Table 211.50.

Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected school years, 1959-60 through 2021-22

School year	Current dollars					Average public school teachers' salary in constant 2021-22 dollars1
	Average public school teachers' salary			Wage and salary accruals per full-time- equivalent (FTE) employee2	Ratio of average teachers' salary to accruals per FTE employee
	All teachers	Elementary teachers3	Secondary teachers4			All teachers	Elementary teachers3	Secondary teachers4
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1959-60	$4,995	$4,815	$5,276	$4,749	1.05	$47,943	$46,216	$50,640
1961-62	5,515	5,340	5,775	5,063	1.09	51,746	50,104	54,185
1963-64	5,995	5,805	6,266	5,478	1.09	54,819	53,082	57,297
1965-66	6,485	6,279	6,761	5,934	1.09	57,319	55,498	59,758
1967-68	7,423	7,208	7,692	6,533	1.14	61,558	59,775	63,789
1969-70	8,626	8,412	8,891	7,486	1.15	64,401	62,803	66,379
1970-71	9,268	9,021	9,568	7,998	1.16	65,798	64,044	67,927
1971-72	9,705	9,424	10,031	8,521	1.14	66,514	64,588	68,748
1972-73	10,174	9,893	10,507	9,056	1.12	67,028	65,176	69,222
1973-74	10,770	10,507	11,077	9,667	1.11	65,146	63,555	67,002
1974-75	11,641	11,334	12,000	10,411	1.12	63,389	61,717	65,344
1975-76	12,600	12,280	12,937	11,194	1.13	64,076	62,448	65,790
1976-77	13,354	12,989	13,776	11,971	1.12	64,168	62,414	66,196
1977-78	14,198	13,845	14,602	12,811	1.11	63,931	62,342	65,750
1978-79	15,032	14,681	15,450	13,808	1.09	61,889	60,444	63,610
1979-80	15,970	15,569	16,459	15,051	1.06	58,016	56,559	59,792
1980-81	17,644	17,230	18,142	16,462	1.07	57,444	56,096	59,065
1981-82	19,274	18,853	19,805	17,838	1.08	57,761	56,499	59,352
1982-83	20,695	20,227	21,291	18,962	1.09	59,465	58,120	61,178
1983-84	21,935	21,487	22,554	19,892	1.10	60,779	59,537	62,494
1984-85	23,600	23,200	24,187	20,840	1.13	62,929	61,862	64,494
1985-86	25,199	24,718	25,846	21,767	1.16	65,309	64,063	66,986
1986-87	26,569	26,057	27,244	22,700	1.17	67,364	66,066	69,076
1987-88	28,034	27,519	28,798	23,777	1.18	68,251	66,997	70,111
1988-89	29,564	29,022	30,218	24,752	1.19	68,798	67,537	70,320
1989-90	31,367	30,832	32,049	25,762	1.22	69,669	68,481	71,184
1990-91	33,084	32,490	33,896	26,935	1.23	69,674	68,423	71,384
1991-92	34,063	33,479	34,827	28,207	1.21	69,508	68,317	71,067
1992-93	35,029	34,350	35,880	29,266	1.20	69,315	67,971	70,998
1993-94	35,737	35,233	36,566	29,956	1.19	68,930	67,958	70,529
1994-95	36,675	36,088	37,523	30,726	1.19	68,768	67,667	70,358
1995-96	37,642	37,138	38,397	31,732	1.19	68,712	67,792	70,090
1996-97	38,443	38,039	39,184	33,057	1.16	68,227	67,510	69,543
1997-98	39,350	39,002	39,944	34,651	1.14	68,613	68,007	69,649
1998-99	40,544	40,165	41,203	36,280	1.12	69,492	68,843	70,622
1999-2000	41,807	41,306	42,546	38,144	1.10	69,647	68,812	70,878
2000-01	43,378	42,910	44,053	39,729	1.09	69,870	69,116	70,957
2001-02	44,655	44,177	45,310	40,600	1.10	70,676	69,919	71,712
2002-03	45,686	45,408	46,106	41,659	1.10	70,752	70,322	71,403
2003-04	46,542	46,187	46,976	43,303	1.07	70,535	69,997	71,193
2004-05	47,516	47,122	47,688	44,957	1.06	69,907	69,328	70,161
2005-06	49,086	48,573	49,496	46,690	1.05	69,568	68,841	70,149
2006-07	51,052	50,740	51,529	48,816	1.05	70,530	70,099	71,189
2007-08	52,800	52,385	53,262	50,649	1.04	70,339	69,786	70,955
2008-09	54,368	53,998	54,552	51,594	1.05	71,431	70,944	71,672
2009-10	55,370	54,918	55,595	52,512	1.05	72,050	71,462	72,343
2010-11	55,759	55,217	56,225	53,966	1.03	71,128	70,436	71,722
2011-12	56,062	54,704	56,226	55,391	1.01	69,479	67,796	69,682
2012-13	56,375	55,344	57,077	56,373	1.00	68,723	67,466	69,579
2013-14	57,073	56,395	56,886	57,501	0.99	68,504	67,690	68,279
2014-15	57,758	57,092	57,678	59,167	0.98	68,825	68,031	68,729
2015-16	58,504	58,225	58,385	60,410	0.97	69,247	68,916	69,106
2016-17	59,752	58,773	58,978	61,774	0.97	69,446	68,308	68,547
2017-18	60,784	---	---	63,703	0.95	69,088	---	---
2018-19	62,271	---	---	65,733	0.95	69,341	---	---
2019-20	64,172	---	---	69,119	0.93	70,358	---	---
2020-21	65,293	---	---	---	---	69,976	---	---
2021-22	66,397	---	---	---	---	66,397	---	---

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1Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
2The average monetary remuneration earned by FTE employees across all industries in a given year, including wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, voluntary employee contributions to certain deferred compensation plans, and receipts in kind that represent income. Calendar-year data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, have been converted to a school-year basis by averaging the two appropriate calendar years in each case.
3Teachers at schools that are classified as elementary by state and local practice and composed of any span of grades not above grade 8. Preschool or kindergarten schools are included only if they are an integral part of an elementary school or a regularly established school system.
4Teachers at schools comprising any span of grades beginning with the next grade following elementary or middle school (usually 7, 8, or 9) and ending with or below grade 12. Includes both junior high schools and senior high schools.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors are not available for these estimates, which are based on state reports.
SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, 1960 through 2022; and unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, table 6.6D, retrieved August 4, 2021, from https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?reqid=19&step=2#reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&1921=survey. (This table was prepared August 2022.)