Notable numbers: Teacher pay
41 -- North Carolina’s national rank in public school teacher salaries in 2015-2016
50 -- Mississippi’s rank in teacher salaries
19 -- North Carolina’s national rank in public school teacher salaries in 2001-02, the end of Jim Hunt’s fourth term as governor
13 -- Percentage that, adjusted for inflation, the average teacher’s salary has dropped in North Carolina since 1999, according to the National Center for Education Statistics
$50,000 -- Average salary of a Welder III in North Carolina
$50,000 -- Average salary of a Plumber III in North Carolina (actually, it’s a little more)
$51,000 -- Salary of a North Carolina teacher with a bachelor’s degree on 2016-2017 schedule — if the teacher has 25 years or more experience
$35,000 -- Salary of a North Carolina teacher with a bachelor’s degree and no experience
$47,819 -- Average teacher’s salary in North Carolina last year
$57,420 -- Average teacher’s salary in the United States last year
$78,000 -- Average teacher’s salary in New York, 1st in the nation
$125,000 -- Salary of women’s tennis coach at UNC-Chapel Hill
$2 million -- compensation for UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Roy Williams, not counting outside contracts or a potential $250,000 bonus for winning a national championship
1 | NEW YORK | $77,957 |
2 | MASSACHUSETTS | $76,981 |
3 | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | $75,810 |
4 | CALIFORNIA | $72,842 |
5 | CONNECTICUT | $72,013 |
6 | NEW JERSEY | $69,330 |
7 | ALASKA | $67,443 |
8 | MARYLAND | $66,482 |
9 | RHODE ISLAND | $66,197 |
10 | PENNSYLVANIA |
This story was originally published February 24, 2017 at 7:25 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Teacher pay."