Civic Report No. 50 January 2007

Table 1A: Mean Hourly Earnings for Public School Teachers relative to White-Collar and Professional Workers (Organized by Public School Teacher Hourly Earnings) Rank   Public School Teacher Mean Hourly Earnings White-Collar (Excluding Sales) Mean Hourly Earnings Total Ratio of Mean Hourly Earnings for Public School Teachers to White-Collar Workers Professional Specialty and Technical Mean Hourly Earnings Total Ratio of Mean Hourly Earnings for Public School Teachers to Professional Specialty and Technical Workers Year Data Obtained                   National 34.06 25.08 1.36 30.66 1.11 2005   Metro Area             1 Detroit MI 47.28 29.40 1.61 34.85 1.36 2005 2 San Francisco CA 46.70 34.24 1.36 39.66 1.18 2005 3 New York NY-NJ-PA 45.79 33.58 1.36 38.26 1.20 2005 4 Salinas CA 44.64 29.82 1.50 40.17 1.11 2005 5 Sacramento CA 44.19 26.26 1.68 32.70 1.35 2005 6 Los Angeles CA 44.03 28.08 1.57 35.94 1.23 2005 7 Hartford CT 43.95 30.19 1.46 33.31 1.32 2005 8 Grand Rapids MI 42.99 23.87 1.80 29.39 1.46 2005 9 Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD 41.34 28.36 1.46 34.41 1.20 2004 10 San Diego CA 40.60 28.97 1.40 34.03 1.19 2004 11 Boston MA-NH 40.17 30.30 1.33 33.36 1.20 2005 12 Chicago IL-IN-WI 39.99 28.75 1.39 35.66 1.12 2005 13 Visalia CA 39.87 25.32 1.57 32.50 1.23 2005 14 Buffalo NY 39.18 23.14 1.69 31.10 1.26 2005 15 Springfield MA 39.07 31.19 1.25 39.35 0.99 2005 16 Providence RI-MA 38.92 26.93 1.45 31.46 1.24 2004 17 Rockford IL 38.67 24.87 1.55 30.57 1.26 2005 18 Cleveland OH 38.36 24.66 1.56 28.52 1.35 2004 19 Elkhart IN 37.94 20.33 1.87 23.59 1.61 2005 20 Rochester NY 37.88 25.80 1.47 29.19 1.30 2005 21 Pittsburgh PA 37.1 23.02 1.61 28.63 1.30 2004 22 Reading PA 37.10 25.54 1.45 28.79 1.29 2005 23 Dayton OH 37.08 25.22 1.47 28.86 1.28 2005 24 Indianapolis IN 37.03 24.12 1.54 28.96 1.28 2005 25 Kalamazoo MI 36.82 24.72 1.49 28.10 1.31 2003 26 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 36.72 25.93 1.42 31.67 1.16 2005 27 Louisville KY-IN 36.60 20.50 1.79 21.68 1.69 2005 28 York PA 36.35 25.14 1.45 28.47 1.28 2005 29 Washington DC-VA-MD-WV 35.89 29.21 1.23 32.79 1.09 2005 30 Columbus OH 35.67 21.78 1.64 28.76 1.24 2005 31 Minneapolis MN-WI 35.19 35.19 1.35 31.69 1.11 2005 32 Youngstown OH-PA 34.86 22.28 1.56 26.62 1.31 2005 33 Johnstown PA 34.62 22.80 1.52 25.52 1.36 2005 34 Milwaukee WI 33.86 26.45 1.28 29.07 1.16 2005 35 St. Louis MO-IL 33.68 24.24 1.39 28.27 1.19 2005 36 Seattle WA 33.38 28.61 1.17 30.96 1.08 2004 37 Atlanta GA 32.90 26.27 1.25 32.07 1.03 2005 38 Denver CO 32.64 28.43 1.15 33.04 0.99 2005 39 Memphis TN-MS-AR 32.24 23.85 1.35 28.59 1.13 2006 40 Honolulu HI 32.01 25.43 1.26 32.00 1.00 2006 41 Portland OR-WA 31.79 25.81 1.23 31.02 1.02 2005 42 Iowa City IA 31.46 24.69 1.27 26.51 1.19 2005 43 Miami FL 31.33 23.08 1.36 28.44 1.10 2004 44 Virginia Beach VA-NC 31.21 24.42 1.28 25.72 1.21 2005 45 Greenville SC 30.96 23.00 1.35 27.11 1.14 2005 46 Kansas City MO-KS 30.82 23.28 1.32 29.61 1.04 2005 47 Augusta GA-SC 30.55 26.23 1.16 28.55 1.07 2006 48 New Orleans LA 30.36 23.24 1.31 27.84 1.09 2004 49 Houston TX 29.70 26.50 1.12 31.93 0.93 2004 50 Dallas TX 29.62 27.70 1.07 32.65 0.91 2005 51 Brownsville TX 29.14 20.41 1.43 26.79 1.09 2005 52 San Antonio TX 29.06 21.61 1.34 26.72 1.09 2005 53 Lincoln NE 28.34 20.13 1.41 23.58 1.20 2005 54 Knoxville TN 28.28 18.65 1.52 24.69 1.15 2005 55 Richmond VA 28.06 24.54 1.14 31.13 0.90 2005 56 Springfield MO 27.17 20.58 1.32 24.93 1.09 2005 57 Corpus Christi TX 27.03 18.33 1.47 22.89 1.18 2005 58 Austin TX 27.00 24.10 1.12 30.49 0.89 2005 59 Birmingham AL 26.53 22.92 1.16 24.75 1.07 2006 60 Amarillo TX 26.38 17.56 1.50 21.49 1.23 2005 61 Phoenix AZ 26.26 24.23 1.08 31.16 0.84 2005 62 Oklahoma City OK 26.08 20.66 1.26 25.61 1.02 2006 63 Charlotte NC-SC 25.18 24.31 1.04 28.45 0.89 2005 64 Orlando FL 25.03 23.22 1.08 25.40 0.99 2005 65 Raleigh NC 22.38 26.35 0.85 31.48 0.71 2004 66 Greensboro NC 21.67 21.56 1.01 26.62 0.81 2005

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