Table 76. | Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1998-99 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Percent | Current dollars | Constant 1998-99 dollars | change, | | |1989-90 to State |_____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________|1998-99 in | | | | | | | | | | | | | |constant |1969-70|1979-80 |1989-90 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1969-70 |1979-80 |1989-90 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 | dollars ______________________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 ______________________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________ United States .....|$8,626 |$15,970 |$31,367 |$37,704 |$38,536 |$39,454 |$40,582 |$37,574 |$33,848 |$40,647 |$40,155 |$39,902 |$40,137 | -0.2 |_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________ Alabama ..............| 6,818 | 13,060 | 24,828 | 31,313 | 32,549 | 32,818 | 35,820 | 29,698 | 27,680 | 32,174 | 33,348 | 33,703 | 33,386 | 11.3 Alaska ...............|10,560 | 27,210 | 43,153 | 49,171 | 50,647 | 47,601 | 46,845 | 45,998 | 57,671 | 55,920 | 52,367 | 52,443 | 48,425 | -16.2 Arizona ..............| 8,711 | 15,054 | 29,402 | 32,483 | 33,685 | 34,411 | 35,025 | 37,944 | 31,907 | 38,101 | 34,594 | 34,879 | 35,007 | -8.1 Arkansas .............| 6,307 | 12,299 | 22,352 | 29,533 | 30,578 | 31,592 | 32,350 | 27,472 | 26,068 | 28,965 | 31,453 | 31,662 | 32,139 | 11.7 California ...........|10,315 | 18,020 | 37,998 | 42,259 | 42,992 | 44,585 | 45,400 | 44,931 | 38,193 | 49,240 | 45,006 | 44,516 | 45,357 | -7.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 7,761 | 16,205 | 30,758 | 35,364 | 36,271 | 37,240 | 38,025 | 33,806 | 34,346 | 39,858 | 37,663 | 37,557 | 37,885 | -4.6 Connecticut ..........| 9,262 | 16,229 | 40,461 | 50,254 | 50,426 | 50,730 | 51,584 | 40,344 | 34,397 | 52,432 | 53,520 | 52,214 | 51,608 | -1.6 Delaware .............| 9,015 | 16,148 | 33,377 | 40,533 | 41,436 | 42,439 | 43,164 | 39,268 | 34,225 | 43,252 | 43,168 | 42,905 | 43,174 | -0.2 District of Columbia .|10,285 | 22,190 | 38,402 | 43,700 | 45,012 | 46,350 | 47,150 | 44,800 | 47,031 | 49,764 | 46,540 | 46,608 | 47,152 | -5.3 Florida ..............| 8,412 | 14,149 | 28,803 | 33,330 | 33,889 | 34,475 | 35,196 | 36,641 | 29,989 | 37,325 | 35,496 | 35,091 | 35,072 | -5.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 7,276 | 13,853 | 28,006 | 34,002 | 35,596 | 37,569 | 39,675 | 31,693 | 29,361 | 36,292 | 36,212 | 36,858 | 38,219 | 9.3 Hawaii ...............| 9,453 | 19,920 | 32,047 | 35,807 | 35,842 | 38,377 | 40,377 | 41,176 | 42,220 | 41,528 | 38,134 | 37,113 | 39,041 | -2.8 Idaho ................| 6,890 | 13,611 | 23,861 | 30,892 | 31,820 | 32,834 | 34,063 | 30,012 | 28,848 | 30,921 | 32,900 | 32,948 | 33,402 | 10.2 Illinois .............| 9,569 | 17,601 | 32,794 | 40,919 | 42,125 | 43,690 | 45,569 | 41,681 | 37,305 | 42,496 | 43,579 | 43,619 | 44,446 | 7.2 Indiana...............