Table 76.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969–70 through 2004–05

State	Current dollars							Constant 2005–06 dollars1							Percent change, 1989–90 to 2004–05, in constant 2005–06 dollars
	1969–70	1979–80	1989–90	1999–2000	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	1969–70	1979–80	1989–90	1999–2000	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
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	$45,776	$46,752	$47,750	$45,440	$40,935	$49,158	$49,141	$50,020	$49,993	$49,568	0.8
Alabama	6,818	13,060	24,828	36,689	38,246	38,325	38,863	35,916	33,476	38,910	43,126	41,792	40,982	40,343	3.7
Alaska	10,560	27,210	43,153	46,462	49,685	51,736	52,424	55,628	69,746	67,628	54,613	54,292	55,322	54,420	-19.5
Arizona	8,711	15,054	29,402	36,902	40,894	41,843	42,905	45,888	38,587	46,078	43,376	44,685	44,744	44,539	-3.3
Arkansas	6,307	12,299	22,352	33,386	37,753	39,314	40,495	33,224	31,525	35,029	39,243	41,253	42,039	42,037	20.0
California	10,315	18,020	37,998	47,680	56,283	56,444	57,876	54,338	46,190	59,550	56,045	61,501	60,357	60,080	0.9
Colorado	7,761	16,205	30,758	38,163	41,275	43,319	44,161	40,884	41,537	48,203	44,858	45,101	46,322	45,843	-4.9
Connecticut	9,262	16,229	40,461	51,780	54,362	57,337	58,688	48,791	41,599	63,409	60,864	59,402	61,312	60,923	-3.9
Delaware	9,015	16,148	33,377	44,435	50,772	49,366	50,869	47,489	41,391	52,308	52,231	55,479	52,788	52,806	1.0
District of Columbia	10,285	22,190	38,402	47,076	50,763	57,009	58,456	54,180	56,878	60,183	55,335	55,469	60,961	60,682	0.8
Florida	8,412	14,149	28,803	36,722	39,465	40,604	41,081	44,313	36,267	45,139	43,164	43,124	43,419	42,645	-5.5
Georgia	7,276	13,853	28,006	41,023	45,533	45,988	46,526	38,329	35,509	43,890	48,220	49,755	49,176	48,298	10.0
Hawaii	9,453	19,920	32,047	40,578	44,464	45,479	44,273	49,797	51,060	50,223	47,697	48,586	48,632	45,959	-8.5
Idaho	6,890	13,611	23,861	35,547	40,148	41,080	42,122	36,295	34,888	37,394	41,783	43,870	43,928	43,726	16.9
Illinois	9,569	17,601	32,794	46,486	51,289	54,230	55,629	50,408	45,116	51,394	54,641	56,044	57,989	57,747	12.4
Indiana	8,833	15,599	30,902	41,850	45,097	45,791	46,851	46,531	39,984	48,429	49,192	49,278	48,965	48,635	0.4
Iowa	8,355	15,203	26,747	35,678	38,921	39,432	40,347	44,013	38,969	41,917	41,937	42,530	42,165	41,883	-0.1
Kansas	7,612	13,690	28,744	34,981	38,123	38,623	39,190	40,099	35,091	45,047	41,118	41,658	41,300	40,682	-9.7
Kentucky	6,953	14,520	26,292	36,380	38,981	40,240	41,002	36,627	37,218	41,204	42,762	42,595	43,029	42,563	3.3
Louisiana	7,028	13,760	24,300	33,109	36,878	37,918	38,880	37,022	35,270	38,082	38,918	40,297	40,546	40,361	6.0
Maine	7,572	13,071	26,881	35,561	38,121	39,864	40,940	39,888	33,504	42,127	41,800	41,655	42,627	42,499	0.9
Maryland	9,383	17,558	36,319	44,048	49,677	50,261	52,331	49,428	45,005	56,918	51,776	54,283	53,745	54,324	-4.6
Massachusetts	8,764	17,253	34,712	46,580	52,043	53,181	54,596	46,167	44,224	54,400	54,752	56,868	56,868	56,675	4.2
Michigan	9,826	19,663	37,072	49,044	54,071	54,412	55,693	51,762	50,401	58,098	57,648	59,084	58,184	57,814	-0.5
Minnesota	8,658	15,912	32,190	39,802	42,833	45,375	46,906	45,609	40,786	50,447	46,785	46,804	48,520	48,692	-3.5
