Series B May Teacher* Salary, Experience, and Degree Level

Series 2003-23B May 2003 Teacher* Salary, Experience, and Degree Level 2002-03 Average Salaries The average salary paid to a Florida public school teacher in the school year 2002-03 was $40,275. This represents an increase of $1,000 (2.55 percent) over the average salary of $39,275 for the 2001-02 school year. Figure 1 reflects the increases in average teacher salaries in Florida public schools over the past seven years. There has been a gain of $6,390 since 1996-97, which represents a 18.86 percent increase over the seven-year period. Figure 1 Average Teacher* Salary 1996-97 through 2002-03 School Year 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 35,916 36,722 38,230 40,275 39,275 1997-98 1996-97 33,885 34,473 30,000 32,000 34,000 36,000 38,000 40,000 42,000 Salary Dollars *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database, Payroll Data: Survey 3, February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003; Experience Data: Survey 2, October 7-11, 2002, as of April 22, 2003. P AGE I NSID E T HIS I SSU E 2 Table 1, Lowest and Highest District Average Teacher Salary 2 Table 2, Changes in Statewide Average Teacher Salary 3 Table 3, Average Teacher Salaries by Degree Level 4 Table 4, Teachers by Degree Level, Statewide 6 Table 5, Teachers by Degree Level by District 7 Table 6, Average Experience by Degree Level 8 Table 7, Minimum/Maximum Teacher Salaries by Degree Level 9 Table 8, Median Teacher Salaries by Degree Level 10 Table 9, Comparison of Average Teacher Salaries Education Information and Accountability Services

Table 1 shows the variation that exists in average teacher salaries for the 67 school districts. When considering all degrees, average salaries range from a low of $29,246 for a bachelor s degree in Union County to a high of $58,840 for a specialist degree in Sarasota County, a difference of $29,594. Table 1** Lowest and Highest District Average Teacher* Salary by Degree, 2002-03 Degree Lowest Highest Difference Level Salary District Salary District Dollars Percent Bachelor's 29,246 Union 42,518 Palm Beach 13,272 45.38 Master's 33,236 Union 50,262 Collier 17,026 51.23 Specialist 32,580 Walton 58,840 Sarasota 26,260 80.60 Doctorate 29,331 Gadsden 57,877 Okaloosa 28,546 97.32 All Degrees 30,558 Union 45,437 Palm Beach 14,879 48.69 Table 2 shows a summary of the average teacher salary by degree level for a three-year period. In 2002-03, teachers with bachelor s degrees had a 2.67 percent average increase in salary, teachers with master s degrees received an average increase of 2.34 percent, teachers with specialist degrees received an average increase of 1.68 percent, and teachers with doctorate degrees received an average increase of 1.97 percent. The statewide average for all degrees rose 2.55 percent ($1,000). Beginning with the 2001-02 school year, average teacher salaries for University laboratory schools are included if reported. Degree Level Table 2** Changes in Statewide Average Teacher* Salary, 2000-01 through 2002-03 Difference in Statewide Average Salary Statewide Average Salary 2000-01 to 2001-02 2001-02 to 2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Dollars Percent Dollars Percent Bachelor's 35,171 36,363 37,335 1,192 3.39 972 2.67 Master's 42,115 43,061 44,070 946 2.25 1,009 2.34 Specialist 50,074 50,450 51,296 376 0.75 846 1.68 Doctorate 48,910 49,422 50,397 512 1.05 975 1.97 All Degrees 38,230 39,275 40,275 1,045 2.73 1,000 2.55 Table 3 shows 2002-03 average teacher salaries by degree level for each district and the state. Cautionary Note In Florida, each public school district, after collective bargaining activities, adopts a salary schedule for instructional personnel in that district. In some school districts, a salary schedule for the school year is negotiated and adopted after the collection of salary data for that school year by the Department of Education (DOE). In many of these districts, the final negotiated salary schedule provides retroactive pay to instructional personnel for the entire school year. When this happens, the salary information on the DOE Staff Database does not reflect the subsequent salary increase for that district. The DOE has taken the following steps to clarify for users the salary information presented in this publication. First, 2002-03 district salary information in tables 3, 7, 8, and 9 and 2001-02 information in table 9 have been footnoted to designate those districts that had not negotiated a new salary schedule prior to reporting. Second, beginning in 1998-99, rather than using survey 2 (October) salary data, this publication uses survey 3 (February) data in order to report as many salary increases as possible. Finally, comparison charts and tables have been footnoted to indicate instances in which the timeframe of salary adoption by districts might have a bearing on the comparison being presented. Users of teacher salary data are advised to be aware of this and other factors affecting the data when making judgements and drawing conclusions based on these data. *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database: Survey 3 2 **Please refer to the Cautionary Note. data, February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003.