| 8,833 | 15,599 | 30,902 | 37,675 | 38,845 | 39,750 | 41,163 | 38,475 | 33,062 | 40,045 | 40,124 | 40,222 | 40,438 | 2.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 8,355 | 15,203 | 26,747 | 32,372 | 33,272 | 34,084 | 34,927 | 36,393 | 32,223 | 34,660 | 34,476 | 34,452 | 34,674 | 0.8 Kansas ...............| 7,612 | 13,690 | 28,744 | 35,023 | 35,739 | 36,811 | 37,405 | 33,157 | 29,016 | 37,248 | 37,299 | 37,006 | 37,448 | 0.4 Kentucky .............| 6,953 | 14,520 | 26,292 | 33,080 | 33,949 | 34,613 | 35,526 | 30,286 | 30,775 | 34,071 | 35,230 | 35,153 | 35,212 | 4.3 Louisiana ............| 7,028 | 13,760 | 24,300 | 27,530 | 29,025 | 30,090 | 32,510 | 30,613 | 29,164 | 31,489 | 29,319 | 30,054 | 30,611 | 3.2 Maine ................| 7,572 | 13,071 | 26,881 | 32,869 | 33,676 | 34,349 | 34,906 | 32,982 | 27,704 | 34,834 | 35,005 | 34,870 | 34,944 | 0.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 9,383 | 17,558 | 36,319 | 41,160 | 41,148 | 41,739 | 42,526 | 40,871 | 37,214 | 47,064 | 43,835 | 42,607 | 42,462 | -9.6 Massachusetts ........| 8,764 | 17,253 | 34,712 | 41,408 | 42,650 | 43,930 | 45,075 | 38,175 | 36,567 | 44,982 | 44,099 | 44,162 | 44,690 | 0.2 Michigan .............| 9,826 | 19,663 | 37,072 | 46,832 | 47,181 | 47,500 | 48,207 | 42,801 | 41,675 | 48,040 | 49,876 | 48,854 | 48,322 | 0.3 Minnesota ............| 8,658 | 15,912 | 32,190 | 36,922 | 38,115 | 37,932 | 39,458 | 37,713 | 33,725 | 41,714 | 39,322 | 39,466 | 38,589 | -5.4 Mississippi ..........| 5,798 | 11,850 | 24,292 | 27,692 | 27,720 | 28,692 | 29,530 | 25,255 | 25,116 | 31,479 | 29,492 | 28,703 | 29,189 | -6.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| 7,799 | 13,682 | 27,094 | 32,322 | 33,155 | 33,946 | 34,746 | 33,971 | 28,999 | 35,110 | 34,423 | 34,330 | 34,534 | -1.0 Montana ..............| 7,606 | 14,537 | 25,081 | 29,364 | 29,958 | 30,620 | 31,356 | 33,131 | 30,811 | 32,501 | 31,273 | 31,020 | 31,150 | -3.5 Nebraska .............| 7,375 | 13,516 | 25,522 | 31,496 | 31,768 | 32,668 | 32,880 | 32,124 | 28,647 | 33,073 | 33,543 | 32,894 | 33,234 | -0.6 Nevada ...............| 9,215 | 16,295 | 30,590 | 36,167 | 37,340 | 37,094 | 38,883 | 40,139 | 34,537 | 39,640 | 38,518 | 38,664 | 37,736 | -1.9 New Hampshire ........| 7,771 | 13,017 | 28,986 | 35,792 | 36,029 | 36,663 | 37,405 | 33,849 | 27,589 | 37,562 | 38,118 | 37,306 | 37,298 | -0.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 9,130 | 17,161 | 35,676 | 48,751 | 49,786 | 50,442 | 51,193 | 39,769 | 36,372 | 46,231 | 51,920 | 51,551 | 51,315 | 10.7 New Mexico ...........| 7,796 | 14,887 | 24,756 | 29,074 | 30,131 | 30,152 | 32,398 | 33,958 | 31,553 | 32,080 | 30,964 | 31,199 | 30,674 | 1.0 New York .............|10,336 | 19,812 | 38,925 | 48,115 | 48,000 | 48,712 | 49,437 | 45,022 | 41,991 | 50,441 | 51,242 | 49,702 | 49,555 | -2.0 North Carolina .......| 7,494 | 14,117 | 27,883 | 30,411 | 31,167 | 33,129 | 36,098 | 32,643 | 29,921 | 36,133 | 32,388 | 32,272 | 33,703 | -0.1 North Dakota .........