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Average Salaries of Public School Teachers

Compiled by the National Education Association based on information from state departments of education

Rank	State	2005-2006	2004-05	Rank
1	District of Columbia	61,195	58,456	1
2	Connecticut	59,499	57,737	3
3	California	59,345	57,876	2
4	Michigan	58,482	56,973	4
5	Illinois	57,819	55,421	7
6	New Jersey	57,707	56,682	5
7	New York	57,354	56,200	6
8	Massachusetts	56,587	54,679	8
9	Rhode Island	54,730	53,473	9
10	Maryland	54,486	52,331	12
11	Delaware	54,264	50,595	13
12	Pennsylvania	54,027	53,258	10
13	Alaska	53,553	52,424	11
14	Hawaii	51,599	46,149	19
15	Ohio	50,314	48,692	14
16	Oregon	48,981	48,330	15
17	Minnesota	48,489	46,906	16
18	Georgia	48,300	46,526	18
19	Indiana	47,255	46,583	17
20	Vermont	46,622	44,535	21
21	Wisconsin	46,390	44,299	22
22	Washington	46,326	45,718	20
23	Colorado	45,616	43,949	23
24	New Hampshire	45,263	43,941	24
25	Arizona	44,672	42,905	27
26	Nevada	44,426	43,394	25
27	North Carolina	43,922	43,348	26
28	Virginia	43,823	42,768	28
29	Idaho	43,390	42,122	30
30	Florida	43,302	41,590	32
31	Wyoming	43,255	40,497	35
32	South Carolina	43,242	42,189	29
33	Tennessee	42,537	42,076	31
34	Arkansas	42,093	40,495	36
35	Kentucky	41,903	40,522	34
36	Texas	41,744	41,011	33
37	New Mexico	41,637	39,391	40
38	Kansas	41,369	39,345	41
39	Nebraska	41,026	39,456	38
40	Iowa	40,877	39,284	42
41	Maine	40,737	39,610	37
42	Alabama	40,347	38,186	47
43	Utah	40,316	39,456	38
44	Louisiana	40,253	39,022	44
45	Missouri	39,922	39,067	43
46	Montana	39,832	38,485	45
47	Oklahoma	38,772	37,879	48
48	West Virginia	38,284	38,360	46
49	Mississippi	37,924	36,590	50
50	North Dakota	37,773	36,695	49
51	South Dakota	34,709	34,040	51

Source: NEA Rankings and Estimates, Fall 2006

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