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NCES FY2022 · All 50 states + D.C.

Teacher Salaries by State

Average estimated teacher salary across all school districts in each state. FY2022 NCES Common Core of Data (F-33 finance survey). See our methodology for calculation details.

51
States + D.C.
51
Ranked states
Rank State Avg Salary Median Districts Enrollment
1 District of Columbia $162,479 $N/A 1 48,635
2 New York $153,920 $N/A 546 1,246,554
3 Connecticut $132,756 $N/A 150 464,153
4 Massachusetts $131,464 $N/A 284 845,851
5 New Jersey $117,603 $N/A 507 1,251,602
6 Vermont $112,556 $N/A 73 76,358
7 Rhode Island $112,292 $N/A 34 122,350
8 New Hampshire $111,228 $N/A 114 155,054
9 Maryland $107,429 $N/A 24 881,064
10 Maine $103,262 $N/A 119 158,650
11 Wyoming $97,915 $N/A 43 91,864
12 Washington $97,375 $N/A 230 1,066,296
13 Alaska $96,275 $N/A 38 116,043
14 Minnesota $94,946 $N/A 307 792,823
15 Delaware $94,831 $N/A 19 122,734
16 Illinois $93,101 $N/A 753 1,839,453
17 Hawaii $93,034 $N/A 1 173,178
18 Pennsylvania $92,449 $N/A 504 1,501,398
19 North Dakota $89,687 $N/A 98 109,101
20 Virginia $88,166 $N/A 130 1,242,370
21 California $85,774 $N/A 753 5,278,686
22 Ohio $84,740 $N/A 646 1,561,437
23 Nebraska $84,007 $N/A 197 319,666
24 Iowa $82,484 $N/A 303 500,629
25 Kansas $78,291 $N/A 248 472,842
26 Georgia $77,946 $N/A 179 1,699,250
27 Wisconsin $77,480 $N/A 402 813,986
28 Texas $77,352 $N/A 901 4,998,338
29 North Carolina $77,115 $N/A 115 1,391,967
30 Oregon $76,777 $N/A 151 519,212
31 Montana $76,056 $N/A 139 131,107
32 Colorado $73,266 $N/A 142 846,684
33 New Mexico $72,715 $N/A 70 296,971
34 Kentucky $70,089 $N/A 170 653,456
35 South Carolina $69,686 $N/A 76 735,759
36 West Virginia $69,522 $N/A 53 247,667
37 Missouri $69,416 $N/A 404 846,070
38 South Dakota $67,949 $N/A 123 136,949
39 Louisiana $67,557 $N/A 70 607,635
40 Michigan $66,933 $N/A 497 1,233,947
41 Tennessee $66,654 $N/A 139 979,780
42 Nevada $64,229 $N/A 16 426,839
43 Arkansas $63,728 $N/A 234 465,413
44 Indiana $62,627 $N/A 289 981,962
45 Mississippi $62,177 $N/A 138 438,567
46 Alabama $61,835 $N/A 136 735,282
47 Idaho $57,931 $N/A 91 276,749
48 Arizona $57,442 $N/A 151 874,210
49 Oklahoma $55,183 $N/A 415 625,045
50 Utah $54,571 $N/A 40 608,892
51 Florida $54,048 $N/A 66 2,812,487

Salary estimates based on NCES CCD F-33 instructional salary expenditure (variable Z33) divided by estimated teacher FTE. Source: National Center for Education Statistics, FY2022.