| Table 1-12 |
| Median annual salaries of full-time school teachers and selected other professions: 1993 and 2003 |
| (2003 constant dollars) |
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|
|
| |
| Full-time professionals |
|
1993 |
|
2003 |
|
Change (%) |
| |
| Teachers |
|
| High school mathematics and science |
|
40,000 |
|
43,000 |
|
7.5 |
| Elementary school |
|
38,000 |
|
41,000 |
|
7.9 |
| Selected other professions |
|
| Computer systems analysts |
|
56,000 |
|
72,000 |
|
28.6 |
| Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists |
|
50,000 |
|
61,000 |
|
22.0 |
| Engineers |
|
62,000 |
|
75,000 |
|
21.0 |
| Protective service workers |
|
46,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
8.7 |
| Social workers |
|
36,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
11.1 |
| Retail sales occupations |
|
34,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
17.6 |
| Clergy and other religious workers |
|
35,000 |
|
38,000 |
|
8.6 |
| |
NOTES: 1993 salaries indexed to 2003 salaries using chain-type price index for personal consumption expenditures from Economic Report of the President 2006, table B-7 (column C), http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html, accessed 27 December 2006. All respondents had bachelor's or higher degree.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Survey of College Graduates 1993 and 2003, special tabulations. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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