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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 $127,962 $N/A 1 48,635
2 New York $125,882 $N/A 635 1,429,684
3 California $123,951 $N/A 748 5,254,444
4 Washington $117,433 $N/A 231 1,067,872
5 Connecticut $106,216 $N/A 156 467,853
6 Massachusetts $105,323 $N/A 291 855,986
7 Alaska $104,540 $N/A 41 128,696
8 Minnesota $103,100 $N/A 309 794,014
9 Maryland $101,110 $N/A 24 881,064
10 Ohio $96,303 $N/A 646 1,559,633
11 Rhode Island $96,093 $N/A 34 122,350
12 New Jersey $90,256 $N/A 521 1,261,874
13 Hawaii $89,313 $N/A 1 173,178
14 Vermont $88,832 $N/A 73 76,358
15 Oregon $88,731 $N/A 153 524,075
16 Delaware $87,434 $N/A 19 122,734
17 Illinois $86,298 $N/A 757 1,848,585
18 New Hampshire $85,585 $N/A 113 154,710
19 Wyoming $84,775 $N/A 44 92,288
20 Pennsylvania $84,555 $N/A 506 1,502,283
21 Virginia $84,524 $N/A 130 1,242,370
22 Utah $83,296 $N/A 40 608,892
23 Colorado $80,177 $N/A 142 846,684
24 Louisiana $80,129 $N/A 70 607,635
25 Alabama $78,398 $N/A 138 744,750
26 Iowa $77,910 $N/A 303 500,629
27 Nebraska $77,862 $N/A 197 319,666
28 North Dakota $77,606 $N/A 98 109,101
29 Maine $76,891 $N/A 119 158,650
30 North Carolina $76,187 $N/A 115 1,391,967
31 Georgia $75,303 $N/A 179 1,699,250
32 Texas $74,920 $N/A 904 5,035,815
33 Michigan $74,751 $N/A 512 1,239,965
34 Montana $73,667 $N/A 139 131,107
35 New Mexico $72,485 $N/A 70 296,971
36 Wisconsin $71,287 $N/A 402 813,986
37 Kentucky $70,418 $N/A 170 653,456
38 Tennessee $68,524 $N/A 139 979,780
39 Arizona $68,265 $N/A 152 874,423
40 Idaho $67,352 $N/A 91 276,749
41 Kansas $66,655 $N/A 247 472,504
42 Indiana $65,729 $N/A 288 980,725
43 South Carolina $64,959 $N/A 76 735,759
44 Nevada $64,175 $N/A 15 426,491
45 Florida $64,083 $N/A 66 2,812,487
46 South Dakota $63,995 $N/A 123 136,949
47 West Virginia $62,740 $N/A 53 247,667
48 Missouri $62,482 $N/A 405 849,204
49 Oklahoma $58,364 $N/A 415 625,045
50 Mississippi $57,919 $N/A 138 438,567
51 Arkansas $55,703 $N/A 221 457,707

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.