How does your state fare when it comes to professional pay?

It’s essential to our democracy to professionalize pay for teachers. What is your state doing to recruit and retain the best teaching force so that it can serve their states’ students well? We are tracking each state in a variety of categories. Click on your state to find out whether your community has made strides to support and value teachers in a meaningful way. Where does your state stand?

​Washington

​Annual spending per pupil: 

​$9,483 

​Per inmate: 

​$46,897  

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-5.9%

​Idaho

Annual spending per pupil:

$6,824

Per inmate:

$19,545

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade:

-2.9%

Montana

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$10,639

​Per inmate: 

$30,227

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+10.6%

North Dakota

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$11,420

​Per inmate: 

$39,271

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+11.9%

Minnesota

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$10,712

​Per inmate: 

$41,364

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.6%

Michigan

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$10,823

​Per inmate: 

$28,117

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-8.1%

Wisconsin

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$11,774 

​Per inmate: 

$37,994 

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.2%

New York

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$19,076

​Per inmate: 

$60,076 

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+10.6%

Vermont

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$15,925

​Per inmate: 

$49,502

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+2.6%

New Hampshire

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$13,224

​Per inmate: 

$34,080

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+6.1%

Maine

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$11,438

​Per inmate: 

$46,404

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.6%

Massachusetts

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$13,941

​Per inmate: 

$47,102.03

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+14.1%

Rhode Island

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$13,815

​Per inmate: 

$49,133

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-2.1%

Connecticut

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$15,600

​Per inmate: 

$50,262

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+1.6%

West Virginia

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$11,846

​Per inmate: 

$26,498

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-3.4%

New Jersey

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$15,968

​Per inmate: 

$54,865

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.5%

Maryland

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$13,871

​Per inmate: 

$38,383

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+3.3%

Delaware

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$12,685

​Per inmate: 

$32,967

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-4.7%

Pennsylvania

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$13,467 

​Per inmate: 

$42,339

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-4.1%

Ohio

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$11,223

​Per inmate: 

$25,814

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+0.9%

Kentucky

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,309

​Per inmate: 

$14,603

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+2.7%

Indiana

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,370

​Per inmate: 

$14,823

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-10.1%

Illinois

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$10,774

​Per inmate: 

$38,268

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-8.7%

North Carolina

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,312

​Per inmate: 

$29,965

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-15.7%

South Carolina

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,986

​Per inmate: 

$16,762 

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-6.9%

Georgia

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,253

​Per inmate: 

$21,039

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-5.9%

Florida

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,887

​Per inmate: 

$20,553

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-7.3%

Tennessee

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,242

​Per inmate: 

$23,558 

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-4.2%.

Alabama

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,813

​Per inmate: 

$17,285

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+1.1%

Mississippi

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$7,928

​Per inmate: 

$18,000

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-2.0%

Louisiana

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$10,723

​Per inmate: 

$17,486

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+8.2%

Arkansas

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,353

​Per inmate: 

$24,391

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.1%

Missouri

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,410

​Per inmate: 

$22,350

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.2%

Iowa

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,807

​Per inmate: 

$32,925

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+3.0%

South Dakota

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,805

​Per inmate: 

$13,853 

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-2.9%

Nebraska

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$10,825

​Per inmate: 

$35,950

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+4.1%

Kansas

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,498

​Per inmate: 

$18,207

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-1.3%

Oklahoma

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$7,587

​Per inmate: 

$18,467 

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+0.1%

Texas

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,671 

​Per inmate: 

$21,390

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-3.4%

Hawaii

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$12,004

​Per inmate: 

$20,000

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-0.6%

​New Mexico

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,070

​Per inmate: 

$39,000

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-1.9%

​Colorado

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,724

​Per inmate: 

$30,374

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

5.5%

Wyoming

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$15,849

​Per inmate: 

$43,500

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

18.4%

Oregon

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,682 

​Per inmate: 

$30,000

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-2.7%

Nevada

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$8,527

​Per inmate: 

$20,656

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

+4.9%

California

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$9,139

​Per inmate: 

$47,421

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-1.2%

Arizona

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$7,666

​Per inmate: 

$24,805

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-4.6%

Alaska

​Annual spending per pupil: 

$16,674

​Per inmate: 

$44,000

Change in average public school teachers' salaries over the past decade: 

-1.0%