| 6,696 | 13,263 | 23,016 | 26,969 | 27,711 | 28,230 | 28,976 | 29,167 | 28,111 | 29,826 | 28,722 | 28,693 | 28,719 | -2.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 8,300 | 15,269 | 31,218 | 37,835 | 38,676 | 38,985 | 40,566 | 36,154 | 32,362 | 40,454 | 40,294 | 40,047 | 39,660 | 0.3 Oklahoma .............| 6,882 | 13,107 | 23,070 | 28,404 | 30,369 | 30,692 | 31,149 | 29,977 | 27,780 | 29,896 | 30,250 | 31,446 | 31,223 | 4.2 Oregon ...............| 8,818 | 16,266 | 30,840 | 39,706 | 40,960 | 42,200 | 42,833 | 38,410 | 34,476 | 39,964 | 42,287 | 42,412 | 42,931 | 7.2 Pennsylvania .........| 8,858 | 16,515 | 33,338 | 46,087 | 47,148 | 47,542 | 48,457 | 38,584 | 35,003 | 43,201 | 49,083 | 48,820 | 48,365 | 12.2 Rhode Island .........| 8,776 | 18,002 | 36,057 | 41,765 | 43,019 | 44,300 | 45,650 | 38,227 | 38,155 | 46,725 | 44,480 | 44,544 | 45,067 | -2.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 6,927 | 13,063 | 27,217 | 31,622 | 32,830 | 33,697 | 34,506 | 30,173 | 27,687 | 35,269 | 33,677 | 33,994 | 34,280 | -2.2 South Dakota .........| 6,403 | 12,348 | 21,300 | 26,346 | 26,764 | 27,875 | 28,552 | 27,890 | 26,171 | 27,602 | 28,058 | 27,713 | 28,358 | 3.4 Tennessee ............| 7,050 | 13,972 | 27,052 | 33,126 | 34,222 | 35,340 | 36,500 | 30,709 | 29,613 | 35,056 | 35,279 | 35,435 | 35,952 | 4.1 Texas ................| 7,255 | 14,132 | 27,496 | 32,001 | 33,038 | 34,133 | 35,041 | 31,602 | 29,953 | 35,631 | 34,081 | 34,209 | 34,724 | -1.7 Utah .................| 7,644 | 14,909 | 23,686 | 30,588 | 31,867 | 32,394 | 32,950 | 33,296 | 31,599 | 30,694 | 32,576 | 32,997 | 32,955 | 7.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 7,968 | 12,484 | 29,012 | 36,295 | 36,053 | 36,299 | 36,800 | 34,707 | 26,460 | 37,596 | 38,654 | 37,331 | 36,927 | -2.1 Virginia .............| 8,070 | 14,060 | 30,938 | 34,792 | 35,536 | 36,654 | 37,475 | 35,152 | 29,800 | 40,091 | 37,053 | 36,796 | 37,289 | -6.5 Washington ...........| 9,225 | 18,820 | 30,457 | 37,853 | 37,815 | 38,765 | 38,692 | 40,183 | 39,889 | 39,468 | 40,313 | 39,156 | 39,436 | -2.0 West Virginia.........| 7,650 | 13,710 | 22,842 | 32,155 | 33,250 | 33,397 | 34,244 | 33,322 | 29,058 | 29,600 | 34,245 | 34,429 | 33,975 | 15.7 Wisconsin ............| 8,963 | 16,006 | 31,921 | 38,182 | 39,057 | 39,357 | 40,657 | 39,041 | 33,924 | 41,365 | 40,664 | 40,442 | 40,038 | -1.7 Wyoming ..............| 8,232 | 16,012 | 28,141 | 31,571 | 31,715 | 32,022 | 33,500 | 35,857 | 33,937 | 36,467 | 33,623 | 32,839 | 32,576 | -8.1 ______________________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________ |
NOTE: Constant 1998-99 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Price index does not account for different rates of change in the cost of living among states. 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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