Average Salaries of Public School Teachers, 1998-99

      State Average Salary
    1 Connecticut 51,584
    2 New Jersey 51,193*
    3 New York 49,437*
    4 Pennsylvania 48,457
    5 Michigan 48,207*
    6 District of Columbia 47,150*
    7 Alaska 46,845
    8 Rhode Island 45,650
    9 Illinois 45,569
    10 California 45,400*
    11 Massachusetts 45,075*
    12 Delaware 43,164
    13 Oregon 42,833
    14 Maryland 42,526
    15 Indiana 41,163
    16 Wisconsin
    U.S. and D.C.    		 40,657
    40,582*
    17 Ohio 40,566
    18 Hawaii 40,377
    19 Georgia 39,675
    20 Minnesota 39,458
    21 Nevada 38,883
    22 Washington 38,692
    23 Colorado 38,025*
    24 Virginia 37,475*
    25 Kansas 37,405
    27 New Hampshire 37,405
    27 Vermont 36,800
    28 Tennessee 36,500
    29 North Carolina 36,098
    30 Florida 35,916
    31 Alabama 35,820
    32 Kentucky 35,526
    33 Texas 35,041
    34 Arizona 35,025*
    35 Iowa 34,927
    36 Maine 34,906
    37 Missouri 34,746
    38 South Carolina 34,506
    39 West Virginia 34,244
    40 Idaho 34,063
    41 Wyoming 33,500
    42 Utah 32,950*
    43 Nebraska 32,880
    44 Louisiana 32,510
    45 New Mexico 32,398
    46 Arkansas 32,350*
    47 Montana 31,356
    48 Oklahoma 31,149*
    49 Mississippi 29,530
    50 North Dakota 28,976
    51 South Dakota 28,552

    * estimated

    Please Note:
    Subsequent to publication of the report, Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 1999 and Estimates of School Statistics 2000, the Rhode Island State Department of Education revised its Average Teacher Salary number to $45,650 for 1998-1999 (ranked at # 8).

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