State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
TEACHERS' AVERAGE SALARIES, 2002
[For school year ending in June of year shown.
When States share the same rank, the next
lower rank is omitted. Because of
rounded data, States may have identical values shown, but different ranks]
State
Dollars
Rank
United
States
44,683
(X)
Alabama
37,194
39
Alaska
49,418
10
Arizona
39,973
25
Arkansas
36,962
41
California
54,348
1
Colorado
40,659
24
Connecticut
53,551
2
Delaware
48,363
11
District
of Columbia
47,049
(X)
Florida
39,275
29
Georgia
44,073
15
Hawaii
42,615
19
Idaho
39,591
28
Illinois
49,435
9
Indiana
44,195
14
Iowa
38,230
33
Kansas
37,093
40
Kentucky
37,951
35
Louisiana
36,328
44
Maine
37,300
38
Maryland
48,251
12
Massachusetts
50,293
7
Michigan
52,676
4
Minnesota
42,194
21
Mississippi
33,295
48
Missouri
37,996
34
Montana
34,379
47
Nebraska
36,236
45
Nevada
40,764
23
New
Hampshire
39,915
27
New
Jersey
53,192
3
New
Mexico
36,440
43
New
York
52,000
5
North
Carolina
42,680
18
North
Dakota
32,253
49
Ohio
44,029
16
Oklahoma
34,744
46
Oregon
46,081
13
Pennsylvania
50,599
6
Rhode
Island
49,758
8
South
Carolina
39,923
26
South
Dakota
31,295
50
Tennessee
38,515
32
Texas
39,232
31
Utah
37,414
37
Vermont
39,240
30
Virginia
41,731
22
Washington
43,464
17
West
Virginia
36,751
42
Wisconsin
42,232
20
Wyoming
37,837
36
X Not applicable.
Source: National Education Association.
See Table 250, 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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