Table 3 Average Teacher* Salaries By Degree Level, 2002-03 DISTRICT BACHELOR'S MASTER'S SPECIALIST DOCTORATE ALL DEGREES NUMBER/NAME NUMBER SALARY NUMBER SALARY NUMBER SALARY NUMBER SALARY NUMBER SALARY 01 ALACHUA 791 31,524 926 36,435 116 39,010 56 43,577 1,889 34,749 02 BAKER 191 32,897 79 40,864 1 47,705 2 41,160 273 35,317 03 BAY 1,101 35,593 576 40,157 48 43,121 16 43,430 1,741 37,383 04 BRADFORD 185 34,055 75 41,203 5 39,599 3 48,389 268 36,319 05 BREVARD 2,681 35,957 1,657 42,531 49 46,471 36 44,482 4,423 38,606 06 BROWARD 9,538 41,454 4,101 45,209 329 49,843 183 48,044 14,151 42,822 07 CALHOUN 102 33,041 68 36,670 1 36,425 171 34,504 08 CHARLOTTE 550 34,929 500 43,763 22 47,325 13 52,518 1,085 39,462 09 CITRUS 631 32,552 420 39,255 15 42,606 10 40,246 1,076 35,380 10 CLAY 1,264 35,870 612 40,838 13 49,206 8 47,195 1,897 37,612 11 COLLIER 1,104 40,137 837 50,262 30 52,148 28 56,414 1,999 44,784 12 COLUMBIA 370 33,734 231 40,576 7 44,378 6 45,966 614 36,549 13 DADE 10,074 40,318 8,303 48,256 2,079 55,613 512 56,740 20,968 45,379 14 DESOTO 239 35,188 75 40,608 2 48,206 3 38,761 319 36,577 15 DIXIE 97 29,578 38 36,055 3 39,114 1 44,726 139 31,664 16 DUVAL 4,764 38,394 2,322 45,836 51 52,643 50 48,978 7,187 40,973 17 ESCAMBIA 1,504 32,064 1,141 38,170 52 39,908 16 38,537 2,713 34,821 18 FLAGLER 313 35,158 157 41,845 7 44,565 5 45,868 482 37,584 19 FRANKLIN 56 32,028 32 40,466 3 37,472 1 48,168 92 35,316 20 GADSDEN 292 31,819 158 34,628 2 42,077 2 29,331 454 32,831 21 GILCHRIST 115 33,608 57 38,666 3 38,122 2 34,293 177 35,321 22 GLADES 47 34,161 19 42,656 1 53,155 67 36,854 23 GULF 97 34,848 50 40,651 147 36,822 24 HAMILTON 103 33,028 29 38,904 6 45,024 1 44,951 139 34,858 25 HARDEE 273 35,426 60 41,993 3 51,057 1 46,012 337 36,765 26 HENDRY 311 35,965 91 43,293 5 47,464 2 39,641 409 37,754 27 HERNANDO 736 32,854 401 38,633 6 42,558 10 38,435 1,153 34,963 28 HIGHLANDS 517 35,597 224 42,391 1 47,000 3 39,716 745 37,672 29 HILLSBOROUGH 7,246 35,866 4,244 42,945 180 49,613 145 48,497 11,815 38,773 30 HOLMES 128 33,418 92 39,234 220 35,850 31 INDIAN RIVER 613 35,831 270 42,021 49 47,620 6 41,580 938 38,266 32 JACKSON 288 30,593 206 37,781 34 42,377 2 43,435 530 34,191 33 JEFFERSON 78 33,442 35 36,965 2 40,871 115 34,643 34 LAFAYETTE 54 31,552 20 35,129 2 39,098 76 32,692 35 LAKE 1,240 35,564 577 42,000 9 46,643 1,826 37,652 36 LEE 2,247 37,131 1,287 44,928 57 49,170 41 48,703 3,632 40,214 37 LEON 1,041 35,959 874 41,280 60 44,801 30 47,699 2,005 38,719 38 LEVY 239 35,224 138 39,543 10 38,092 2 30,418 389 36,805 39 LIBERTY 64 31,309 24 38,685 88 33,320 40 MADISON** 120 31,602 63 39,545 3 34,499 186 34,339 41 MANATEE 1,281 35,749 901 43,430 49 50,217 26 49,079 2,257 39,283 42 MARION 1,650 35,550 712 41,391 53 44,985 16 46,288 2,431 37,537 43 MARTIN 693 36,866 357 43,268 20 50,292 9 46,196 1,079 39,311 44 MONROE 340 38,972 241 42,648 2 43,395 8 37,911 591 40,471 45 NASSAU 374 36,702 226 43,231 1 49,066 2 41,516 603 39,186 46 OKALOOSA 1,042 38,459 695 45,832 46 48,429 25 57,877 1,808 41,815 47 OKEECHOBEE 318 36,103 102 44,755 7 45,291 427 38,320 48 ORANGE 6,925 35,515 3,654 41,747 114 44,966 91 45,094 10,784 37,808 49 OSCEOLA 1,365 34,026 716 40,825 40 42,450 18 46,812 2,139 36,567 50 PALM BEACH 6,328 42,518 3,503 50,089 120 55,672 108 54,169 10,059 45,437 51 PASCO 2,221 35,987 1,195 41,574 34 43,755 26 44,959 3,476 38,051 52 PINELLAS 4,750 38,216 2,834 43,266 119 47,529 68 47,505 7,771 40,282 53 POLK 3,917 34,636 1,392 41,499 77 45,773 3 40,330 5,389 36,571 54 PUTNAM 534 35,063 252 42,065 8 43,866 5 43,824 799 37,415 55 ST. JOHNS 825 34,898 533 41,608 5 37,840 12 41,381 1,375 37,566 56 ST. LUCIE 1,196 35,632 589 43,298 37 49,224 17 45,303 1,839 38,450 57 SANTA ROSA 877 35,391 491 42,230 17 43,922 8 42,532 1,393 37,947 58 SARASOTA 990 37,323 1,294 46,670 10 58,840 43 52,985 2,337 42,879 59 SEMINOLE 2,062 34,349 1,565 41,922 121 47,364 65 50,353 3,813 38,143 60 SUMTER 236 36,286 96 42,793 3 46,749 335 38,244 61 SUWANNEE 244 37,690 107 44,276 5 46,717 1 50,939 357 39,827 62 TAYLOR 131 34,463 82 42,009 5 47,481 4 44,556 222 37,726 63 UNION 91 29,246 41 33,236 2 35,097 1 31,106 135 30,558 64 VOLUSIA 2,491 35,035 1,550 42,914 111 47,421 46 48,771 4,198 38,422 65 WAKULLA 159 32,862 108 38,791 10 39,750 2 42,524 279 35,473 66 WALTON 241 34,059 125 39,093 3 32,580 3 42,160 372 35,804 67 WASHINGTON 148 35,192 96 42,810 5 42,799 1 46,932 250 38,317 SUBTOTAL/AVG 92,833 37,330 54,526 44,063 4,280 51,301 1,814 50,422 153,453 40,267 68 DEAF/BLIND 74 43,060 72 52,785 1 40,036 147 47,803 69 DOZIER/OKEEC 25 43,823 7 50,523 3 56,689 35 46,266 72 FAU LAB SCH 2 43,799 19 47,272 3 52,368 2 62,135 26 48,736 73 FSU LAB SCH 74 FAMU LAB SCH 75 UF LAB SCH 10 30,484 41 36,082 10 47,168 8 43,073 69 37,688 STATE TOT/AVG 92,944 37,335 54,665 44,070 4,296 51,296 1,825 50,397 153,730 40,275 *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a 3 **District had not negotiated a new salary schedule prior to reporting. Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database: Survey 3 data, February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003.

