Table 76.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2005-06

State	Current dollars							Constant 2006-07 dollars1
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	Percent change, 1989-90 to 2005-06
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
United States	$8,626	$15,970	$31,367	$41,807	$46,704	$47,674	$49,109	$46,615	$41,993	$50,429	$50,412	$51,233	$50,769	$50,379	-0.1
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	38,325	38,186	40,347	36,845	34,341	39,916	44,241	42,042	40,665	41,390	3.7
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	51,736	52,424	53,553	57,067	71,549	69,377	56,026	56,753	55,828	54,938	-20.8
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	41,843	42,905	44,672	47,075	39,585	47,270	44,498	45,901	45,691	45,827	-3.1
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	39,314	40,495	42,093	34,083	32,340	35,935	40,258	43,126	43,124	43,182	20.2
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	56,444	57,876	59,345	55,743	47,384	61,089	57,494	61,918	61,634	60,880	-0.3
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	43,319	43,949	45,616	41,941	42,611	49,450	46,018	47,520	46,803	46,796	-5.4
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	57,337	57,737	59,499	50,052	42,674	65,049	62,438	62,897	61,486	61,038	-6.2
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	49,366	50,595	54,264	48,717	42,461	53,660	53,581	54,153	53,880	55,667	3.7
District of Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	57,009	58,456	61,195	55,581	58,349	61,739	56,766	62,537	62,251	62,778	1.7
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	40,604	41,590	43,302	45,459	37,205	46,307	44,281	44,542	44,290	44,422	-4.1
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	45,988	46,526	48,300	39,320	36,427	45,025	49,467	50,448	49,547	49,549	10.0
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	45,479	46,149	51,599	51,084	52,380	51,522	48,930	49,889	49,145	52,933	2.7
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	41,080	42,122	43,390	37,234	35,790	38,361	42,864	45,064	44,857	44,512	16.0
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	54,230	55,421	57,819	51,711	46,282	52,723	56,054	59,489	59,019	59,314	12.5
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	45,791	46,583	47,255	47,734	41,018	49,681	50,464	50,232	49,608	48,477	-2.4
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	39,432	39,284	40,877	45,151	39,976	43,001	43,022	43,256	41,835	41,934	-2.5
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	38,623	39,345	41,369	41,136	35,998	46,212	42,181	42,368	41,900	42,439	-8.2
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	40,240	40,522	41,903	37,574	38,181	42,270	43,868	44,142	43,153	42,987	1.7
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	37,918	39,022	40,253	37,980	36,182	39,067	39,924	41,595	41,556	41,294	5.7
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	39,864	39,610	40,737	40,919	34,370	43,217	42,881	43,730	42,182	41,791	-3.3
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	50,261	52,331	54,486	50,706	46,169	58,390	53,115	55,135	55,729	55,895	-4.3
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	53,181	54,679	56,587	47,361	45,367	55,807	56,168	58,338	58,229	58,050	4.0
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	54,412	56,973	58,482	53,100	51,704	59,601	59,139	59,689	60,672	59,994	0.7
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	45,375	46,906	48,489	46,788	41,841	51,752	47,995	49,775	49,952	49,743	-3.9
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	35,684	36,590	37,924	31,333	31,160	39,054	38,414	39,144	38,966	38,905	-0.4
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	38,006	39,067	39,922	42,146	35,977	43,559	42,995	41,692	41,604	40,954	-6.0
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	37,184	38,485	39,832	41,103	38,225	40,323	38,733	40,790	40,984	40,862	1.3
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	38,352	39,456	41,026	39,855	35,540	41,032	40,078	42,071	42,018	42,087	2.6
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	42,254	43,394	44,426	49,798	42,848	49,180	47,498	46,352	46,211	45,575	-7.3
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	42,689	43,941	45,263	41,995	34,228	46,601	45,501	46,829	46,794	46,434	-0.4
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	55,592	56,682	57,707	49,339	45,125	57,356	62,722	60,983	60,362	59,199	3.2
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	38,067	39,391	41,637	42,130	39,146	39,800	39,255	41,759	41,949	42,714	7.3
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	55,181	56,200	57,354	55,856	52,096	62,580	61,522	60,532	59,849	58,837	-6.0
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	43,211	43,348	43,922	40,498	37,121	44,828	47,515	47,401	46,163	45,058	0.5
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	35,441	36,695	37,773	36,185	34,875	37,003	36,010	38,878	39,078	38,750	4.7
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	47,482	48,692	50,314	44,854	40,150	50,189	49,965	52,087	51,853	51,615	2.8
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	35,061	37,879	38,772	37,191	34,465	37,090	37,740	38,461	40,338	39,775	7.2
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	49,169	48,330	48,981	47,653	42,772	49,581	51,050	53,937	51,468	50,248	1.3
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	51,835	53,258	54,027	47,869	43,426	53,598	58,267	56,862	56,716	55,424	3.4
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	52,261	53,473	54,730	47,426	47,336	57,969	56,724	57,329	56,945	56,145	-3.1
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	41,162	42,189	43,242	37,434	34,349	43,757	43,508	45,154	44,928	44,360	1.4
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	33,236	34,040	34,709	34,602	32,469	34,244	35,055	36,459	36,250	35,607	4.0
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	40,318	42,076	42,537	38,099	36,740	43,492	43,806	44,228	44,808	43,637	0.3
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	40,476	41,011	41,744	39,206	37,160	44,205	45,300	44,401	43,674	42,824	-3.1
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	38,976	39,456	40,316	41,309	39,203	38,080	42,139	42,756	42,018	41,359	8.6
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	42,007	44,535	46,622	43,059	32,827	46,643	45,530	46,081	47,427	47,828	2.5
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	43,655	42,768	43,823	43,611	36,971	49,739	46,719	47,888	45,545	44,956	-9.6
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	45,434	45,718	46,326	49,852	49,487	48,966	49,491	49,840	48,686	47,524	-2.9
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	38,461	38,360	38,284	41,341	36,051	36,723	42,215	42,191	40,851	39,274	6.9
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	42,882	44,299	46,390	48,436	42,088	51,319	49,624	47,040	47,175	47,590	-7.3
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	39,532	40,497	43,225	44,486	42,104	45,242	41,152	43,366	43,126	44,343	-2.0

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. The CPI does not account for differences in inflation rates from state to state. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1969-70 through 2005-06. (This table was prepared July 2007.)