Table 23. Average base salary and earnings from salary supplements during the current school year for regular full-time public school teachers, by state: 2003

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

Publications & Products|Data Products|Staff

Back

Download Excel

(30 KB)

Download SE Excel

(30 KB)

Table 23. Average base salary and earnings from salary supplements during the current school year for regular full-time public school teachers, by state: 2003–04

State		Salary Supplements
	Average academic year base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers	Extracurricular activities in same school system		Other school sources (merit pay bonus, state supplement, other)			Job outside the school system
		Percent	Average amount	Percent	Average amount		Percent	Average amount
United States	$44,400	40.2	$2,700	13.6	$1,900		15.9	$5,000

Alabama	37,400	24.6	3,600	5.1	2,500		15.6	4,100
Alaska	49,100	47.4	1,900	8.9	1,300		15.7	6,600
Arizona	37,100	44.9	2,900	45.8	2,000		18.2	4,800
Arkansas	35,300	32.6	3,000	5.4	1,700		15.9	5,900
California	54,600	38.9	3,100	8.2	2,500		11.1	5,900

Colorado	42,300	46.4	1,900	12.7	2,500		18.4	3,600
Connecticut	56,900	31.7	2,300	5.2	2,100		20.4	5,100
Delaware	48,200	51.7	2,500	9.3	1,000		16.0	5,100
District of Columbia	52,100	28.7	2,100	5.0	1,900		15.3	8,000
Florida	38,800	38.2	2,900	31.0	1,500		16.5	5,500

Georgia	43,200	34.1	3,700	13.2	2,100		14.2	4,600
Hawaii	41,600	17.3	2,600	4.2	1,200		14.9	4,700
Idaho	38,300	39.7	3,200	7.6	1,600		16.6	5,400
Illinois	47,000	47.0	2,800	6.1	2,700		17.6	4,600
Indiana	43,700	47.3	2,300	4.1	800		17.8	4,900

Iowa	36,600	43.7	2,600	26.4	1,100		19.0	5,000
Kansas	36,000	53.8	2,700	4.9	1,500		19.2	5,600
Kentucky	38,700	48.0	2,600	7.9	3,500		14.0	7,300
Louisiana	34,600	35.2	2,400	16.1	2,300		15.0	5,900
Maine	38,600	43.8	2,200	4.3	1,500		20.0	5,100

Maryland	48,800	39.6	2,100	6.8	2,400		16.9	4,000
Massachusetts	49,900	33.4	2,500	7.1	2,100		20.6	5,200
Michigan	53,400	42.6	2,700	5.6	1,200		15.6	5,800
Minnesota	44,600	47.4	3,200	3.4	1,500		20.2	4,000
Mississippi	34,400	21.5	3,200	5.0	3,500		13.5	5,900

Missouri	36,300	43.7	1,900	19.3	3,800		16.7	3,500
Montana	34,300	49.3	2,400	5.0	2,100		18.3	4,000
Nebraska	34,200	54.2	3,200	9.0	900		21.0	3,400
Nevada	41,400	35.9	2,800	9.0	2,300		15.7	7,900
New Hampshire	41,500	35.5	1,500	5.3	1,600		23.3	4,200

New Jersey	54,400	43.1	3,200	4.5	1,400		20.2	6,200
New Mexico	36,700	42.3	1,900	10.2	2,100		15.4	5,200
New York	54,800	40.4	3,200	3.6	1,400		16.4	5,300
North Carolina	36,400	26.8	3,200	71.9	1,700		17.8	5,600
North Dakota	33,100	50.3	3,000	6.4	900		20.9	3,200

Ohio	46,200	44.3	2,600	7.6	2,200	!	15.9	4,200
Oklahoma	32,200	44.4	2,800	9.6	2,700		20.4	4,700
Oregon	44,500	38.8	3,000	2.3	2,700	!	14.7	4,600
Pennsylvania	49,900	37.4	2,100	5.9	1,200		14.3	4,300
Rhode Island	52,500	33.0	3,100	9.1	2,300		14.2	5,700

South Carolina	39,500	33.2	2,500	9.9	4,700		15.6	4,600
South Dakota	31,500	48.9	2,700	7.6	900		25.2	3,200
Tennessee	37,700	28.7	3,300	23.6	1,600		14.7	4,500
Texas	39,500	42.5	2,400	24.0	1,700		10.9	5,900
Utah	37,800	45.6	2,100	28.2	1,300		17.3	4,500

Vermont	41,900	35.8	1,800	3.9	1,600		22.4	3,800
Virginia	40,100	38.1	2,100	5.9	1,400	!	17.9	4,500
Washington	44,700	54.4	3,700	21.1	2,700		18.8	4,300
West Virginia	37,700	39.1	2,000	12.0	1,100		13.5	4,800
Wisconsin	41,800	48.6	2,000	3.8	1,000		15.3	4,100
Wyoming	36,900	52.1	2,600	9.1	800		19.9	5,400

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

NOTE: 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 specialist 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, Public School Teacher Data File, 2003–04.

Back

Download Excel

(30 KB)

Download SE Excel

(30 KB)