Degree Level** Table 4 shows that over the three-year period from 2000-01 through 2002-03, the number of teachers overall has increased continuously. The percentage of teachers at the bachelor s degree level is slightly more than 60 percent each year. The percentage of teachers at the master s degree level dropped from 36.05 in 2000-01 to 35.33 in 2001-02. The percentage of teachers at the specialist and doctorate degree levels combined ranged from 3.82 in 2000-01 to 3.98 in 2002-03. Table 4 Teachers* by Degree Level**, Statewide 2000-01 through 2002-03 Degree 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Level Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Bachelor's 89,603 60.14 92,222 60.71 92,944 60.46 Master's 53,712 36.05 53,664 35.33 54,665 35.56 Specialist 4,021 2.70 4,244 2.79 4,296 2.79 Doctorate 1,665 1.12 1,767 1.16 1,825 1.19 All Degrees 149,001 100.00 151,897 100.00 153,730 100.00 Table 5, page 6, shows the number and percentage of teachers in each degree level for each district and the state for 2002-03. Teachers with a bachelor s as their highest degree level account for 60.46 percent of all teachers, while those with a master s degree account for 35.56 percent. Teachers at the specialist or doctorate degree level account for the remaining 3.98 percent. Across the districts, a wide variation exists in the percentage of teachers paid at each degree level. Shown below are the districts having the greatest proportion of teachers at each degree level. Experience Bachelor s Hardee County 81.01% Master s Sarasota County 55.37% Specialist Dade County 9.92% Doctorate Alachua County 2.96% Table 6, page 7, shows the average number of years of teaching experience at each degree level for each district and the state. In 2002-03, the state average number of years of experience ranges from 10.84 for teachers with a bachelor s degree to 18.47 for teachers with a specialist degree. Teachers with a master s degree average 15.92 years of experience statewide, and those with a doctorate average 16.65 years of experience. For all degree levels, Florida teachers currently average 12.94 years of teaching experience. No experience data is available for St. Johns County. The average number of years of experience includes both public and private teaching experience from within and outside the state. Since the average number of years of experience of teachers also greatly impacts the average salary for teachers, this factor should be taken into consideration when comparing average teacher salaries of the districts. One district s average salary may be considerably higher than another s, and the experience level might also be considerably greater. Salary Range Table 7, page 8 shows the minimum and maximum salaries by degree level for each district. The salaries shown for a district are the minimum and maximum negotiated salaries for each degree level** and may not reflect an actual salary paid to a teacher for the school year. Salaries for teachers at a bachelor s degree level ranged from a low (minimum) of $24,205 in Union County to a high (maximum) of $60,209 in Broward County. Median Salaries Median salaries for Florida public school teachers by degree level are shown in Table 8, page 9. For calculating median salaries, all salaries are arranged in order from the lowest to the highest. The point on the range of salaries where there is an equal number of teachers above and below is the median. The median salary for all Florida school *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a 4 Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database: Survey 3 data, February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003. **These data represent the salary schedule pay lane at which instructional employees are paid.

districts in 2002-03 is $37,291. Across all districts, the median salary for all degrees ranges from a low of $28,840 in Union County to a high of $43,768 in Collier County. Comparison of Average Salaries Table 9, page 10, shows average teacher salaries for selected school years since 1993-94. There has been an increase of $14,331 since 1993-94, which is a 44.88 percent increase over the last ten years. Figure 2 shows the percent increase of average teacher salaries for the past ten years. The highest percent increase over the previous year was in 1998-99 at 4.19 percent. The second highest increase (4.11 percent) over the previous year occurred in 2000-01. From 1993-94 through 1998-99, the increases were between 1.67 and 4.19 percent. For 2001-02, the increase was 2.73 percent. The average teacher salary increased from 2001-02 to 2002-03 by 2.55 percent. Figure 2** Annual Percent Increase of Average Teacher* Salaries 1993-94 through 2002-03 4.5 4 3.5 4.19 4.11 Percent Change 3 2.5 2 1.5 2.49 2.04 2.24 1.67 1.74 2.24 2.73 2.55 1 0.5 0 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 School Year Other Considerations Various factors affect Florida s average teacher salary figures and should be taken into consideration when analyzing and comparing district-to-district or district-to-state average salaries. These factors include: (1) the number of instructional personnel in the district; (2) the type of degree of the individual; (3) the number of years of experience; and (4) whether the teacher is paid from an in-field or out-of-field contract. In addition, salaries paid by a school district for noncontracted teachers (e.g., temporary teachers, some permanent substitutes, and some full-time substitutes) may not be reflected in district or state totals. *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database: Survey 3 5 **Please refer to the Cautionary Note on page 2. data, February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003.

