Print2005 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends
Teachers, especially new ones, are finding it increasingly difficult to find affordable housing in their communities and to pay off student loan debts. These and other factors place the teaching profession—already plagued by high turnover and recruiting challenges—in further peril, according to the latest AFT teacher salary survey. The AFT teacher salary survey for the 2004-05 school year found that the average teacher salary was $47,602, a 2.2 percent increase from the previous year. The report asserts that, to make teacher pay competitive with pay in other professions by the end of the decade, teachers need a 30 percent raise—an additional investment in our children’s future of almost $15 billion per year. The 2005 salary survey also examines the impact of rising housing costs and student loan debt on teachers in the 50 largest cities.
2004 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends
For the first time since the 1999-2000 school year, the average teacher salary failed to keep up with inflation, according to the AFT's latest salary survey. The AFT teacher salary survey found that the average teacher salary in the 2003-04 school year was $46,597, a 2.2 percent increase from the year before. This falls short of the rate of inflation for 2004, which was 2.7 percent. In addition, many states are attempting to drastically reduce or eliminate pension and healthcare benefits, which were negotiated as part of their compensation.
AFT Public Employees 2008 Compensation Survey
Salaries for state government professionals registered a modest 2.4 percent increase from 2007 to 2008, according to the ninth annual AFT Public Employees Compensation Survey. The increase was less than the inflation rate, 4 percent, and significantly less than the previous year’s 5.7 percent increase. The survey also shows that most state employees earn far less than their private sector counterparts.
AFT Public Employees 2007 Compensation Salary
Salaries for state-employed professionals registered modest-to-healthy increases from 2006 to 2007, according to the eighth annual AFT Public Employees Compensation Survey. Despite the year's gains, most state employees still earn far less than their private sector counterparts. (May 2008)
2006 AFT Public Employees Compensation Survey (PDF)
With 45 job titles and data from all 50 states and the District of columbia, this survey is an important tool in assessing salary, benefits and working conditions for professional, scientific and related occupations in state government and in attracting the best people to government service. In 2006 the average increase across the titles was 2.5 percent.
More Surveys:
2002 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (pdf)
2001 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (pdf)
2000 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (pdf)
1999 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (pdf)
1998 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (pdf)
1997 Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (pdf)
