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Table 75. Estimated average annual salary of teachers in publicelementary and secondary schools: 1959-60 to 1998-99
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         |       Current dollars      |  Constant 1998-99 dollars
 School  |____________________________|______________________________
  year   |  All  |Elementary|Secondary|  All   |Elementary|Secondary
         |teacher| teachers |teachers |teachers| teachers | teachers
_________|_______|__________|_________|________|__________|__________
    1    |   2   |    3     |    4    |   5    |    6     |    7
_________|_______|__________|_________|________|__________|__________
1959-60 .|$4,995 |   $4,815 |  $5,276 |$27,972 |  $26,964 |  $29,545
1961-62 .| 5,515 |    5,340 |   5,775 | 30,190 |   29,232 |   31,613
1963-64 .| 5,995 |    5,805 |   6,266 | 31,983 |   30,970 |   33,429
1965-66 .| 6,485 |    6,279 |   6,761 | 33,442 |   32,379 |   34,865
1967-68 .| 7,423 |    7,208 |   7,692 | 35,915 |   34,875 |   37,216
         |       |          |         |        |          |
1969-70 .| 8,626 |    8,412 |   8,891 | 37,574 |   36,641 |   38,728
1970-71 .| 9,268 |    9,021 |   9,568 | 38,388 |   37,365 |   39,631
1971-72 .| 9,705 |    9,424 |  10,031 | 38,806 |   37,683 |   40,110
1972-73 .|10,174 |    9,893 |  10,507 | 39,106 |   38,026 |   40,386
1973-74 .|10,770 |   10,507 |  11,077 | 38,008 |   37,080 |   39,091
         |       |          |         |        |          |
1974-75 .|11,641 |   11,334 |  12,000 | 36,983 |   36,008 |   38,124
1975-76 .|12,600 |   12,280 |  12,937 | 37,384 |   36,434 |   38,384
1976-77 .|13,354 |   12,989 |  13,776 | 37,438 |   36,414 |   38,621
1977-78 .|14,198 |   13,845 |  14,602 | 37,299 |   36,372 |   38,361
1978-79 .|15,032 |   14,681 |  15,450 | 36,108 |   35,265 |   37,112
         |       |          |         |        |          |
1979-80 .|15,970 |   15,569 |  16,459 | 33,848 |   32,998 |   34,885
1980-81 .|17,644 |   17,230 |  18,142 | 33,514 |   32,728 |   34,460
1981-82 .|19,274 |   18,853 |  19,805 | 33,699 |   32,963 |   34,628
1982-83 .|20,695 |   20,227 |  21,291 | 34,694 |   33,909 |   35,693
1983-84 .|21,935 |   21,487 |  22,554 | 35,460 |   34,736 |   36,461
         |       |          |         |        |          |
1984-85 .|23,600 |   23,200 |  24,187 | 36,715 |   36,092 |   37,628
1985-86 .|25,199 |   24,718 |  25,846 | 38,103 |   37,376 |   39,082
1986-87 .|26,569 |   26,057 |  27,244 | 39,302 |   38,545 |   40,301
1987-88 .|28,034 |   27,519 |  28,798 | 39,819 |   39,088 |   40,905
1988-89 .|29,564 |   29,022 |  30,218 | 40,139 |   39,403 |   41,027
         |       |          |         |        |          |
1989-90 .|31,367 |   30,832 |  32,049 | 40,647 |   39,954 |   41,531
1990-91 .|33,084 |   32,490 |  33,896 | 40,650 |   39,920 |   41,648
1991-92 .|34,063 |   33,479 |  34,827 | 40,553 |   39,858 |   41,463
1992-93 .|35,029 |   34,350 |  35,880 | 40,440 |   39,656 |   41,423
1993-94 .|35,737 |   35,233 |  36,566 | 40,216 |   39,649 |   41,149
         |       |          |         |        |          |
1994-95..|36,685 |   36,161 |  37,464 | 40,132 |   39,559 |   40,985
1995-96..|37,704 |   37,276 |  38,372 | 40,155 |   39,699 |   40,866
1996-97..|38,536 |   38,178 |  39,149 | 39,902 |   39,532 |   40,537
1997-98 .|39,454 |   39,144 |  40,019 | 40,137 |   39,822 |   40,712
1998-99 .|40,582 |   40,293 |  41,155 | 40,582 |   40,293 |   41,155
_________|_______|__________|_________|________|__________|__________

NOTE: Constant 1998-99 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics; and unpublished data. (Copyright @ 2000 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared March 2000.)


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