Table 79. | Estimated average annual salary of instructionalstaff in public elementary and secondary schools andaverage annual earnings of full-time employees in allindustries: 1929-30 to 1998-99 |
____________________________________________________________ | Current dollars | Constant 1998-99 dollars\1\ |__________________|_______________________________ |Average |Earnings |Average |Earnings | Ratio of School | salary | per | salary | per | instruc- year | of |full-time| of |full-time|tional staff |instruc-|employee |instruc-|employee | salary to | tional | working | tional | working |earnings per |staff\2\|for wages|staff\2\|for wages| full-time | |salary\3\| |salary\3\| employee _________|________|_________|________|_________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 _________|________|_________|________|_________|____________ 1929-30 .| $1,420 | $1,386 |$13,650 | $13,323 | 1.02 1931-32 .| 1,417 | 1,198 | 16,172 | 13,673 | 1.18 1933-34 .| 1,227 | 1,070 | 15,246 | 13,296 | 1.15 1935-36 .| 1,283 | 1,160 | 15,362 | 13,889 | 1.11 1937-38 .| 1,374 | 1,224 | 15,782 | 14,059 | 1.12 | | | | | 1939-40 .| 1,441 | 1,282 | 16,966 | 15,094 | 1.12 1941-42 .| 1,507 | 1,576 | 15,903 | 16,631 | 0.96 1943-44 .| 1,728 | 2,030 | 16,317 | 19,169 | 0.85 1945-46 .| 1,995 | 2,272 | 17,995 | 20,493 | 0.88 1947-48 .| 2,639 | 2,692 | 18,636 | 19,011 | 0.98 | | | | | 1949-50 .| 3,010 | 2,930 | 20,913 | 20,357 | 1.03 1951-52 .| 3,450 | 3,322 | 21,598 | 20,797 | 1.04 1953-54 .| 3,825 | 3,628 | 23,404 | 22,198 | 1.05 1955-56 .| 4,156 | 3,924 | 25,438 | 24,018 | 1.06 1957-58 .| 4,702 | 4,276 | 27,091 | 24,637 | 1.10 | | | | | 1959-60 .| 5,174 | 4,632 | 28,974 | 25,939 | 1.12 1961-62 .| 5,700 | 4,928 | 31,203 | 26,977 | 1.16 1963-64 .| 6,240 | 5,373 | 33,290 | 28,665 | 1.16 1965-66 .| 6,935 | 5,838 | 35,762 | 30,105 | 1.19 1967-68 .| 7,630 | 6,444 | 36,916 | 31,178 | 1.18 | | | | | 1969-70 .| 9,047 | 7,334 | 39,407 | 31,946 | 1.23 1970-71 .| 9,698 | 7,815 | 40,169 | 32,370 | 1.24 1971-72 .| 10,213 | 8,334 | 40,838 | 33,324 | 1.23 1972-73 .| 10,634 | 8,858 | 40,874 | 34,048 | 1.20 1973-74 .| 11,254 | 9,647 | 39,716 | 34,045 | 1.17 | | | | | 1974-75 .| 12,167 | 10,420 | 38,654 | 33,104 | 1.17 1975-76 .| 13,124 | 11,218 | 38,938 | 33,283 | 1.17 1976-77 .| 13,840 | 11,991 | 38,800 | 33,617 | 1.15 1977-78 .| 14,698 | 12,829 | 38,613 | 33,702 | 1.15 1978-79 .| 15,764 | 13,851 | 37,866 | 33,271 | 1.14 | | | | | 1979-80 .| 16,715 | 15,095 | 35,427 | 31,993 | 1.11 1980-81 .| 18,404 | 16,495 | 34,958 | 31,332 | 1.12 1981-82 .| 20,327 | 17,818 | 35,540 | 31,154 | 1.14 1982-83 .| 21,641 | 18,883 | 36,280 | 31,655 | 1.15 1983-84 .| 23,005 | 19,749 | 37,190 | 31,926 | 1.16 | | | | | 1984-85 .| 24,666 | 20,626 | 38,373 | 32,088 | 1.20 1985-86 .| 26,362 | 21,518 | 39,862 | 32,537 | 1.23 1986-87 .| 27,706 | 22,432 | 40,984 | 33,183 | 1.24 1987-88 .| 29,219 | 23,698 | 41,503 | 33,661 | 1.23 1988-89 .| 30,850 | 24,651 | 41,885 | 33,469 | 1.25 | | | | | 1989-90 .| 32,638 | 25,643 | 42,294 | 33,230 | 1.27 1990-91 .| 34,401 | 26,791 | 42,268 | 32,918 | 1.28 1991-92 .| 35,556 | 27,990 | 42,331 | 33,323 | 1.27 1992-93 .| 36,460 | 29,036 | 42,092 | 33,521 | 1.26 1993-94 .| 37,446 | 29,778 | 42,139 | 33,510 | 1.26 | | | | | 1994-95 .| 38,339 | 30,568 | 41,942 | 33,440 | 1.25 1995-96 .| 39,483 | 31,518 | 42,049 | 33,567 | 1.25 1996-97 .| 40,435 | 32,734 | 41,869 | 33,895 | 1.24 1997-98 .| 41,272 | 34,270 | 41,986 | 34,863 | 1.20 1998-99 .| 42,459 | --- | 42,459 | --- | --- _________|________|_________|________|_________|____________ |
---Not Available. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, and unpublished data; National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Copyright @ 2000 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); and U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues. (This table was prepared March 2000.)
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