Estimated public school teacher weekly wage gap, 1979–2017
| Year | All | Females | Males |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -5.6% | 4.2% | -22.1% |
| 1980 | -8.5% | 1.8% | -24.6% |
| 1981 | -8.5% | 0.3% | -23.0% |
| 1982 | -8.2% | 0.3% | -22.0% |
| 1983 | -9.6% | -1.4% | -22.7% |
| 1984 | -7.9% | -0.2% | -20.7% |
| 1985 | -7.6% | -0.2% | -20.7% |
| 1986 | -7.8% | 0.0% | -20.7% |
| 1987 | -7.6% | -0.3% | -20.6% |
| 1988 | -7.0% | 0.9% | -19.7% |
| 1989 | -9.1% | -1.3% | -22.4% |
| 1990 | -8.8% | -0.2% | -22.8% |
| 1991 | -9.5% | -2.5% | -20.8% |
| 1992 | -6.8% | 0.5% | -19.6% |
| 1993 | -6.4% | -0.1% | -18.2% |
| 1994* | -1.8% | 3.7% | -15.1% |
| 1995* | -4.0% | 1.5% | -16.6% |
| 1996 | -4.3% | -0.7% | -15.1% |
| 1997 | -5.3% | -0.4% | -18.1% |
| 1998 | -8.4% | -2.5% | -21.8% |
| 1999 | -10.0% | -4.3% | -21.9% |
| 2000 | -10.2% | -5.7% | -21.7% |
| 2001 | -12.6% | -7.0% | -24.7% |
| 2002 | -13.5% | -8.6% | -24.8% |
| 2003 | -12.4% | -7.6% | -22.5% |
| 2004 | -11.4% | -6.9% | -22.0% |
| 2005 | -13.4% | -8.4% | -24.8% |
| 2006 | -15.1% | -10.5% | -25.5% |
| 2007 | -13.0% | -7.9% | -24.4% |
| 2008 | -13.8% | -9.7% | -23.8% |
| 2009 | -12.4% | -7.7% | -23.0% |
| 2010 | -12.1% | -6.6% | -23.3% |
| 2011 | -12.5% | -8.1% | -23.3% |
| 2012 | -14.1% | -9.9% | -23.7% |
| 2013 | -14.7% | -10.7% | -24.3% |
| 2014 | -15.3% | -12.0% | -23.4% |
| 2015 | -17.0% | -13.9% | -24.5% |
| 2016 | -17.6% | -13.3% | -26.9% |
| 2017 | -18.7% | -15.6% | -26.8% |
Note: The wage gap is how much elementary, middle, and secondary public school teachers make in weekly wages relative to comparable workers. Asterisks indicate that imputed data are unavailable in 1994 and only for the last four months of 1995. Thus, we extrapolate results for these two years by comparing output from using all the data available to output from using non-imputed data only.
Note: The wage gap is how much elementary, middle, and secondary public school teachers make in weekly wages relative to comparable workers. Asterisks indicate that imputed data are unavailable in 1994 and only for the last 4 months of 1995. Thus, we extrapolate results for these two years by comparing output from using all the data available to output from using non-imputed data only. We do this comparison for the years just prior to and just after 1994 and 1995. Comparing the results gives us a reasonable rough estimate of what may be expected if non-imputed data were available for 1994 and 1995. Data are for workers age 18–64 with positive wages (excluding self-employed workers).
Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data
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