The National Education Associated released its annual report on teacher salaries this week, and, once again, Indiana doesn’t look very good.
The average salary for an Indiana public school teacher in 2018-19 is $50,937, according to the report, compared with a national average of $61,730. In other findings:
- Indiana ranked 36th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia for average teacher salary.
- Adjusting for inflation, Indiana’s average teacher salary has declined by 12.7% in the past decade, the fourth-worst drop in the country after Washington, Michigan and Wisconsin.
- Indiana was fifth from the bottom in reported public school expenditures per student at $8,496. That compares to a national average of $12,602.
- Per-pupil spending declined by 2.6% in Indiana from the previous year, the worst drop in the country.