Average Salary and Wages Paid in Public School Systems statistics

[In dollars. For school year ending in year shown. Data reported by a stratified sample of school systems enrolling 300 or more pupils. Data represent unweighted means of average salaries paid school personnel reported by each school system]


POSITION	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999

ANNUAL SALARY

Central office administrators:
Superintendent (contract salary)	39,344	43,001	46,664	50,260	52,483	56,954	60,707	64,580	68,147	71,190	75,425	79,874	83,342	85,120	87,717	90,198	94,229	98,106	101,519	106,122
Deputy/assoc. superintendent	37,440	41,117	44,777	47,404	48,507	52,877	57,190	60,222	63,872	66,214	69,623	72,428	76,796	77,057	78,672	81,266	84,077	88,564	90,226	92,936
Assistant superintendent	33,452	36,633	39,799	42,194	43,983	48,003	51,209	53,656	56,894	59,655	62,698	66,553	69,315	70,525	72,701	75,236	77,007	80,176	82,339	86,005
Administrators for--
Finance and business	27,147	30,407	32,967	34,987	36,909	40,344	43,200	45,259	47,330	49,933	52,354	55,097	57,036	57,864	59,997	61,323	63,840	65,797	67,724	71,387
Instructional services	29,790	33,193	35,973	38,018	39,580	43,452	46,110	48,810	50,838	53,716	56,359	59,162	62,102	62,508	64,676	66,767	68,463	70,788	73,058	75,680
Public relations/information	24,021	26,514	28,506	30,720	32,203	35,287	37,329	38,925	41,305	43,402	44,926	47,938	50,625	50,622	52,366	53,263	53,860	55,928	57,224	59,214
Staff personnel services	29,623	32,552	35,192	38,201	39,857	44,182	46,269	48,627	51,421	53,972	56,344	59,271	62,269	62,162	63,690	65,819	67,760	70,088	71,073	73,850
Subject area supervisors	23,974	26,640	29,083	30,905	31,537	34,422	36,797	38,763	41,086	43,555	45,929	48,366	50,580	51,407	52,837	54,534	56,145	58,776	60,359	61,083

School building administrators:
Principals:
Elementary	25,165	27,923	30,242	32,451	34,033	36,452	39,024	41,536	43,664	45,909	48,431	51,453	53,856	54,905	56,906	58,589	60,922	62,903	64,653	67,348
Junior high/middle	27,625	30,401	32,881	34,996	36,779	39,650	42,365	44,861	47,078	49,427	52,163	55,083	57,504	58,620	60,651	62,311	64,452	66,859	68,740	71,499
Senior high	29,207	32,231	34,776	37,602	39,334	42,094	44,986	47,896	50,512	52,987	55,722	59,106	61,768	63,054	64,993	66,596	69,277	72,410	74,380	76,768
Assistant principals:
Elementary	20,708	23,118	25,331	27,419	28,087	30,496	32,895	34,347	36,364	38,360	40,916	43,548	45,558	45,377	47,057	48,491	50,537	52,284	53,206	54,306
Junior high/middle	23,507	26,045	28,176	29,746	31,257	33,793	36,094	37,958	40,093	42,292	44,570	46,981	48,956	49,925	51,518	52,942	54,355	56,451	57,768	59,238
Senior high	24,816	27,285	29,566	31,252	32,655	35,491	37,616	39,758	41,839	44,002	46,486	49,009	51,318	52,348	54,170	55,556	57,555	59,739	60,999	62,691

Classroom teachers	15,913	17,678	19,275	20,809	22,039	23,587	25,276	26,731	28,230	29,608	31,278	32,915	34,565	35,291	36,531	37,264	38,706	39,580	40,133	41,351

Auxiliary professional personnel:
Counselors	18,847	21,003	22,935	24,547	25,759	27,593	29,388	31,132	32,896	34,244	35,979	38,024	39,563	40,413	41,355	42,486	44,073	45,365	46,162	47,287
Librarians	16,764	18,689	20,496	22,040	23,173	24,981	26,668	28,390	30,046	31,645	33,469	35,417	37,227	37,945	39,319	40,418	41,761	43,315	44,310	45,680
School nurses	13,788	15,355	16,704	17,630	18,310	19,944	21,339	22,219	23,692	24,804	26,090	27,713	28,721	29,555	30,630	31,066	32,786	33,720	34,619	35,520

Secretarial/clerical personnel:
Central office:
Secretaries	10,331	11,568	12,718	13,639	14,366	15,343	16,383	17,182	18,220	19,045	20,238	21,303	22,309	22,770	23,495	23,935	24,809	25,709	26,316	27,540
Accounting/payroll clerks	10,479	11,688	12,720	13,676	14,522	15,421	16,604	17,273	18,229	19,143	20,088	21,202	22,215	22,605	23,275	24,042	25,009	25,881	26,249	27,630
Typists/data entry clerks	8,359	9,350	10,314	10,930	11,561	12,481	13,208	13,729	14,651	15,192	16,125	16,859	17,646	17,772	18,296	18,674	19,447	20,726	21,633	22,474
School building level:
Secretaries	8,348	9,357	10,301	11,004	11,613	12,504	13,233	13,947	14,749	15,364	16,184	16,953	17,784	18,104	18,692	19,170	20,076	20,709	21,215	21,831
Library clerks	6,778	7,573	8,272	8,467	8,989	9,911	10,412	10,641	11,234	11,751	12,152	12,696	13,347	13,311	13,809	14,381	14,791	15,349	15,742	16,033

HOURLY WAGE RATE

Other support personnel:
Teacher aides:
Instructional	4.06	4.48	4.88	5.28	5.48	5.89	6.20	6.43	6.72	7.05	7.43	7.77	8.15	8.31	8.50	8.77	9.04	9.25	9.46	9.80
Noninstructional	3.89	4.29	4.70	5.01	5.22	5.60	5.91	6.14	6.45	6.69	7.08	7.43	7.70	7.82	8.14	8.29	8.52	8.88	8.82	9.31
Custodians	4.88	5.35	5.95	6.23	6.49	6.90	7.28	7.51	7.82	8.19	8.54	9.05	9.35	9.51	9.76	10.05	10.35	10.65	10.79	11.22
Cafeteria workers	3.78	4.17	4.57	4.87	5.09	5.42	5.76	5.92	6.23	6.56	6.77	7.19	7.39	7.56	7.72	7.89	8.15	8.30	8.56	8.82
Bus drivers	5.21	5.75	6.26	6.56	6.89	7.27	7.72	8.06	8.31	8.78	9.21	9.52	10.04	10.15	10.35	10.69	11.04	11.50	11.55	12.04

Source: Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA, National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, annual, Vols. 2 and 3. (All rights reserved. Copyright.)

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