Table 5 Teachers by Degree Level by District, 2002-03 BACHELOR'S MASTER'S SPECIALIST DOCTORATE ALL DISTRICT NUMBER OF PERCENT NUMBER OF PERCENT NUMBER OF PERCENT NUMBER OF PERCENT DEGREES NUMBER/NAME TEACHERS OF TOTAL TEACHERS OF TOTAL TEACHERS OF TOTAL TEACHERS OF TOTAL NUMBER 01 ALACHUA 791 41.87 926 49.02 116 6.14 56 2.96 1,889 02 BAKER 191 69.96 79 28.94 1 0.37 2 0.73 273 03 BAY 1,101 63.24 576 33.08 48 2.76 16 0.92 1,741 04 BRADFORD 185 69.03 75 27.99 5 1.87 3 1.12 268 05 BREVARD 2,681 60.61 1,657 37.46 49 1.11 36 0.81 4,423 06 BROWARD 9,538 67.40 4,101 28.98 329 2.32 183 1.29 14,151 07 CALHOUN 102 59.65 68 39.77 0 0.00 1 0.58 171 08 CHARLOTTE 550 50.69 500 46.08 22 2.03 13 1.20 1,085 09 CITRUS 631 58.64 420 39.03 15 1.39 10 0.93 1,076 10 CLAY 1,264 66.63 612 32.26 13 0.69 8 0.42 1,897 11 COLLIER 1,104 55.23 837 41.87 30 1.50 28 1.40 1,999 12 COLUMBIA 370 60.26 231 37.62 7 1.14 6 0.98 614 13 DADE 10,074 48.04 8,303 39.60 2,079 9.92 512 2.44 20,968 14 DESOTO 239 74.92 75 23.51 2 0.63 3 0.94 319 15 DIXIE 97 69.78 38 27.34 3 2.16 1 0.72 139 16 DUVAL 4,764 66.29 2,322 32.31 51 0.71 50 0.70 7,187 17 ESCAMBIA 1,504 55.44 1,141 42.06 52 1.92 16 0.59 2,713 18 FLAGLER 313 64.94 157 32.57 7 1.45 5 1.04 482 19 FRANKLIN 56 60.87 32 34.78 3 3.26 1 1.09 92 20 GADSDEN 292 64.32 158 34.80 2 0.44 2 0.44 454 21 GILCHRIST 115 64.97 57 32.20 3 1.69 2 1.13 177 22 GLADES 47 70.15 19 28.36 1 1.49 0 0.00 67 23 GULF 97 65.99 50 34.01 0 0.00 0 0.00 147 24 HAMILTON 103 74.10 29 20.86 6 4.32 1 0.72 139 25 HARDEE 273 81.01 60 17.80 3 0.89 1 0.30 337 26 HENDRY 311 76.04 91 22.25 5 1.22 2 0.49 409 27 HERNANDO 736 63.83 401 34.78 6 0.52 10 0.87 1,153 28 HIGHLANDS 517 69.40 224 30.07 1 0.13 3 0.40 745 29 HILLSBOROUGH 7,246 61.33 4,244 35.92 180 1.52 145 1.23 11,815 30 HOLMES 128 58.18 92 41.82 0 0.00 0 0.00 220 31 INDIAN RIVER 613 65.35 270 28.78 49 5.22 6 0.64 938 32 JACKSON 288 54.34 206 38.87 34 6.42 2 0.38 530 33 JEFFERSON 78 67.83 35 30.43 2 1.74 0 0.00 115 34 LAFAYETTE 54 71.05 20 26.32 2 2.63 0 0.00 76 35 LAKE 1,240 67.91 577 31.60 0 0.00 9 0.49 1,826 36 LEE 2,247 61.87 1,287 35.44 57 1.57 41 1.13 3,632 37 LEON 1,041 51.92 874 43.59 60 2.99 30 1.50 2,005 38 LEVY 239 61.44 138 35.48 10 2.57 2 0.51 389 39 LIBERTY 64 72.73 24 27.27 0 0.00 0 0.00 88 40 MADISON** 120 64.52 63 33.87 3 1.61 0 0.00 186 41 MANATEE 1,281 56.76 901 39.92 49 2.17 26 1.15 2,257 42 MARION 1,650 67.87 712 29.29 53 2.18 16 0.66 2,431 43 MARTIN 693 64.23 357 33.09 20 1.85 9 0.83 1,079 44 MONROE 340 57.53 241 40.78 2 0.34 8 1.35 591 45 NASSAU 374 62.02 226 37.48 1 0.17 2 0.33 603 46 OKALOOSA 1,042 57.63 695 38.44 46 2.54 25 1.38 1,808 47 OKEECHOBEE 318 74.47 102 23.89 7 1.64 0 0.00 427 48 ORANGE 6,925 64.22 3,654 33.88 114 1.06 91 0.84 10,784 49 OSCEOLA 1,365 63.81 716 33.47 40 1.87 18 0.84 2,139 50 PALM BEACH 6,328 62.91 3,503 34.82 120 1.19 108 1.07 10,059 51 PASCO 2,221 63.90 1,195 34.38 34 0.98 26 0.75 3,476 52 PINELLAS 4,750 61.12 2,834 36.47 119 1.53 68 0.88 7,771 53 POLK 3,917 72.69 1,392 25.83 77 1.43 3 0.06 5,389 54 PUTNAM 534 66.83 252 31.54 8 1.00 5 0.63 799 55 ST. JOHNS 825 60.00 533 38.76 5 0.36 12 0.87 1,375 56 ST. LUCIE 1,196 65.04 589 32.03 37 2.01 17 0.92 1,839 57 SANTA ROSA 877 62.96 491 35.25 17 1.22 8 0.57 1,393 58 SARASOTA 990 42.36 1,294 55.37 10 0.43 43 1.84 2,337 59 SEMINOLE 2,062 54.08 1,565 41.04 121 3.17 65 1.70 3,813 60 SUMTER 236 70.45 96 28.66 3 0.90 0 0.00 335 61 SUWANNEE 244 68.35 107 29.97 5 1.40 1 0.28 357 62 TAYLOR 131 59.01 82 36.94 5 2.25 4 1.80 222 63 UNION 91 67.41 41 30.37 2 1.48 1 0.74 135 64 VOLUSIA 2,491 59.34 1,550 36.92 111 2.64 46 1.10 4,198 65 WAKULLA 159 56.99 108 38.71 10 3.58 2 0.72 279 66 WALTON 241 64.78 125 33.60 3 0.81 3 0.81 372 67 WASHINGTON 148 59.20 96 38.40 5 2.00 1 0.40 250 SUBTOTAL/AVG 92,833 60.50 54,526 35.53 4,280 2.79 1,814 1.18 153,453 68 DEAF/BLIND 74 50.34 72 48.98 0 0.00 1 0.68 147 69 DOZIER/OKEEC 25 71.43 7 20.00 3 8.57 0 0.00 35 72 FAU LAB SCH 2 7.69 19 73.08 3 11.54 2 7.69 26 73 FSU LAB SCH 74 FAMU LAB SCH 75 UF LAB SCH 10 14.49 41 59.42 10 14.49 8 11.59 69 STATE TOT/AVG 92,944 60.46 54,665 35.56 4,296 2.79 1,825 1.19 153,730 *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a 6 Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database: Survey 3 data, February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003.

