Table I

Table x Average public school teacher salary by locale grouping and years of experience, School year 2006-07
	Locale grouping
Years of experience	Total		Large city		Midsize city		Fringe of large city		Fringe of mid-size city		Large town	Small town	Rural, outside metro area	Rural, inside metro area
All teachers	$40,140		$41,306	5	$42,037	44,284	$44,284	40,069	$40,241		$40,069	$38,343	$34,856	$37,782
Less than 1 year	26,342		28,674		27,132		28,339		25,323		26,114	24,588	23,411	24,618
1 year	26,869		29,247		27,675		28,906		25,829		26,636	25,080	23,879	25,110
2 years	27,406		29,832		28,228		29,484		26,346		27,169	25,581	24,357	25,613
3 years	27,954		30,429		28,793		30,074		26,873		27,712	26,093	24,844	26,125
4 years	28,513		31,038		29,369		30,675		27,410		28,267	26,615	25,341	26,647
5 years	29,169		31,752		30,044		31,381		28,041		28,917	27,227	25,924	27,260
6 years	29,753		32,387		30,645		32,008		28,602		29,495	27,772	26,442	27,805
7 years	30,348		33,034		31,258		32,648		29,174		30,085	28,327	26,971	28,362
8 years	30,955		33,695		31,883		33,301		29,757		30,687	28,893	27,510	28,929
9 years	31,574		34,369		32,521		33,967		30,352		31,300	29,471	28,061	29,507
10 years	32,300		35,159		33,269		34,749		31,050		32,020	30,149	28,706	30,186
11 yers	32,946		35,863		33,934		35,444		31,671		32,661	30,752	29,280	30,790
12 years	33,605		36,580		34,613		36,152		32,305		33,314	31,367	29,866	31,406
13 years	34,277		37,311		35,305		36,875		32,951		33,980	31,995	30,463	32,034
14 years	34,962		38,058		36,011		37,613		33,610		34,660	32,634	31,072	32,674
15 years	35,767		38,933		36,839		38,478		34,383		35,457	33,385	31,787	33,426
16 years	36,482		39,712		37,576		39,248		35,071		36,166	34,053	32,423	34,094
17 years	37,212		40,506		38,328		40,033		35,772		36,889	34,734	33,071	34,776
18 years	37,956		41,316		39,094		40,833		36,488		37,627	35,428	33,733	35,472
19 years	38,715		42,142		39,876		41,650		37,217		38,380	36,137	34,407	36,181
20 years	39,605		43,112		40,793		42,608		38,073		39,263	36,968	35,199	37,013
21 to 24 years	40,397		43,974		41,609		43,460		38,835		40,048	37,708	35,903	37,754
25 years	41,205		44,853		42,441		44,329		39,611		40,849	38,462	36,621	38,509
26 to 29 years	42,030		45,750		43,290		45,216		40,404		41,666	39,231	37,353	39,279
30 years	42,870		46,665		44,156		46,120		41,212		42,499	40,016	38,100	40,064
More than 30 years	43,728		47,599		45,039		47,043		42,036		43,349	40,816	38,862	40,866
Note: Fake table. Data are made up.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Teacher Compensation Survey," School year 2006-07, Version 1a.