Average salaries for full-time teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1999-2000

Table 76.
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            Selected characteristics
                                          |Total earned    |  Base salary   |Number of full-time   |School year supplemental contract      |Supplemental contract during summer  |Number of teachers with non-school employment
                                          |  income        |                |   teachers           |                                       |                                     |
                                          |                |                |                      |______________________ ________________|____________________ ________________|_________________ _______________________________________
                                          |                |                |                      |Number of teachers    |Supplemental    |Number of teachers  |Supplemental    |Teaching or tutor|Education related   |Not education
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |  salary        |                    |  salary        |                 |                    |  related
__________________________________________|________________|________________|______________________|______________________|________________|____________________|________________|_________________|____________________|__________________
                    1                     |      2         |      3         |          4           |          5           |      6         |        7           |      8         |       9         |       10           |      11
__________________________________________|________________|________________|______________________|______________________|________________|____________________|________________|_________________|____________________|__________________
                                          |                                                         Public schools
                                          |________________ ________________ ______________________ ______________________ ________________ ____________________ ________________ _________________ ____________________ __________________
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
Total ....................................| 42,949    (124)| 39,891    (118)|  2,742,213   (20,301)|  1,117,001   (14,582)|  2,443     (49)|  566,109   (10,855)|  2,307     (28)| 120,254  (4,375)|   86,585    (3,153)| 251,101   (6,344)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Men ....................................| 46,891    (237)| 41,104    (198)|    700,410   (10,187)|    407,686    (6,512)|  3,371     (62)|  176,372    (5,009)|  2,877     (47)|  36,887  (1,839)|   38,687    (2,033)| 119,649   (4,238)
  Women ..................................| 41,596    (129)| 39,475    (126)|  2,041,803   (16,613)|    709,315   (10,621)|  1,910     (69)|  389,737    (8,977)|  2,050     (35)|  83,367  (3,730)|   47,898    (2,719)| 131,452   (4,952)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Race/ethnicity                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  White, non-Hispanic ....................| 43,032    (134)| 40,022    (124)|  2,303,096   (17,467)|    951,147   (13,069)| 40,022    (124)|  442,513    (8,955)|  2,210     (33)| 101,194  (3,403)|   76,000    (2,910)| 212,202   (5,722)
  Black, non-Hispanic ....................| 43,150    (431)| 39,377    (396)|    214,423    (6,040)|     78,547    (3,787)| 39,377    (396)|   67,933    (3,403)|  2,799    (101)|   9,577  (1,379)|    5,910      (887)|  21,455   (1,734)
  Hispanic ...............................| 41,241    (363)| 38,488    (311)|    157,205    (6,155)|     63,253    (4,280)| 38,488    (311)|   40,679    (3,049)|  2,410    (118)|   6,980  (1,184)|    2,708      (627)|  11,007   (1,509)
  Asian or Pacific Islander ..............| 44,884    (697)| 41,944    (603)|     44,343    (2,483)|     15,137    (1,591)| 41,944    (603)|    9,337      (911)|  2,804    (152)|   1,862    (558)|    1,069      (181)|   3,860     (844)
  American Indian or Alaska Native .......| 40,697  (1,002)| 37,271    (933)|     23,146    (1,773)|      8,917      (609)| 37,271    (933)|    5,647      (751)|  2,445    (201)|     640    (180)|      898      (460)|   2,577     (499)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
Age                                       |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Less than 30  ..........................| 33,583    (137)| 30,386    (122)|    474,670    (9,129)|    231,485    (6,111)|  2,131     (77)|  120,945    (4,559)|  2,124     (60)|  20,934  (1,943)|   15,656    (1,400)|  52,187   (2,761)