Table 6 Average Experience by Degree Level, 2002-03 DISTRICT NUMBER/NAME BACHELOR'S MASTER'S SPECIALIST DOCTORATE ALL DEGREES 01 ALACHUA 12.85 16.33 17.88 18.10 15.05 02 BAKER 13.84 20.94 33.00 14.50 16.22 03 BAY 14.33 17.16 20.75 15.36 15.33 04 BRADFORD 12.30 18.65 18.40 29.66 14.38 05 BREVARD 10.46 16.36 22.25 17.52 12.84 06 BROWARD 10.90 14.70 18.52 16.96 12.24 07 CALHOUN 9.46 13.32 11.00 11.03 08 CHARLOTTE 10.55 17.20 15.13 17.76 13.78 09 CITRUS 11.14 19.10 19.93 21.10 14.48 10 CLAY 12.25 15.20 16.75 10.28 13.15 11 COLLIER 9.57 16.14 15.84 16.46 12.52 12 COLUMBIA 12.07 18.26 23.14 25.16 14.58 13 DADE 6.77 12.60 18.11 15.66 10.40 14 DESOTO 12.50 16.63 19.50 10.33 13.52 15 DIXIE 10.44 16.17 18.33 24.00 12.27 16 DUVAL 12.59 18.45 23.64 15.30 14.68 17 ESCAMBIA 8.58 13.75 15.05 14.37 10.92 18 FLAGLER 11.27 14.75 18.33 12.75 12.53 19 FRANKLIN 12.45 19.23 4.33 14.69 20 GADSDEN 14.58 18.89 29.00 2.50 16.11 21 GILCHRIST 12.63 18.11 16.00 18.00 14.55 22 GLADES 7.69 20.11 10.88 23 GULF 14.91 19.90 16.62 24 HAMILTON 12.56 14.00 23.40 29.00 13.35 25 HARDEE 12.87 18.94 10.66 14.00 13.92 26 HENDRY 7.31 12.81 16.20 12.00 8.66 27 HERNANDO 10.47 16.97 26.16 15.11 12.70 28 HIGHLANDS 14.03 20.13 18.00 12.75 15.96 29 HILLSBOROUGH 10.26 15.74 14.78 12.74 12.33 30 HOLMES 9.83 16.72 12.67 31 INDIAN RIVER 11.87 15.45 16.62 28.00 13.32 32 JACKSON 12.22 21.22 22.61 24.00 16.48 33 JEFFERSON 14.77 19.82 24.00 16.42 34 LAFAYETTE 12.70 13.90 9.00 12.98 35 LAKE 10.79 16.12 20.42 12.30 36 LEE 11.27 18.19 20.78 20.12 13.98 37 LEON 13.34 18.26 21.98 21.86 15.86 38 LEVY 14.32 17.37 13.66 15.39 39 LIBERTY 10.95 17.38 12.87 40 MADISON** 14.63 23.42 33.00 17.78 41 MANATEE 10.33 15.29 19.56 15.70 12.56 42 MARION 12.35 17.81 18.37 19.25 14.13 43 MARTIN 10.80 15.31 19.10 16.12 12.50 44 MONROE 11.07 15.36 14.50 6.71 12.45 45 NASSAU 9.52 15.05 30.00 8.00 11.62 46 OKALOOSA 13.35 18.73 17.42 23.37 15.70 47 OKEECHOBEE 13.10 20.15 23.50 15.08 48 ORANGE 10.56 15.40 18.25 16.61 12.43 49 OSCEOLA 7.96 14.69 14.22 17.88 10.37 50 PALM BEACH 12.97 17.31 21.00 18.53 14.72 51 PASCO 9.77 15.00 15.60 12.00 11.32 52 PINELLAS 12.78 16.80 19.25 18.13 14.39 53 POLK 11.42 19.75 20.40 24.75 13.68 54 PUTNAM 12.82 17.79 17.50 17.25 14.54 55 ST. JOHNS 56 ST. LUCIE 10.86 16.06 19.78 13.71 12.83 57 SANTA ROSA 12.35 18.50 19.00 20.28 14.63 58 SARASOTA 10.92 15.22 23.80 15.33 13.44 59 SEMINOLE 12.74 17.57 20.58 21.32 15.17 60 SUMTER 14.51 19.44 24.33 16.05 61 SUWANNEE 12.52 18.53 15.60 15.00 14.33 62 TAYLOR 8.92 17.38 17.00 12.25 12.33 63 UNION 11.08 12.60 15.00 6.00 11.60 64 VOLUSIA 10.70 16.65 20.51 18.80 13.25 65 WAKULLA 11.94 16.34 18.60 25.00 14.01 66 WALTON 11.55 14.89 2.66 10.00 12.59 67 WASHINGTON 11.70 21.33 15.33 33.00 15.47 SUBTOTAL AVG 10.84 15.92 18.47 16.65 12.94 69 DOZIER/OKEEC 8.00 14.85 16.50 9.80 STATE AVERAGE 10.84 15.92 18.47 16.65 12.94 *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida 7 school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database, Survey 2 data, October 7-11, 2002, as of December 18, 2002.

