   52,400   62,600  
    30 years or more 4.4   59,100   44,700   55,100   70,600  
                     
All natural sciences teachers7 100.0   47,400   37,600   43,900   53,400  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 35.1   40,200   34,000   38,900   43,900  
    6–14 years 39.1   47,600   39,000   44,700   52,800  
    15–20 years 10.2   52,400   43,700   49,200   59,300  
    21–29 years 10.5   60,200   46,500   60,200   70,200  
    30 years or more 5.1   58,000   46,400   57,600   64,900  
                     
All other teachers8 100.0   51,900   42,000   49,900   59,400  
   Teaching experience                    
    0–5 years 25.8   42,000   35,500   41,000   47,000  
    6–14 years 33.7   50,200   41,900   48,300   55,200  
    15–20 years 14.7   56,100   46,500   51,800   61,700  
    21–29 years 17.5   61,500   53,100   61,000   70,200  
    30 years or more 8.3   61,900   50,000   58,900   72,000  
                     
Private schools 100.0   35,500   26,900   33,500   42,000  
Teaching experience                    
   0–5 years 31.0   31,000   24,000   30,000   37,000  
   6–14 years 32.9   33,500   26,400   32,900   40,000  
   15–20 years 14.8   40,300   29,900   37,900   45,300  
   21–29 years 11.8   40,200   30,000   39,000   50,000  
   30 years or more 9.4   44,300   32,500   42,000   53,800  
1 General education includes: early childhood or pre-K, elementary grades, and special education.
2 Humanities includes: communications, composition, English, language arts, reading, ESL or bilingual education, foreign languages, area or ethnic studies, government or civics, history, Native American studies, and philosophy.
3 Arts and music includes: art or arts and crafts, dance, drama or theatre, and music.
4 Behavioral and social sciences includes: social studies, anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, and sociology.
5 Career, technical, & vocational education includes: agriculture and natural resources, business management, business support, marketing and distribution, healthcare occupations, construction trades, engineering, or science technologies, mechanic and repair, manufacturing or precision production, communications and related technologies, personal and public services, family and consumer sciences education, industrial arts or technology education, and other career or technical education.
6 Mathematics & computer science includes: algebra I, algebra II, algebra III, basic and general mathematics, business and applied math, calculus and pre-calculus, computer science, geometry, pre-algebra, statistics and probability, and trigonometry.
7 Natural sciences includes: sciences, general, biology or life sciences, chemistry, earth science, engineering, integrated science, physical science, and physics.
8 Other includes: journalism, speech, health education, physical education, driver education, library or information science, military science or ROTC, religious studies, and other.
NOTE: Estimates are for regular full-time teachers. Earnings from school related sources include base teaching salary, payment for extracurricular activities, and other services provided to the school or larger school system, such as merit pay bonuses and state supplements. Summer earnings are not included. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2011–12.

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