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Teacher Salaries 2001

Teacher Salaries 2001. The Competitiveness of Teacher Salary Levels in the Labor Market. Rob Weil American Federation Teachers. CPRE - 11/30/01. Trends in Teacher Salaries. Research Report issued by AFT in October 2001:.

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Teacher Salaries 2001

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  1. Teacher Salaries 2001 The Competitiveness of Teacher Salary Levels in the Labor Market Rob Weil American Federation Teachers CPRE - 11/30/01

  2. Trends in Teacher Salaries Research Report issued by AFT in October 2001: Teacher Salaries, Expenditures and Federal Revenue in School Districts Serving the Nation’s Largest Cities, 1990-91 to 2000-01 www.aft.org/research

  3. All Teachers Over the past decade: • Urban teacher salaries grew at an average of 3.2% (significantly helped by 5.4 % in 2000-01, trend was less than 3%) • All workers* salaries grew at 3.7 • Gross domestic product grew at 5.3% *non-military, regardless of industry, education or professional status

  4. Beginning Teachers Over the past decade: • Beginning teacher salaries grew 3.2% • All other college grads, 3.9% 1995 2000 Beginning teachers 17% behind Beginning teachers 30% behind

  5. Starting Teacher Salaries* 1994 2000Growth Teachers $24,819 $30,700 24% Other Grads $29,029 $39,889 37% Difference $ 4,210 $ 9,189 118% Difference % 17% 30% *in the 196 cities that had a population of 100,000 in 1990

  6. Public School Expenditures Over the past decade: • Spending on K-12 education grew from $206B to $353B • An average of 5.7% per year • Annual enrollment increases, 1.1% • Net spending growth, 4.6% • US Inflation, 2.6% From 1991-2000, public school expenditures outpaced teacher salaries by 22.6% (adjusted for student growth) The gap between school expenditure growth and teacher salaries was the largest at the end of the decade, the period of teacher shortage. www.aft.org/research

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