  30 to 39  ..............................| 38,468    (173)| 35,502    (152)|    599,706   (10,081)|    265,928    (7,788)|  2,367     (60)|  131,032    (4,331)|  2,271     (60)|  25,660  (1,875)|   20,365    (2,075)|  55,913   (2,271)
  40 to 49  ..............................| 44,375    (185)| 41,407    (152)|    862,567   (10,202)|    340,739    (6,700)|  2,498     (87)|  170,809    (4,728)|  2,311     (58)|  37,029  (2,162)|   28,502    (1,767)|  71,814   (2,896)
  50 or more  ............................| 50,278    (208)| 47,138    (203)|    805,270   (13,567)|    278,848    (7,286)|  2,707    (130)|  143,324    (5,658)|  2,491     (66)|  36,631  (1,953)|   22,062    (1,352)|  71,186   (3,213)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
Years of teaching                         |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  First year  ............................| 33,155    (250)| 29,088    (179)|    143,606    (4,949)|     55,014    (2,803)|  1,807    (143)|   31,028    (2,223)|  2,473    (138)|   6,290  (1,052)|    4,381      (705)|  17,774   (1,462)
  2 to 4 years  ..........................| 33,360    (132)| 30,434    (114)|    421,713    (8,030)|    193,304    (5,324)|  2,077     (75)|  104,640    (4,165)|  2,138     (67)|  16,264  (1,477)|   12,329    (1,334)|  45,841   (2,394)
  5 to 9 years  ..........................| 37,154    (182)| 34,066    (138)|    508,472   (10,354)|    226,635    (6,080)|  2,364     (87)|  119,917    (4,292)|  2,199     (69)|  24,132  (1,863)|   16,975    (1,624)|  46,716   (2,640)
  10 to 14 years  ........................| 41,410    (276)| 38,712    (254)|    375,832    (6,514)|    150,898    (4,496)|  2,214     (82)|   70,163    (3,328)|  2,381     (85)|  15,426  (1,148)|   11,248    (1,256)|  30,387   (2,227)
  15 to 19 years  ........................| 45,630    (249)| 42,942    (222)|    325,836    (7,677)|    118,707    (4,107)|  2,476     (98)|   64,032    (3,428)|  2,380     (91)|  13,715  (1,155)|   11,891    (1,160)|  21,464   (1,395)
  20 or more years  ......................| 51,328    (196)| 48,115    (178)|    966,754   (14,427)|    372,443    (7,754)|  2,856    (119)|  176,330    (5,863)|  2,396     (60)|  44,427  (2,484)|   29,762    (1,555)|  88,919   (3,320)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
Level                                     |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Elementary  ............................| 41,514    (182)| 39,451    (172)|  1,436,333   (13,332)|    408,046    (9,078)|  1,872    (103)|  279,481    (8,635)|  1,979     (46)|  51,844  (3,635)|   31,161    (2,459)|  99,048   (4,579)
  Secondary  .............................| 44,526    (166)| 40,375    (161)|  1,305,880   (17,579)|    708,955   (11,938)|  2,771     (41)|  286,629    (6,270)|  2,627     (38)|  68,410  (2,497)|   55,425    (2,305)| 152,052   (4,664)
                                          |________________|________________|______________________|______________________|________________|____________________|________________|_________________|____________________|__________________
                                          |                                                         Private schools
                                          |________________ ________________ ______________________ ______________________ ________________ ____________________ ________________ _________________ ____________________ __________________
Total ....................................| 29,822    (209)| 27,214    (195)|    365,682    (8,844)|     89,391    (3,349)|  2,086     (66)|   75,663    (2,733)|  2,615     (79)|  21,552  (1,088)|   14,091      (979)|  37,671   (1,622)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Men ....................................| 36,524    (389)| 31,438    (346)|     85,694    (3,254)|     36,432    (1,711)|  2,703     (97)|   22,437    (1,354)|  3,219    (149)|   5,511    (447)|    6,294      (706)|  15,489   (1,014)
  Women ..................................| 27,771    (199)| 25,922    (189)|    279,988    (6,696)|     52,959    (2,314)|  1,662     (89)|   53,225    (2,205)|  2,361     (82)|  16,042    (965)|    7,798      (685)|  22,182   (1,177)
                                          |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
Race/ethnicity                            |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  White, non-Hispanic ....................| 29,942    (192)| 27,340    (169)|    327,448    (7,892)|     81,422    (3,194)| 27,340    (169)|   64,910    (2,707)|  2,656     (85)|  19,389    (970)|   12,335      (883)|  34,538   (1,509)
  Black, non-Hispanic ....................| 27,593    (986)| 24,374    (891)|     13,697    (1,208)|      2,544      (387)| 24,374    (891)|    4,291      (570)|  2,403    (243)|     302    (111)|    1,082      (320)|   1,826     (405)