Mississippi	5,798	11,850	24,292	31,857	34,555	35,684	36,590	30,543	30,374	38,070	37,446	37,758	38,158	37,983	-0.2
Missouri	7,799	13,682	27,094	35,656	38,826	38,006	38,971	41,084	35,070	42,461	41,911	42,426	40,641	40,455	-4.7
Montana	7,606	14,537	25,081	32,121	35,754	37,184	38,485	40,067	37,262	39,306	37,756	39,069	39,762	39,951	1.6
Nebraska	7,375	13,516	25,522	33,237	37,896	38,352	39,456	38,850	34,645	39,997	39,068	41,409	41,011	40,959	2.4
Nevada	9,215	16,295	30,590	39,390	41,795	42,254	43,394	48,543	41,768	47,940	46,300	45,670	45,183	45,047	-6.0
New Hampshire	7,771	13,017	28,986	37,734	40,519	42,689	43,941	40,936	33,366	45,426	44,354	44,276	45,648	45,614	0.4
New Jersey	9,130	17,161	35,676	52,015	54,166	55,592	56,600	48,095	43,988	55,911	61,140	59,188	59,446	58,755	5.1
New Mexico	7,796	14,887	24,756	32,554	36,687	38,067	39,328	41,068	38,159	38,797	38,265	40,088	40,706	40,826	5.2
New York	10,336	19,812	38,925	51,020	52,600	55,181	56,200	54,448	50,783	61,002	59,971	57,477	59,006	58,340	-4.4
North Carolina	7,494	14,117	27,883	39,404	43,076	43,211	43,313	39,477	36,185	43,698	46,317	47,070	46,206	44,962	2.9
North Dakota	6,696	13,263	23,016	29,863	33,210	35,441	36,449	35,273	33,996	36,070	35,102	36,289	37,898	37,837	4.9
Ohio	8,300	15,269	31,218	41,436	45,452	47,482	48,692	43,723	39,138	48,924	48,705	49,666	50,773	50,546	3.3
Oklahoma	6,882	13,107	23,070	31,298	34,854	35,061	37,141	36,253	33,596	36,155	36,789	38,085	37,491	38,555	6.6
Oregon	8,818	16,266	30,840	42,336	47,600	49,169	50,790	46,452	41,694	48,332	49,763	52,013	52,577	52,724	9.1
Pennsylvania	8,858	16,515	33,338	48,321	51,800	51,835	52,700	46,662	42,332	52,246	56,798	56,603	55,428	54,707	4.7
Rhode Island	8,776	18,002	36,057	47,041	51,076	52,261	53,473	46,230	46,143	56,508	55,294	55,811	55,884	55,509	-1.8
South Carolina	6,927	13,063	27,217	36,081	41,279	41,162	42,207	36,490	33,484	42,654	42,411	45,106	44,015	43,814	2.7
South Dakota	6,403	12,348	21,300	29,071	32,416	33,236	34,040	33,730	31,651	33,381	34,171	35,421	35,540	35,336	5.9
Tennessee	7,050	13,972	27,052	36,328	39,677	40,318	41,527	37,138	35,814	42,395	42,701	43,356	43,113	43,108	1.7
Texas	7,255	14,132	27,496	37,567	40,001	40,476	41,009	38,218	36,224	43,091	44,158	43,710	43,282	42,571	-1.2
Utah	7,644	14,909	23,686	34,946	38,413	38,976	39,965	40,267	38,215	37,120	41,077	41,974	41,678	41,487	11.8
Vermont	7,968	12,484	29,012	37,758	41,603	42,007	44,535	41,974	31,999	45,467	44,382	45,460	44,919	46,231	1.7
Virginia	8,070	14,060	30,938	38,744	43,152	43,655	44,763	42,511	36,039	48,485	45,541	47,153	46,681	46,468	-4.2
Washington	9,225	18,820	30,457	41,043	44,949	45,434	45,712	48,596	48,240	47,731	48,243	49,116	48,584	47,453	-0.6
West Virginia	7,650	13,710	22,842	35,009	38,508	38,461	38,360	40,299	35,142	35,797	41,151	42,078	41,127	39,821	11.2
Wisconsin	8,963	16,006	31,921	41,153	42,871	42,882	43,466	47,215	41,027	50,026	48,373	46,846	45,855	45,121	-9.8
Wyoming	8,232	16,012	28,141	34,127	37,876	39,532	40,392	43,365	41,043	44,102	40,114	41,388	42,272	41,930	-4.9

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 2004–05. (This table was prepared September 2006.)