The average day of a public school teacher doesn’t end when the bell rings and the students are gone. Class preparation, grading, bus duty, club advising, coaching and other non-instructional activities are often left out of the discussion on teacher compensation.
3.7 million: number of full-time elementary and secondary school teachers. 1
(project for Fall 2011)
3.3 million public school teachers.
0.4 million private school teachers.
7: percentage of increase in teachers between 2001 and 2011.
SALARY – Average Annual Contract Salary:2
$49,482: (before deductions, for all teachers for the school year 2005-2006, not including supplemental pay for extra duties).
By Gender3:
$50,505: male teachers
$48,998: female teachers
By Education 4:
$44,138: Bachelor’s degree or less
$52,710: Master’s degree or higher
By Region 5:
$57,936: Northeast
$41,597: Southeast
$49,082: Middle
$48,746: West
Global Stats 6:
The U.S. ranks 12th out of 37 countries in teacher salaries
Average Starting Salary – How Do Teachers Stack Up 7?
$30,377: teachers
$43,635: computer programmers
$44,668: public accounting professionals
$45,570: registered nurses
WHAT ABOUT SUMMERS OFF 8?
Most teachers spend summers:
Working second jobs
Teaching summer school
Taking classes for certification renewal/career advancement at their own expense. (Most full-time employees in the private sector receive training on company time at company expense.)
DEMOGRAPHICS (most recent data from 2006) 9:
Gender:
30: percentage of all teachers who are male
70: percentage of all teachers who are female
Age:
46: average age for all teachers
44: average age for male teachers
46: average age for female teachers
10: percentage of teachers under 30
21: percentage of teachers 30-39
27: percentage of teachers 40-49
42: percentage of teachers 50+
WORKING HOURS (most recent data from 2006) 10:
7 hours, 24 minutes: average length of the required school day for all teachers (instructional)
37 hours: average school workweek for all teachers (instructional)
Instructional Hours:
10: percentage of teachers that work less than 35 hours per week
68: percentage of teachers that work 35-40 hours per week
22: percentage of teachers that work 40+ hours per week
Working 40+ hours – Influencing Factors 11:
School system size (number of students)
22% of teachers working in large systems (25,000+ students)
19% of teachers working in medium systems (3,000 to 25,000 students)
28% of teachers working in small systems (less than 3,000 students)
Geographic Location
5% of teachers in the Northeast
17% of teachers in the Southeast
26% of teachers in the Middle
37% of teachers in the West
Non-Classroom Hours 12:
10: number of additional hours spent on instruction-related activities such as lesson preparation and paper grading, on average.
9.1: number of additional hours spent on instruction-related activities such as lesson preparation and paper grading by male teachers on average.
9.8: number of additional hours spent on instruction-related activities such as lesson preparation and paper grading by female teachers on average.
Compensated Additional Hours 13:
5.2: number of hours spent on compensated non-instructional activities (coaching, etc) per week, on average.
Non-compensated Additional Hours 14:
3.8: average number of hours spent each week on non-compensated non-instructional activities (bus duty, club advising, etc) by all teachers.
5.1: average number of hours spent each week on non-compensated non-instructional activities (bus duty, club advising, etc) by senior high school teachers.
Total Time Spent on All Teaching Duties 15:
52: mean number of hours spent weekly on all teaching duties.
54: number of hours spent weekly on all teaching duties by senior high school teachers.
6: percentage of teachers that spent 35-39 hours/ week on all teaching duties
19: percentage of teachers that spent 40-44 hours/week on all teaching duties
22: percentage of teachers that spent 45-49 hours/week on all teaching duties
19: percentage of teachers that spent 50-54 hours/ week on all teaching duties
13: percentage of teachers that spent 55-59 hours/ week on all teaching duties
20: percentage of teachers that spent 60+ hours/ week on all teaching duties
CLASS SIZE (most recent data from 2006) 16:
Non-departmentalized Elementary Schools
22: average number of students per class
Departmentalized Secondary or Elementary Schools
29: average number of students per class
Students Taught Per Day Departmentalized Secondary or Elementary Schools
87: average number of students taught per day, per teacher
Sources:
1 http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d11/
2 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
3 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
4 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
5 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
6 http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag2012.htm - Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators
7 http://www.nea.org/home/12661.htm
8 http://www.nea.org/home/12661.htm
9 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
10 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
11 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
12 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
13 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
14 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
15 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
16 http://www.nea.org/home/46616.htm - Status of the American Public School Teacher, 2005-2006 – March 2010.
