What is the best state in the U.S. for teachers in terms of pay? And how does that compare to the average worker?
Political Calculations latest ranking table seeks to help you find the answer to these questions, along with how your home state might compare with others, and even goes so far as to show how the average teacher's pay compares to that of the average worker in a given state! The data is taken from the most recent data released by the American Federation of Teachers (available as a 480KB PDF document).
The data below is presented in a dynamic table format, which means that you can sort the data from low to high, or high to low by clicking the column headings. Go ahead – you know you want to see who comes out on top!
| 2003 Average Teachers', Workers' Earnings |
|---|
| State | 2003 Average Teachers' Earnings | 2003 Average Workers' Earnings | Ratio of Teachers' to Workers' Earnings (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 38,282 | 31,567 | 121 |
| Alaska | 51,136 | 36,504 | 140 |
| Arizona | 42,624 | 34,602 | 123 |
| Arkansas | 39,226 | 28,494 | 138 |
| California | 56,444 | 41,864 | 135 |
| Colorado | 43,318 | 38,891 | 111 |
| Connecticut | 56,516 | 48,935 | 115 |
| Delaware | 51,122 | 40,884 | 125 |
| Dist. of Columbia | 62,909 | 57,914 | 109 |
| Florida | 40,598 | 32,915 | 123 |
| Georgia | 45,848 | 36,863 | 124 |
| Hawaii | 45,456 | 31,974 | 142 |
| Idaho | 40,111 | 28,272 | 142 |
| Illinois | 53,820 | 40,574 | 133 |
| Indiana | 45,791 | 33,395 | 137 |
| Iowa | 38,381 | 30,220 | 127 |
| Kansas | 38,622 | 31,794 | 121 |
| Kentucky | 39,831 | 31,658 | 126 |
| Louisiana | 37,123 | 30,615 | 121 |
| Maine | 39,864 | 30,229 | 132 |
| Maryland | 50,303 | 39,155 | 128 |
| Massachusetts | 53,274 | 46,569 | 114 |
| Michigan | 54,474 | 39,484 | 138 |
| Minnesota | 45,010 | 38,693 | 116 |
| Mississippi | 36,217 | 27,138 | 133 |
| Missouri | 38,247 | 33,944 | 113 |
| Montana | 37,184 | 25,659 | 145 |
| Nebraska | 39,635 | 29,924 | 132 |
| Nevada | 43,211 | 34,320 | 126 |
| New Hampshire | 42,689 | 37,685 | 113 |
| New Jersey | 53,663 | 45,981 | 117 |
| New Mexico | 38,469 | 28,941 | 133 |
| New York | 55,181 | 47,902 | 115 |
| North Carolina | 43,211 | 33,313 | 130 |
| North Dakota | 35,411 | 27,197 | 130 |
| Ohio | 47,791 | 34,607 | 138 |
| Oklahoma | 35,061 | 29,264 | 120 |
| Oregon | 47,829 | 33,819 | 141 |
| Pennsylvania | 52,640 | 36,483 | 144 |
| Rhode Island | 54,809 | 34,865 | 157 |
| South Carolina | 41,162 | 30,241 | 136 |
| South Dakota | 33,236 | 26,751 | 124 |
| Tennessee | 40,318 | 33,495 | 120 |
| Texas | 40,476 | 37,442 | 108 |
| Utah | 38,976 | 30,522 | 128 |
| Vermont | 43,009 | 31,572 | 136 |
| Virginia | 43,936 | 38,142 | 115 |
| Washington | 45,437 | 38,673 | 117 |
| West Virginia | 38,496 | 28,359 | 136 |
| Wisconsin | 41,687 | 32,998 | 126 |
| Wyoming | 39,537 | 29,148 | 136 |
| U.S. Average | 46,597 | 37,765 | 123 |
All data in the table above, with the exception of the average worker's earnings for the District of Columbia, are taken from the American Federation of Teachers' salary survey report. The average District of Columbia worker’s earnings were taken from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data for 2002.
All in all, not bad for a profession that typically only works some 180 days of the year, compared to 260 days for a typical full-time worker!
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