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Reusable teacher-salary data

PlainTeacher publishes compact, documented summaries that make the underlying NCES public-use records easier to inspect and reuse. Each download explains its calculation, source, and limits.

FY2022 / 51 jurisdictions

Teacher salary by state

Download an enrollment-weighted state comparison of estimated teacher salary, with the reliable district count and total enrollment behind every row.

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FY2022 / district comparison

School district teacher salary

Download the source-bounded district comparison used for PlainTeacher salary rankings, with enrollment and finance context beside the documented estimate.

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FY2022 / 51 jurisdictions

Per-pupil expenditure by state

Compare total per-pupil education expenditure with the narrower instructional-salary-per-pupil measure, with source and scope notes beside the download.

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FY2022 / 51 jurisdictions

Teacher salary purchasing power by state

Compare the FY2022 state salary estimate after a same-year BEA Regional Price Parity adjustment, with the formula and its limits beside the download.

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FY2019–FY2022 / 51 jurisdictions

Teacher salary change by state

Inspect a consistent multi-year estimated-salary series, compare the starting and ending values, and download the documented state-level trend data.

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FY2019–FY2022 / 51 jurisdictions

Per-pupil expenditure change by state

Compare how enrollment-weighted per-pupil spending changed across the same public F-33 series, with the nominal-change boundary stated beside the reusable release.

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This portal is rendered directly from its public source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Each listed download documents its own query, source, and reuse terms. PlainTeacher does not publish individual payroll records or district salary schedules. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page.