Table 7 Minimum/Maximum Teacher* Salaries By Degree Level, 2002-03 DISTRICT BACHELOR'S MASTER'S SPECIALIST DOCTORATE NUMBER/NAME MINIMUM MAXIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM 01 ALACHUA $25,875 $44,400 $27,325 $48,620 $28,425 $51,800 $30,100 $55,300 02 BAKER 25,900 44,700 28,000 46,800 28,905 47,705 29,860 48,660 03 BAY 26,520 45,666 28,637 48,119 30,243 49,751 31,824 51,386 04 BRADFORD 26,000 45,966 28,500 48,466 29,200 49,166 30,000 49,966 05 BREVARD 30,000 48,480 32,385 50,865 33,590 52,070 34,810 53,290 06 BROWARD 32,600 60,209 35,000 62,609 37,350 64,959 38,350 65,959 07 CALHOUN 26,550 41,000 28,225 42,675 29,200 43,650 30,175 44,625 08 CHARLOTTE 26,800 47,100 30,350 50,650 32,350 52,650 33,950 54,250 09 CITRUS 27,600 43,623 29,600 45,623 30,600 46,623 31,800 47,623 10 CLAY 28,350 51,250 30,050 52,950 30,750 53,650 31,350 54,250 11 COLLIER 30,409 52,490 32,380 57,683 35,880 61,183 37,380 62,683 12 COLUMBIA 25,000 44,550 27,700 47,250 28,850 48,400 30,050 49,600 13 DADE 33,275 58,625 36,275 61,625 38,275 63,625 40,275 65,625 14 DESOTO 28,119 37,670 30,224 39,775 30,881 40,432 32,199 41,750 15 DIXIE 25,375 40,949 27,913 45,043 29,181 47,091 30,450 49,138 16 DUVAL 30,000 51,644 31,150 54,484 32,566 55,797 33,825 57,648 17 ESCAMBIA 26,300 43,655 28,800 46,155 29,400 46,755 29,900 47,255 18 FLAGLER 28,950 47,763 31,450 50,263 32,950 51,763 33,950 52,763 19 FRANKLIN 25,491 38,965 28,501 43,565 30,006 45,865 31,512 48,168 20 GADSDEN 26,547 40,427 27,697 41,577 28,197 42,077 28,797 42,677 21 GILCHRIST 25,826 40,805 27,726 42,705 28,136 43,115 28,706 43,685 22 GLADES 27,000 46,170 28,500 48,735 30,500 52,155 30,500 52,155 23 GULF 26,724 43,191 28,438 45,330 29,580 46,552 30,701 47,773 24 HAMILTON 25,500 40,951 28,000 43,451 29,000 44,451 29,500 44,951 25 HARDEE 27,000 42,992 28,836 45,916 29,106 46,346 29,349 46,733 26 HENDRY 28,240 45,700 30,140 47,130 31,030 47,650 32,800 49,420 27 HERNANDO 26,600 43,600 28,800 45,800 29,900 46,900 30,500 47,500 28 HIGHLANDS 28,700 45,000 30,550 46,850 30,700 47,000 32,100 48,400 29 HILLSBOROUGH 30,502 50,610 33,414 53,522 34,871 54,980 36,327 56,435 30 HOLMES 24,595 39,566 26,635 41,605 27,643 42,613 28,662 43,632 31 INDIAN RIVER 29,105 46,647 31,742 49,284 32,629 50,171 33,526 51,068 32 JACKSON 24,780 38,615 27,180 41,015 29,580 43,415 31,080 44,915 33 JEFFERSON 25,000 44,500 26,300 45,800 27,150 46,650 27,150 46,650 34 LAFAYETTE 26,746 40,578 28,946 42,778 30,046 43,878 30,706 44,538 35 LAKE 29,800 46,981 31,850 49,031 32,800 49,981 33,800 50,981 36 LEE 29,073 49,833 31,357 52,333 33,073 53,833 34,073 54,833 37 LEON 27,600 48,085 28,600 49,976 29,600 51,350 30,600 52,495 38 LEVY 26,708 41,633 29,099 44,023 29,703 44,627 30,307 45,232 39 LIBERTY 25,513 39,496 27,870 41,853 29,155 43,138 29,477 43,460 40 MADISON** 24,454 40,594 26,401 43,962 27,050 44,903 27,050 44,903 41 MANATEE 28,284 48,123 30,301 52,043 32,760 56,551 35,219 59,357 42 MARION 27,200 43,955 28,859 46,636 30,328 49,772 31,688 51,517 43 MARTIN 30,000 48,502 31,000 51,046 32,860 54,108 34,720 57,172 44 MONROE 31,412 51,374 32,732 56,008 33,445 57,421 33,851 58,681 45 NASSAU 28,877 46,666 31,077 48,866 31,277 49,066 31,877 49,666 46 OKALOOSA 26,275 50,505 27,458 52,704 28,761 55,129 30,200 57,806 47 OKEECHOBEE 28,000 47,300 29,600 48,900 30,420 49,720 30,420 49,720 48 ORANGE 30,405 48,996 32,655 51,246 33,855 52,446 34,955 53,546 49 OSCEOLA 30,000 48,000 32,275 50,275 33,475 51,475 34,575 52,575 50 PALM BEACH 32,518 60,000 35,018 62,500 35,918 63,400 37,518 65,000 51 PASCO 31,000 49,300 33,500 51,800 34,500 52,800 35,500 53,800 52 PINELLAS 30,700 49,450 32,850 51,600 34,000 52,750 35,100 53,850 53 POLK 29,050 45,000 30,800 46,750 31,050 47,000 31,450 47,400 54 PUTNAM 28,110 44,447 29,647 48,177 30,647 49,177 31,547 50,077 55 ST. JOHNS 30,500 47,100 33,000 49,800 34,000 50,800 35,000 52,000 56 ST. LUCIE 29,000 49,965 31,759 53,837 33,767 54,254 34,668 55,203 57 SANTA ROSA 31,428 57,978 33,942 60,492 35,199 61,749 36,456 63,006 58 SARASOTA 27,599 46,922 31,422 49,018 33,572 54,723 35,006 57,060 59 SEMINOLE 28,159 49,917 31,455 53,213 34,106 55,864 36,811 58,569 60 SUMTER 28,268 47,051 30,268 49,051 31,268 50,051 31,268 50,051 61 SUWANNEE 27,877 46,416 30,077 48,616 30,577 49,116 31,277 49,816 62 TAYLOR 26,390 44,720 29,302 49,920 32,538 53,092 34,987 55,380 63 UNION 24,205 42,436 26,471 44,702 27,604 45,835 28,737 46,968 64 VOLUSIA 28,630 48,332 31,162 51,981 32,528 52,473 33,780 54,993 65 WAKULLA 26,000 44,000 28,200 46,200 28,700 46,700 29,200 47,200 66 WALTON 25,500 46,800 26,900 48,200 28,400 49,700 30,000 51,300 67 WASHINGTON 25,434 42,665 28,013 45,509 29,301 46,221 30,594 46,932 STATE AVERAGE $27,850 $46,278 $30,004 $48,880 $31,237 $50,300 $32,297 $51,508 *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida 8 **NOTE: Some school districts had not agreed to a current year teacher salaries school district. Source: Florida School Labor Relations Services, Inc., as of April contract at time of printing. Salary information for these districts is from 2001-02. 22, 2003.

