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Average Teacher Salary in 1998-1999, State Rankings

Rank	State	Average Salary ($)
1	New Jersey	51,692
2	Connecticut	50,277
3	New York	49,686
4	Michigan	48,711
5	Pennsylvania	48,457
6	Alaska	48,275
7	District of Columbia	48,275
8	California	46,326
9	Rhode Island	46,286
10	Illinois	45,286
11	Massachusetts	44,051
12	Oregon	43,789
13	Delaware	43,223
14	Maryland	42,545
15	Nevada	42,528
16	Indiana	41,159
17	Ohio	40,734
	U.S. Average	40,574
18	Hawaii	40,416
19	Minnesota	39,809
20	Wisconsin	39,374
21	Georgia	38,993
22	Washington	38,530
23	Colorado	38,157
24	Virginia	37,709
25	New Hampshire	37,405
26	North Carolina	36,883
27	Vermont	36,697
28	Florida	35,916

Rank	State	Average Salary ($)
29	Alabama	35,820
30	Tennessee	35,490
31	Kentucky	35,383
32	Iowa	35,007
33	Maine	34,906
34	Kansas	34,634
35	Arizona	34,582
36	South Carolina	34,506
37	Texas	34,448
38	West Virginia	34,248
39	Idaho	34,062
40	Utah	34,007
41	Wyoming	33,480
42	Missouri	33,463
43	Nebraska	32,880
44	Arkansas	32,761
45	New Mexico	32,161
46	Louisiana	32,000
47	Montana	31,536
48	Oklahoma	31,107
49	Mississippi	29,550
50	North Dakota	29,002
51	South Dakota	28,386
52	Guam	34,435
53	Puerto Rico	24,000
54	Virgin Islands	34,784

Source: American Federation of Teachers, annual survey of state departments of education. "Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 1998-1999," U.S. Department of Education, January 1999.