California offers the eighth-highest average teacher salary...
California offers the eighth-highest average teacher salary out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a survey conducted by the American Federation of Teachers. The survey is based on salaries from the 1997-98 school year.
Teachers in California averaged a $44,585 salary in 1997-98, outperformed by No. 1-ranked Connecticut as well as New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Alaska, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. South Dakota reported the lowest average salary, at $27,839, with North Dakota, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico offering similar pay.
The national average salary for beginning teachers was $25,735, the study said. For non-beginning teachers, it was $39,347. Both figures are up 2% to 3% from the 1996-97 school year.
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