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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