Table 47
Average Salary of Public School Teachers, 1998-99
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Connecticut	$51,584		27	Tennessee	$36,500
2	New Jersey	51,193		28	North Carolina	36,098
3	NEW YORK	$49,437		29	Florida	35,916
4	Pennsylvania	48,457		30	Alabama	35,820
5	Michigan	48,207		31	Kentucky	35,526
6	Alaska	46,845		32	Texas	35,041
7	Rhode Island	45,650		33	Arizona	35,025
8	Illinois	45,569		34	Iowa	34,927
9	California	45,400		35	Maine	34,906
10	Massachusetts	45,075		36	Missouri	34,746
11	Delaware	43,164		37	South Carolina	34,506
12	Oregon	42,833		38	West Virginia	34,244
13	Maryland	42,526		39	Idaho	34,063
14	Indiana	41,163		40	Wyoming	33,500
15	Wisconsin	40,657		41	Utah	32,950
16	Ohio	40,566		42	Nebraska	32,880
17	Hawaii	40,377		43	Louisiana	32,510
18	Georgia	39,675		44	New Mexico	32,398
19	Minnesota	39,458		45	Arkansas	32,350
20	Nevada	38,883		46	Montana	31,356
21	Washington	38,692		47	Oklahoma	31,149
22	Colorado	38,025		48	Mississippi	29,530
23	Virginia	37,475		49	North Dakota	28,976
24	Kansas	37,405		50	South Dakota	28,552
25	New Hampshire	37,405		U.S. average		$40,582
26	Vermont	36,800		N.Y.S. % above avg.		21.8%
Source: National Education Association http://www.nea.org/publiced/edstats/salaries.html
After adjusting for inflation, teacher salaries rose 8.5% in New York and 1.6% nationally from 1987 through 1997, according to NEA data.