Table 80. | Estimated average annual salary of instructional staff\1\ in publicelementary and secondary schools and average annual earnings offull-time employees in all industries: 1929-30 to 1994-95 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Current dollars | Constant 1994-95 dollars\2\ |________________________________|____________________________________________________ | Average |Earnings per full-| Average |Earnings per full-| Ratio of instruc- School year | salary of | time employee | salary of | time employee |tional staff salary |instructional|working for wages |instructional|working for wages |to earnings for all | staff | or salary\3\ | staff | or salary\3\ |full-time employees _____________|_____________|__________________|_____________|__________________|___________________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 _____________|_____________|__________________|_____________|__________________|___________________ 1929-30 .....| $1,420 | $1,386 | $12,478 | $12,179 | 1.02 1931-32 .....| 1,417 | 1,198 | 14,783 | 12,498 | 1.18 1933-34 .....| 1,227 | 1,070 | 13,937 | 12,153 | 1.15 1935-36 .....| 1,283 | 1,160 | 14,043 | 12,696 | 1.11 1937-38 .....| 1,374 | 1,224 | 14,427 | 12,852 | 1.12 | | | | | 1939-40 .....| 1,441 | 1,282 | 15,509 | 13,798 | 1.12 1941-42 .....| 1,507 | 1,576 | 14,537 | 15,203 | 0.96 1943-44 .....| 1,728 | 2,030 | 14,916 | 17,522 | 0.85 1945-46 .....| 1,995 | 2,272 | 16,449 | 18,733 | 0.88 1947-48 .....| 2,639 | 2,692 | 17,035 | 17,378 | 0.98 | | | | | 1949-50 .....| 3,010 | 2,930 | 19,116 | 18,608 | 1.03 1951-52 .....| 3,450 | 3,322 | 19,743 | 19,011 | 1.04 1953-54 .....| 3,825 | 3,628 | 21,393 | 20,292 | 1.05 1955-56 .....| 4,156 | 3,924 | 23,252 | 21,954 | 1.06 1957-58 .....| 4,702 | 4,276 | 24,764 | 22,521 | 1.10 | | | | | 1959-60 .....| 5,174 | 4,632 | 26,485 | 23,711 | 1.12 1961-62 .....| 5,700 | 4,928 | 28,522 | 24,659 | 1.16 1963-64 .....| 6,240 | 5,373 | 30,431 | 26,203 | 1.16 1965-66 .....| 6,935 | 5,838 | 32,690 | 27,519 | 1.19 1967-68 .....| 7,630 | 6,444 | 33,745 | 28,500 | 1.18 | | | | | 1969-70 .....| 9,047 | 7,334 | 36,022 | 29,202 | 1.23 1970-71 .....| 9,698 | 7,815 | 36,719 | 29,589 | 1.24 1971-72 .....| 10,213 | 8,334 | 37,330 | 30,462 | 1.23 1972-73 .....| 10,634 | 8,858 | 37,363 | 31,123 | 1.20 1973-74 .....| 11,254 | 9,647 | 36,304 | 31,120 | 1.17 | | | | | 1974-75 .....| 12,167 | 10,420 | 35,334 | 30,260 | 1.17 1975-76 .....| 13,124 | 11,218 | 35,594 | 30,424 | 1.17 1976-77 .....| 13,840 | 11,991 | 35,467 | 30,729 | 1.15 1977-78 .....| 14,698 | 12,829 | 35,296 | 30,807 | 1.15 1978-79 .....| 15,764 | 13,851 | 34,614 | 30,413 | 1.14 | | | | | 1979-80 .....| 16,715 | 15,095 | 32,384 | 29,244 | 1.11 1980-81 .....| 18,404 | 16,495 | 31,955 | 28,640 | 1.12 1981-82 .....| 20,327 | 17,818 | 32,488 | 28,478 | 1.14 1982-83 .....| 21,641 | 18,883 | 33,163 | 28,936 | 1.15 1983-84 .....| 23,005 | 19,749 | 33,995 | 29,184 | 1.16 | | | | | 1984-85 .....| 24,666 | 20,626 | 35,077 | 29,332 | 1.20 1985-86 .....| 26,362 | 21,518 | 36,438 | 29,742 | 1.23 1986-87 .....| 27,706 | 22,432 | 37,464 | 30,332 | 1.24 1987-88 .....| 29,219 | 23,467 | 37,938 | 30,469 | 1.25 1988-89 .....| 30,850 | 24,502 | 38,287 | 30,408 | 1.26 | | | | | 1989-90 .....| 32,638 | 25,555 | 38,661 | 30,271 | 1.28 1990-91 .....| 34,412 | 26,668 | 38,650 | 29,952 | 1.29 1991-92 .....| 35,550 | 27,829 | 38,688 | 30,286 | 1.28 1992-93 .....| 36,454 | 28,937 | 38,470 | 30,537 | 1.26 1993-94 .....| 37,383 | --- | 38,455 | --- | --- 1994-95 .....| 38,415 | --- | 38,415 | --- | --- _____________|_____________|__________________|_____________|__________________|___________________ |
\1\Includes supervisors, principals, classroom teachers, and other instructional staff. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, and unpublished data; National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1994-95, (Copyright @ 1995 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.); and unpublished data; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, July and August issues. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |