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Table 76. Average salaries for full-time teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1999-2000

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                                |Total earned    |  Base salary   |Number of full-time  |School year supplemental contract  |   Supplemental contract       |Number of teachers with non-school employment
                                |  income        |                |   teachers          |                                   |        during summer          |
    Selected characteristic     |                |                |                     |___________________ _______________|_________________ _____________|________________ ________________________________
                                |                |                |                     |Number of teachers |Supplemental   |   Number of     |Supplemental |  Teaching or   |  Education    |Not education
                                |                |                |                     |                   |  salary       |   teachers      |  salary     |   or tutor     |   related     |  related
________________________________|________________|________________|_____________________|___________________|_______________|_________________|_____________|________________|_______________|________________
               1                |      2         |      3         |         4           |        5          |     6         |      7          |     8       |      9         |    10         |     11
________________________________|________________|________________|_____________________|___________________|_______________|_________________|_____________|________________|_______________|________________
                                |                                                        Public schools
                                |________________ ________________ _____________________ ___________________ _______________ _________________ _____________ ________________ _______________ ________________
                                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
Total ..........................| $42,949   (124)| $39,857   (117)|  2,742,213  (20,301)| 1,117,001 (14,582)| $2,443    (49)| 566,109 (10,855)| $2,307  (28)| 120,254 (4,375)| 86,585 (3,153)| 251,101 (6,344)
                                |________________|________________|_____________________|___________________|_______________|_________________|_____________|________________|_______________|________________
Sex                             |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Men ..........................|  46,891   (237)|  41,104   (198)|    700,410  (10,187)|   407,686  (6,512)|  3,371    (62)| 176,372  (5,009)|  2,877  (47)|  36,887 (1,839)| 38,687 (2,033)| 119,649 (4,238)
  Women ........................|  41,596   (129)|  39,475   (126)|  2,041,803  (16,613)|   709,315 (10,621)|  1,910    (69)| 389,737  (8,977)|  2,050  (35)|  83,367 (3,730)| 47,898 (2,719)| 131,452 (4,952)
                                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Race/ethnicity                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  White, non-Hispanic ..........|  43,032   (134)|  40,022   (124)|  2,303,096  (17,467)|   951,147 (13,069)|  2,466    (55)| 442,513  (8,955)|  2,210  (33)| 101,194 (3,403)| 76,000 (2,910)| 212,202 (5,722)
  Black, non-Hispanic ..........|  43,150   (431)|  39,377   (396)|    214,423   (6,040)|    78,547  (3,787)|  2,488   (147)|  67,933  (3,403)|  2,799 (101)|   9,577 (1,379)|  5,910   (887)|  21,455 (1,734)
  Hispanic .....................|  41,241   (363)|  38,488   (311)|    157,205   (6,155)|    63,253  (4,280)|  2,093   (134)|  40,679  (3,049)|  2,410 (118)|   6,980 (1,184)|  2,708   (627)|  11,007 (1,509)
  Asian or Pacific Islander ....|  44,884   (697)|  41,944   (603)|     44,343   (2,483)|    15,137  (1,591)|  2,030   (175)|   9,337    (911)|  2,804 (152)|   1,862   (558)|  1,069   (181)|   3,860   (844)
  American Indian or            |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
    Alaska Native ..............|  40,697 (1,002)|  37,271   (933)|     23,146   (1,773)|     8,917    (609)|  2,717   (283)|   5,647    (751)|  2,445 (201)|     640   (180)|    898   (460)|   2,577   (499)
                                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
Age                             |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Less than 30  ................|  33,583   (137)|  30,386   (122)|    474,670   (9,129)|   231,485  (6,111)|  2,131    (77)| 120,945  (4,559)|  2,124  (60)|  20,934 (1,943)| 15,656 (1,400)|  52,187 (2,761)
  30 to 39  ....................|  38,468   (173)|  35,502   (152)|    599,706  (10,081)|   265,928  (7,788)|  2,367    (60)| 131,032  (4,331)|  2,271  (60)|  25,660 (1,875)| 20,365 (2,075)|  55,913 (2,271)
  40 to 49  ....................|  44,375   (185)|  41,407   (152)|    862,567  (10,202)|   340,739  (6,700)|  2,498    (87)| 170,809  (4,728)|  2,311  (58)|  37,029 (2,162)| 28,502 (1,767)|  71,814 (2,896)
  50 or more  ..................|  50,278   (208)|  47,138   (203)|    805,270  (13,567)|   278,848  (7,286)|  2,707   (130)| 143,324  (5,658)|  2,491  (66)|  36,631 (1,953)| 22,062 (1,352)|  71,186 (3,213)
                                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
Years of teaching               |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  First year  ..................|  33,155   (250)|  29,088   (179)|    143,606   (4,949)|    55,014  (2,803)|  1,807   (143)|  31,028  (2,223)|  2,473 (138)|   6,290 (1,052)|  4,381   (705)|  17,774 (1,462)
  2 to 4 years  ................|  33,360   (132)|  30,434   (114)|    421,713   (8,030)|   193,304  (5,324)|  2,077    (75)| 104,640  (4,165)|  2,138  (67)|  16,264 (1,477)| 12,329 (1,334)|  45,841 (2,394)
  5 to 9 years  ................|  37,154   (182)|  34,066   (138)|    508,472  (10,354)|   226,635  (6,080)|  2,364    (87)| 119,917  (4,292)|  2,199  (69)|  24,132 (1,863)| 16,975 (1,624)|  46,716 (2,640)
  10 to 14 years  ..............|  41,410   (276)|  38,712   (254)|    375,832   (6,514)|   150,898  (4,496)|  2,214    (82)|  70,163  (3,328)|  2,381  (85)|  15,426 (1,148)| 11,248 (1,256)|  30,387 (2,227)
  15 to 19 years  ..............|  45,630   (249)|  42,942   (222)|    325,836   (7,677)|   118,707  (4,107)|  2,476    (98)|  64,032  (3,428)|  2,380  (91)|  13,715 (1,155)| 11,891 (1,160)|  21,464 (1,395)
  20 or more years  ............|  51,328   (196)|  48,115   (178)|    966,754  (14,427)|   372,443  (7,754)|  2,856   (119)| 176,330  (5,863)|  2,396  (60)|  44,427 (2,484)| 29,762 (1,555)|  88,919 (3,320)
                                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
Level                           |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Elementary  ..................|  41,514   (182)|  39,451   (172)|  1,436,333  (13,332)|   408,046  (9,078)|  1,872   (103)| 279,481  (8,635)|  1,979  (46)|  51,844 (3,635)| 31,161 (2,459)|  99,048 (4,579)
  Secondary  ...................|  44,526   (166)|  40,375   (161)|  1,305,880  (17,579)|   708,955 (11,938)|  2,771    (41)| 286,629  (6,270)|  2,627  (38)|  68,410 (2,497)| 55,425 (2,305)| 152,052 (4,664)
                                |________________|________________|_____________________|___________________|_______________|_________________|_____________|________________|_______________|________________
                                |                                                        Private schools
                                |________________ ________________ _____________________ ___________________ _______________ _________________ _____________ ________________ _______________ ________________
Total ..........................| $29,822   (209)| $27,210   (195)|   365,682    (8,844)|   89,391   (3,349)| $2,085    (66)| 75,663   (2,733)| $2,614  (79)|  21,552 (1,088)| 14,091   (979)|  37,671 (1,622)
                                |________________|________________|_____________________|___________________|_______________|_________________|_____________|________________|_______________|________________
Sex                             |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Men ..........................|  36,524   (389)| 31,438    (346)|     85,694   (3,254)|    36,432  (1,711)|  2,703    (97)|  22,437  (1,354)|  3,219 (149)|   5,511   (447)|  6,294   (706)|  15,489 (1,014)
  Women ........................|  27,771   (199)| 25,922    (189)|    279,988   (6,696)|    52,959  (2,314)|  1,662    (89)|  53,225  (2,205)|  2,361  (82)|  16,042   (965)|  7,798   (685)|  22,182 (1,177)
                                |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
Race/ethnicity                  |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  White, non-Hispanic ..........|  29,942   (192)| 27,340    (169)|    327,448   (7,892)|    81,422  (3,194)|  2,100    (71)|  64,910  (2,707)|  2,656  (85)|  19,389   (970)| 12,335   (883)|  34,538 (1,509)
  Black, non-Hispanic ..........|  27,593   (986)| 24,374    (891)|     13,697   (1,208)|     2,544    (387)|  1,451   (276)|   4,291    (570)|  2,403 (243)|     302   (111)|  1,082   (320)|   1,826   (405)
  Hispanic .....................|  29,508 (1,266)| 27,162  (1,239)|     16,615   (1,409)|     4,354    (790)|  2,293   (273)|   4,124    (516)|  2,228 (185)|   1,373   (365)|    478   (148)|     708   (161)
  Asian or Pacific Islander ....|  30,029   (891)| 27,763    (888)|      5,974     (518)|       777    (142)|  1,386   (242)|   1,809    (276)|  2,680 (429)|     376    (90)|     80    (46)|     334    (93)
  American Indian or            |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
    Alaska Native ..............|  27,302 (1,574)| 24,760  (1,456)|      1,948     (315)|         ‡        ‡|       ‡      ‡|       ‡       ‡ |      ‡     ‡|     112    (62)|    116    (55)|     265   (112)
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Age                             |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Less than 30  ................|  25,289   (300)| 22,299    (306)|     76,044   (3,002)|    21,238  (1,141)|  2,031   (135)|  20,146  (1,198)|  2,279  (97)|   3,631   (350)|  2,956   (361)|  10,539   (910)
  30 to 39  ....................|  29,841   (369)| 26,828    (336)|     81,044   (2,724)|    23,473  (1,479)|  2,096    (94)|  19,618  (1,310)|  2,775 (177)|   5,431   (554)|  3,180   (433)|  10,191   (731)
  40 to 49  ....................|  29,638   (329)| 27,229    (291)|    103,748   (3,558)|    24,101  (1,207)|  2,134   (158)|  19,767  (1,082)|  2,698 (160)|   6,500   (752)|  4,505   (503)|   9,675   (731)
  50 or more  ..................|  33,278   (324)| 31,063    (295)|    104,846   (2,906)|    20,580  (1,079)|  2,075   (141)|  16,132  (1,174)|  2,738 (160)|   5,990   (510)|  3,450   (454)|   7,267   (625)
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Years of teaching               |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  First year  ..................|  24,402   (439)| 20,794    (420)|     27,387   (1,413)|     5,247    (607)|  1,745   (132)|   6,155    (594)|  2,699 (228)|   1,123   (214)|  1,215   (284)|   4,057   (468)
  2 to 4 years  ................|  25,338   (295)| 22,548    (270)|     72,391   (2,774)|    18,497  (1,045)|  1,786   (101)|  17,961  (1,127)|  2,374 (108)|   3,235   (339)|  3,266   (439)|   9,632   (744)
  5 to 9 years  ................|  27,715   (456)| 24,900    (405)|     76,128   (2,667)|    20,596  (1,340)|  2,113   (138)|  16,968    (948)|  2,634 (204)|   4,805   (492)|  3,066   (488)|   9,208   (900)
  10 to 14 years  ..............|  30,220   (387)| 28,125    (365)|     55,366   (1,899)|    13,299  (1,142)|  2,077   (217)|  11,551    (883)|  2,073 (103)|   4,090   (443)|  1,973   (309)|   4,588   (465)
  15 to 19 years  ..............|  31,639   (440)| 29,479    (427)|     47,343   (2,036)|     9,750    (679)|  2,296   (215)|   8,498    (681)|  3,208 (306)|   2,629   (427)|  1,725   (372)|   3,426   (420)
  20 or more years  ............|  35,856   (326)| 33,326    (286)|     87,068   (2,803)|    22,003  (1,116)|  2,307   (154)|  14,529  (1,108)|  2,940 (158)|   5,670   (528)|  2,845   (325)|   6,759   (630)
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Level                           |                |                |                     |                   |               |                 |             |                |               |
  Elementary  ..................|  26,989   (241)| 25,098    (225)|    216,361   (5,181)|    33,287  (1,808)|  1,834   (122)|  39,377  (2,003)|  2,336  (92)|  11,857   (774)|  5,960   (588)|  19,647 (1,055)
  Secondary ....................|  33,927   (306)| 30,280    (273)|    149,322   (4,945)|    56,104  (2,411)|  2,236    (71)|  36,286  (1,735)|  2,918 (105)|   9,695   (772)|  8,131   (667)|  18,024 (1,108)
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‡ Reporting standards not met.

NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding or missing values in cells with too few cases to report, or survey item nonresponse.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," "Private Teacher Questionnaire," and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000." (This table was prepared August 2002.)


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