  Hispanic ...............................| 29,508  (1,266)| 27,162  (1,239)|     16,615    (1,409)|      4,354      (790)| 27,162  (1,239)|    4,124      (516)|  2,228    (185)|   1,373    (365)|      478      (148)|     708     (161)
  Asian or Pacific Islander ..............| 30,029    (891)| 27,763    (888)|      5,974      (518)|        777      (142)| 27,763    (888)|    1,809      (276)|  2,680    (429)|     376     (90)|       80       (46)|     334      (93)
  American Indian or Alaska Native .......| 27,302  (1,574)| 24,760  (1,456)|      1,948      (315)|          #         # |      #       # |        #         # |      #       # |     112     (62)|      116       (55)|     265     (112)
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Age                                       |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Less than 30  ..........................| 25,289    (300)| 22,299    (306)|     76,044    (3,002)|     21,238    (1,141)|  2,031    (135)|   20,146    (1,198)|  2,279     (97)|   3,631    (350)|    2,956      (361)|  10,539     (910)
  30 to 39  ..............................| 29,841    (369)| 26,828    (336)|     81,044    (2,724)|     23,473    (1,479)|  2,096     (94)|   19,618    (1,310)|  2,775    (177)|   5,431    (554)|    3,180      (433)|  10,191     (731)
  40 to 49  ..............................| 29,638    (329)| 27,229    (291)|    103,748    (3,558)|     24,101    (1,207)|  2,134    (158)|   19,767    (1,082)|  2,698    (160)|   6,500    (752)|    4,505      (503)|   9,675     (731)
  50 or more  ............................| 33,278    (324)| 31,063    (295)|    104,846    (2,906)|     20,580    (1,079)|  2,075    (141)|   16,132    (1,174)|  2,738    (160)|   5,990    (510)|    3,450      (454)|   7,267     (625)
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Years of teaching                         |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  First year  ............................| 24,402    (439)| 20,794    (420)|     27,387    (1,413)|      5,247      (607)|  1,745    (132)|    6,155      (594)|  2,699    (228)|   1,123    (214)|    1,215      (284)|   4,057     (468)
  2 to 4 years  ..........................| 25,338    (295)| 22,548    (270)|     72,391    (2,774)|     18,497    (1,045)|  1,786    (101)|   17,961    (1,127)|  2,374    (108)|   3,235    (339)|    3,266      (439)|   9,632     (744)
  5 to 9 years  ..........................| 27,715    (456)| 24,900    (405)|     76,128    (2,667)|     20,596    (1,340)|  2,113    (138)|   16,968      (948)|  2,634    (204)|   4,805    (492)|    3,066      (488)|   9,208     (900)
  10 to 14 years  ........................| 30,220    (387)| 28,125    (365)|     55,366    (1,899)|     13,299    (1,142)|  2,077    (217)|   11,551      (883)|  2,073    (103)|   4,090    (443)|    1,973      (309)|   4,588     (465)
  15 to 19 years  ........................| 31,639    (440)| 29,479    (427)|     47,343    (2,036)|      9,750      (679)|  2,296    (215)|    8,498      (681)|  3,208    (306)|   2,629    (427)|    1,725      (372)|   3,426     (420)
  20 or more years  ......................| 35,856    (326)| 33,326    (286)|     87,068    (2,803)|     22,003    (1,116)|  2,307    (154)|   14,529    (1,108)|  2,940    (158)|   5,670    (528)|    2,845      (325)|   6,759     (630)
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Level                                     |                |                |                      |                      |                |                    |                |                 |                    |
  Elementary  ............................| 26,989    (241)| 25,098    (225)|    216,361    (5,181)|     33,287    (1,808)|  1,834    (122)|   39,377    (2,003)|  2,336     (92)|  11,857    (774)|    5,960      (588)|  19,647   (1,055)
  Secondary ..............................| 33,927    (306)| 30,280    (273)|    149,322    (4,945)|     56,104    (2,411)|  2,236     (71)|   36,286    (1,735)|  2,918    (105)|   9,695    (772)|    8,131      (667)|  18,024   (1,108)
__________________________________________|________________|________________|______________________|______________________|________________|____________________|________________|_________________|____________________|__________________
# Rounds to 0.0 or too few cases.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding or missing values in cells with too few cases, or survey item nonresponse.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," "Private Teacher Questionnaire," and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000." (This table was prepared August 2002.)
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