Table 8 Median Teacher* Salaries by Degree Level, 2002-03 DISTRICT NUMBER/NAME BACHELOR'S MASTER'S SPECIALIST DOCTORATE ALL DEGREES 01 ALACHUA 29,550 35,675 38,650 39,675 33,500 02 BAKER 30,300 40,950 47,705 33,660 34,300 03 BAY 34,525 40,345 42,784 42,606 37,130 04 BRADFORD 30,805 42,808 35,269 49,966 34,569 05 BREVARD 32,544 41,960 51,172 41,630 35,035 06 BROWARD 37,291 42,347 47,619 45,528 38,825 07 CALHOUN 31,150 35,025 36,425 33,325 08 CHARLOTTE 32,082 43,722 46,554 53,193 37,710 09 CITRUS 30,000 43,569 44,623 38,020 33,538 10 CLAY 32,458 38,539 40,950 34,958 34,601 11 COLLIER 38,534 53,114 57,579 59,112 43,768 12 COLUMBIA 32,500 41,300 45,100 49,600 36,050 13 DADE 34,660 47,399 57,929 57,051 40,699 14 DESOTO 31,138 39,272 48,206 33,122 33,136 15 DIXIE 27,467 36,280 39,350 44,726 29,918 16 DUVAL 34,157 50,058 55,797 53,288 37,583 17 ESCAMBIA 29,013 36,911 40,312 36,167 32,700 18 FLAGLER 32,966 39,139 40,264 43,035 35,560 19 FRANKLIN 31,231 43,565 35,420 48,168 35,420 20 GADSDEN 29,124 33,870 42,077 29,010 30,429 21 GILCHRIST 33,316 39,606 42,599 28,706 36,156 22 GLADES 32,400 41,545 53,155 35,640 23 GULF 32,186 40,810 34,753 24 HAMILTON 31,000 40,365 44,451 44,951 34,439 25 HARDEE 34,056 45,208 53,413 46,012 37,221 26 HENDRY 35,080 45,480 47,650 29,863 36,670 27 HERNANDO 31,243 38,150 46,900 37,450 33,691 28 HIGHLANDS 32,161 47,406 47,000 36,650 35,100 29 HILLSBOROUGH 32,057 39,586 49,916 49,255 34,847 30 HOLMES 32,774 40,661 36,862 31 INDIAN RIVER 34,151 43,530 47,929 36,587 37,312 32 JACKSON 30,005 39,005 43,415 41,255 34,055 33 JEFFERSON 31,624 36,038 38,386 34,140 34 LAFAYETTE 30,204 34,380 33,832 31,686 35 LAKE 31,713 42,779 50,780 34,757 36 LEE 34,129 46,833 49,436 52,582 38,135 37 LEON 32,580 41,233 47,426 45,838 37,182 38 LEVY 35,503 44,045 33,168 30,307 38,233 39 LIBERTY 28,971 37,750 31,935 40 MADISON** 28,709 41,450 30,486 35,458 41 MANATEE 33,101 44,579 54,241 47,192 38,608 42 MARION 32,912 46,708 49,838 51,517 37,113 43 MARTIN 33,294 41,673 54,109 35,963 36,030 44 MONROE 37,376 42,537 35,359 36,037 38,229 45 NASSAU 35,121 45,858 49,066 35,515 38,201 46 OKALOOSA 37,379 49,417 48,964 57,806 43,429 47 OKEECHOBEE 32,500 48,900 49,720 35,300 48 ORANGE 32,042 39,062 46,486 45,130 34,269 49 OSCEOLA 30,744 38,175 38,375 52,575 32,776 50 PALM BEACH 39,890 51,294 57,508 57,572 43,718 51 PASCO 32,500 39,900 43,527 43,900 34,706 52 PINELLAS 34,620 40,657 47,000 47,500 36,771 53 POLK 31,749 42,286 47,379 37,199 33,867 54 PUTNAM 33,149 41,811 49,177 40,231 34,393 55 ST. JOHNS 31,444 40,710 37,100 43,300 34,900 56 ST. LUCIE 32,821 43,658 49,357 44,881 37,321 57 SANTA ROSA 33,524 43,091 43,261 37,715 36,408 58 SARASOTA 36,094 46,755 58,608 57,060 42,734 59 SEMINOLE 29,420 43,997 50,101 52,622 36,629 60 SUMTER 34,510 43,998 47,014 37,181 61 SUWANNEE 36,766 47,233 47,355 50,939 39,745 62 TAYLOR 31,980 39,255 44,460 41,652 35,620 63 UNION 27,254 30,591 30,797 31,106 28,840 64 VOLUSIA 30,880 43,220 50,293 50,601 36,308 65 WAKULLA 30,000 39,230 39,730 37,848 33,960 66 WALTON 32,760 37,460 31,040 39,240 34,080 67 WASHINGTON 34,594 45,509 42,528 46,932 39,651 SUBTOTAL MEDIAN 33,900 42,816 51,751 51,000 37,046 68 DEAF/BLIND 39,291 58,446 40,036 42,939 69 DOZIER SCHL 41,164 44,317 57,053 44,478 STATE MEDIAN 34,169 43,220 51,751 51,351 37,291 *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database, Survey 3 data, 9 **District had not negotiated a new salary schedule prior to reporting. February 3-7, 2003, as of April 22, 2003.

