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Statewide Average Salaries
and Expenditure Percentages: 2010–11

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) is required by California Education Code (EC) Section 41409(c) to provide annually to each school district, for use in the School Accountability Report Card (SARC), the statewide salary averages for teachers and administrators and the statewide percentage of expenditures spent on personnel in the following categories:

1. Beginning, midrange, and highest salary paid to teachers
2. Salaries of school-site principals
3. Salaries of district superintendents
4. Percentage of expenditures allocated to teacher salaries
5. Percentage of expenditures allocated to administrative personnel salaries

Existing law also requires the SSPI to group the statewide salary averages and percentage of expenditures by district type (elementary, high, and unified) and by size based on regular annual average daily attendance.

Every school district, except for kindergarten through grade twelve districts with a single school, must include in its SARC (EC Section 41409.3) the statewide averages and expenditure percentages provided by the SSPI along with the district’s salaries and expenditure percentages for comparative purposes.

For more information regarding statewide average salary fiscal information, contact the Office of Financial Accountability and Information Services by phone at 916-322-1770 or by e-mail at sacsinfo@cde.ca.gov. Questions concerning program information should be directed to the Policy and Evaluation Division by phone at 916-319-0875 or by e-mail at sarc@cde.ca.gov. Additional information is also available on the California Department of Education SARC Web page.

Statewide Average Salaries and Expenditure Percentages for the School Accountability Report Card: 2010–11

Elementary School Districts

Statewide Averages	Small ADA <1,000	Medium ADA 1,000 to 4,999	Large ADA >5,000
Beginning Teacher Annual Salary	$38,625	$40,962	$41,246
Midrange Teacher Annual Salary	$55,530	$63,212	$67,400
Highest Teacher Annual Salary	$70,729	$80,545	$85,481
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (Elementary)	$92,955	$102,057	$107,739
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (Middle)	$96,092	$106,108	$111,540
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (High)	$94,993	$110,838	$110,146
District Superintendent Annual Salary	$106,757	$152,557	$180,572
Percentage Allocated for Administrative Salaries	6.69%	6.02%	5.40%
Percentage Allocated for Teacher Salaries	35.78%	40.40%	41.80%

 

High School Districts

Statewide Averages	Small ADA <1,000	Medium ADA 1,000 to 4,999	Large ADA >5,000
Beginning Teacher Annual Salary	$40,582	$41,866	$42,660
Midrange Teacher Annual Salary	$58,876	$66,197	$69,198
Highest Teacher Annual Salary	$77,129	$85,232	$88,943
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (Middle)	$100,642	N/A	$121,140
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (High)	$103,206	$116,591	$127,707
District Superintendent Annual Salary	$134,165	$151,264	$202,123
Percentage Allocated for Administrative Salaries	5.64%	6.20%	4.91%
Percentage Allocated for Teacher Salaries	29.97%	36.04%	36.44%

Unified School Districts

Statewide Averages	ADA <1,500	ADA 1,500 to 4,999	ADA 5,000 to 9,999	ADA 10,000 to 19,999	ADA >20,000
Beginning Teacher Annual Salary	$38,099	$38,725	$40,656	$40,932	$41,455
Midrange Teacher Annual Salary	$55,582	$59,717	$64,181	$65,424	$66,043
Highest Teacher Annual Salary	$71,884	$77,957	$82,486	$84,596	$85,397
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (Elementary)	$88,790	$95,363	$102,165	$106,806	$106,714
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (Middle)	$93,519	$98,545	$108,480	$111,776	$111,101
School-Site Principal Annual Salary (High)	$95,671	$107,031	$117,845	$120,858	$121,754
District Superintendent Annual Salary	$115,401	$149,398	$181,081	$204,089	$223,357
Percentage Allocated for Administrative Salaries	6.63%	5.85%	5.76%	4.90%	5.20%
Percentage Allocated for Teacher Salaries	34.23%	37.20%	39.51%	38.73%	38.63%

Average Salaries of Public School Teachers: 2010–11

2008–09 Rank	2009–10 Rank	2010-11 Rank	State	Average Annual Salary
1	1	1	NEW YORK	$72,708
2	2	2	MASSACHUSETTS	$70,752
4	3	3	CONNECTICUT	$69,165
3	4	4	CALIFORNIA	$67,871
5	5	5	NEW JERSEY	$66,612
7	6	6	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	$66,601*
8	9	7	ILLINOIS	$64,509
6	7	8	MARYLAND	$63,960
12	8	9	MICHIGAN	$63,940*
10	10	10	ALASKA	$62,918
9	11	11	RHODE ISLAND	$60,923*
11	12	12	PENNSYLVANIA	$60,760
13	13	13	DELAWARE	$57,934*
15	14	14	OHIO	$56,715
17	16	15	OREGON	$56,503
16	15	16	WYOMING	$56,100
14	17	17	HAWAII	$55,063
21	23	18	WISCONSIN	$54,195
20	20	19	MINNESOTA	$53,680
23	21	20	NEVADA	$53,023*
19	19	21	WASHINGTON	$52,926
18	18	22	GEORGIA	$52,815
22	22	23	NEW HAMPSHIRE	$52,792*
24	24	24	INDIANA	$50,801
30	28	25	VERMONT	$50,141*
25	25	26	IOWA	$49,844
27	27	27	COLORADO	$49,228
26	29	28	LOUISIANA	$49,006
31	26	29	KENTUCKY	$48,908
29	31	30	VIRGINIA	$48,761*
33	30	31	TEXAS	$48,638
35	32	32	ALABAMA	$47,803
36	34	33	ARIZONA	$47,553*
42	39	34	IDAHO	$47,416*
43	41	35	NEBRASKA	$47,368
44	42	36	MAINE	$47,182*
47	44	37	MONTANA	$47,132*
32	33	38	SOUTH CAROLINA	$47,050
38	38	39	UTAH	$47,033*
39	40	40	NEW MEXICO	$46,888
28	35	41	NORTH CAROLINA	$46,605
37	37	42	KANSAS	$46,598
40	43	43	ARKANSAS	$46,500
41	45	44	TENNESSEE	$45,891
34	36	45	FLORIDA	$45,732
48	46	46	MISSOURI	$45,321
50	49	47	NORTH DAKOTA	$44,807
49	48	48	OKLAHOMA	$44,343
45	47	49	WEST VIRGINIA	$44,260
46	50	50	MISSISSIPPI	$41,975
51	51	51	SOUTH DAKOTA	$39,850
N/A	N/A	N/A	United States	$55,623*

Source: National Education Association (NEA) Research, Rankings and Estimates 2009, 2010 and 2011 (tables C–9 and C–11)

* NEA estimate

ADA = Average Daily Attendance

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