Instructional Personnel
Number and Average Salary
1996-1997  
 
TYPE
NUMBER 
AVERAGE SALARY 
Principals (Grades K - 12) 240.86 $45,534
Assistant Principals (Grades K - 12) 121.27 $38,983
Secondary Principals 236.15 $49,247
Secondary Assistant Principals 226.16 $41,360
Elementary Principals 411.88 $45,056
Elementary Assistant Principals 111.20 $38,063
Supervisors 428.41 $40,582
Guidance & Psychologists 983.84 $33,157
Librarians & Media Specialists 751.22 $29,466
Secondary Teachers 13,228.56 $28,085
Elementary Teachers 16,016.35 $27,313
TOTAL 32,755.90 $28,715
Classroom Teachers 29,245 $27,662
U. S. Instructional Staff 
(estimated*)
2,961,455 $40,580
U. S. Public School Teachers 
(estimated*)
2,603,056 $38,509
PRINCIPAL: Head of a school (not school district) with both elementary and elementary and secondary grades.

SECONDARY PRINCIPAL: Head of a secondary school , either senior or junior high.

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL: Head of an elementary school.

SUPERVISOR: Supervisor of subject matter in schools.

*Data reported in the NEA Estimates of School Statistics, 1996 - 1997.
 
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