DISTRICT NUMBER/NAME 01 ALACHUA 02 BAKER 03 BAY 04 BRADFORD 05 BREVARD 06 BROWARD 07 CALHOUN 08 CHARLOTTE 09 CITRUS 10 CLAY 11 COLLIER 12 COLUMBIA 13 DADE 14 DESOTO 15 DIXIE 16 DUVAL 17 ESCAMBIA 18 FLAGLER 19 FRANKLIN 20 GADSDEN 21 GILCHRIST 22 GLADES 23 GULF 24 HAMILTON 25 HARDEE 26 HENDRY 27 HERNANDO 28 HIGHLANDS 29 HILLSBOROUGH 30 HOLMES 31 INDIAN RIVER 32 JACKSON 33 JEFFERSON 34 LAFAYETTE 35 LAKE 36 LEE 37 LEON 38 LEVY 39 LIBERTY 40 MADISON 41 MANATEE 42 MARION 43 MARTIN 44 MONROE 45 NASSAU 46 OKALOOSA 47 OKEECHOBEE 48 ORANGE 49 OSCEOLA 50 PALM BEACH 51 PASCO 52 PINELLAS 53 POLK 54 PUTNAM 55 ST. JOHNS 56 ST. LUCIE 57 SANTA ROSA 58 SARASOTA 59 SEMINOLE 60 SUMTER 61 SUWANNEE 62 TAYLOR 63 UNION 64 VOLUSIA 65 WAKULLA 66 WALTON 67 WASHINGTON 68 DEAF/BLIND 69 DOZIER/OKEEC STATE AVERAGE Table 9 Comparison of Average Teacher* Salaries 1993-94 1998-99 2001-02 2002-03 $28,542 $31,758 $33,970 ** $34,749 27,780 32,299 34,382 $35,317 29,470 32,868 36,414 $37,383 27,759 31,332 33,557 ** $36,319 29,507 34,641 37,436 $38,606 34,672 40,036 40,970 $42,822 29,973 32,969 34,382 ** $34,504 30,536 35,435 36,994 ** $39,462 29,141 32,565 34,688 ** $35,380 27,207 33,418 37,062 $37,612 36,417 39,701 42,511 $44,784 28,924 32,772 35,370 $36,549 37,980 41,882 44,964 $45,379 29,866 31,318 35,633 $36,577 25,883 29,434 31,338 $31,664 30,782 34,953 38,893 $40,973 29,049 31,021 33,849 $34,821 28,694 32,611 35,849 ** $37,584 27,671 30,826 33,484 $35,316 27,193 29,865 31,750 $32,831 28,502 31,503 33,826 $35,321 26,903 30,344 36,437 $36,854 27,081 32,070 35,229 $36,822 27,267 30,254 32,356 $34,858 28,597 31,994 34,998 $36,765 28,795 32,019 36,622 $37,754 27,289 31,103 33,585 $34,963 29,796 33,932 36,367 ** $37,672 31,517 34,991 37,933 $38,773 28,809 32,063 34,659 ** $35,850 32,542 33,727 35,913 $38,266 27,170 31,341 33,453 ** $34,191 28,321 31,287 33,635 ** $34,643 25,804 28,105 31,115 ** $32,692 29,770 32,987 35,047 ** $37,652 32,124 35,952 39,443 $40,214 30,334 33,418 36,269 ** $38,719 27,816 33,375 35,429 ** $36,805 29,985 31,962 32,259 ** $33,320 28,006 31,450 33,754 $34,339 ** 30,831 35,218 37,444 ** $39,283 27,979 32,465 34,607 $37,537 29,739 34,493 36,677 ** $39,311 35,781 39,587 $40,471 30,817 34,720 37,192 ** $39,186 30,771 36,137 40,315 $41,815 30,701 34,106 36,717 $38,320 29,740 32,152 42,457 $37,808 27,561 31,537 34,939 $36,567 35,888 40,441 44,126 $45,437 27,516 32,419 35,045 $38,051 32,545 35,191 38,797 $40,282 27,873 31,873 34,917 ** $36,571 29,105 32,360 36,770 $37,415 29,403 31,160 36,591 $37,566 31,589 33,648 37,030 $38,450 29,404 32,946 36,225 ** $37,947 34,831 39,430 42,098 ** $42,879 31,988 35,860 35,758 $38,143 30,155 32,610 35,900 ** $38,244 30,604 36,502 38,223 ** $39,827 29,843 31,768 35,899 ** $37,726 25,519 28,773 30,047 ** $30,558 28,893 32,974 35,720 ** $38,422 27,027 31,286 35,045 $35,473 28,219 29,573 34,268 ** $35,804 29,026 35,915 36,710 ** $38,317 28,161 43,583 $47,803 30,591 40,008 44,208 $46,266 $31,935 $35,916 39,275 $40,275 *A professional paid on the instructional salary schedule negotiated by a Florida **District had not negotiated a new salary schedule prior to reporting. Please 10 school district. Data Source: Florida DOE Staff Database, Survey 3 data (2001- refer to the Cautionary Note on page 2. 02 and 2002-03), Survey 2 data (1993-94 and 1998-99) and Florida DOE District Salary Survey (1992-93).

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