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 |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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Change (%) |
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Teachers |
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High school mathematics and science |
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40,000 |
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43,000 |
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7.5 |
Elementary school |
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38,000 |
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41,000 |
|
7.9 |
Selected other professions |
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Computer systems analysts |
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56,000 |
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72,000 |
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28.6 |
Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists |
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50,000 |
|
61,000 |
|
22.0 |
Engineers |
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62,000 |
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75,000 |
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21.0 |
Protective service workers |
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46,000 |
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50,000 |
|
8.7 |
Social workers |
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36,000 |
|
40,000 |
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11.1 |
Retail sales occupations |
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34,000 |
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40,000 |
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17.6 |
Clergy and other religious workers |
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35,000 |
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38,000 |
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8.6 |
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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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