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Teachers in public elementary/secondary schools - average salary 1980-2017

Average salary of classroom teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. from 1980 to 2017 (Figures expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the average salary of classroom teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. from 1980 to 2017. The average salary of a teacher in a secondary school in the academic year 2016/17, was 58,978 USD. As of fall 2014, the state of Texas had the most public elementary and secondary school teachers of any U.S. state, with around 342,257. Texas was followed by California and New York.

1979-80	15.57	16.46
1980-81	17.23	18.14
1981-82	18.85	19.81
1982-83	20.23	21.29
1983-84	21.49	22.55
1984-85	23.2	24.19
1985-86	24.72	25.85
1986-87	26.06	27.24
1987-88	27.52	28.8
1988-89	29.02	30.22
1989-90	30.83	32.05
1990-91	32.49	33.9
1991-92	33.48	34.83
1992-93	34.35	35.88
1993-94	35.23	36.57
1994-95	36.09	37.52
1995-96	37.14	38.4
1996-97	38.04	39.18
1997-98	39	39.94
1998-99	40.17	41.2
1999-00	41.31	42.55
2000-01	42.91	44.05
2001-02	44.18	45.31
2002-03	45.41	46.11
2003-04	46.19	46.98
2004-05	47.12	47.69
2005-06	48.57	49.5
2006-07	50.74	51.53
2007-08	52.39	53.26
2008-09	54	54.55
2009-10	54.92	55.6
2010-11	55.22	56.23
2011-12	54.7	56.23
2012-13	55.34	57.08
2013-14	56.4	56.89
2014-15	57.09	57.68
2015-16	58.23	58.39
2016-17	58.77	58.98

Teachers in public elementary/secondary schools - average salary 1980-2017

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