Table 2: Calculation of a 2000-2001 Adjusted Average Teacher Salary Target for Louisiana
 NEA Estimated 2000-2001 Average Teacher Salary 2001 Cost of Living Index (COL) Salary Adjusted for Cost of Living Index 1999-2000 Percent of Teachers with More than B.A. Original More than BA Data Training Adjustment Factor (TAF) Salary Adjusted for COL and TAF 1997-98 AFT Average Years of Experience Experience Adjustment Factor (EAF) Salary Adjusted for COL, TAF and EAF
(1) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Louisiana $34,253 100 $34,253 33.1% 1.0331 $34,253 14.1 1.2820 $34,253 #REF!
 
Alabama $37,956 101.5 $37,395 54.3% 1.0543 $36,643 14.7 1.2940 $36,303 #REF!
Arkansas $34,476 95.9 $35,950 36.5% 1.0365 $35,832 15.0 1.3000 $35,336 #REF!
Delaware $47,047 109.7 $42,887 48.1% 1.0481 $42,273 15.6 1.3120 $41,307 #REF!
Florida $37,824 105.7 $35,784 39.9% 1.0399 $35,550 14.3 1.2860 $35,440 #REF!
 
Georgia $42,216 106.1 $39,789 47.4% 1.0474 $39,246 13.5 1.2700 $39,616 #REF!
Kentucky $37,234 97.1 $38,346 70.8% 1.0708 $36,996 15.3 1.3060 $36,316 #REF!
Maryland $44,997 112.3 $40,069 46.3% 1.0463 $39,563 16.3 1.3260 $38,250 #REF!
Mississippi $32,957 99.0 $33,290 27.1% 1.0271 $33,485 14.4 1.2880 $33,329 #REF!
 
North Carolina $41,167 104.2 $39,508 36.2% 1.0362 $39,389 14.5 1.2900 $39,145 #REF!
Oklahoma $34,434 95.8 $35,944 38.6% 1.0386 $35,753 14.2 1.2840 $35,698 #REF!
South Carolina $37,327 104.3 $35,788 49.7% 1.0497 $35,222 14.5 1.2900 $35,004 #REF!
Tennessee $37,074 98.5 $37,639 53.9% 1.0539 $36,896 15.5 1.3100 $36,107 #REF!
 
Texas $38,614 98.9 $39,043 28.0% 1.0280 $39,237 13.3 1.2660 $39,733 #REF!
Virginia $40,197 102.6 $39,178 31.0% 1.0310 $39,258 14.7 1.2940 $38,894 #REF!
West Virginia $35,764 96.8 $36,946 51.6% 1.0516 $36,296 16.9 1.3380 $34,777 #REF!
 
 
Weighted By Number of Teachers #REF! #REF! #REF! # #REF! #REF!
Simple Average $38,346 $37,613 $37,243 $36,844
2000-2001 Salary Estimates are from the NEA 2000-2001 Deficit   $2,591
NEA - National Education Association.  
AFT - American Federation of Teachers.
NCES - National Center for Education Statistics. Deficit = difference between SREB weighted teacher average and Louisiana average teacher salary for current year
Percent Teachers with  Greater than BA: SREB State Departments of Education or Instruction
State Cost-of-Living Index is for the 4th Quarter of 2000 and 1st Quarter of 2001
UPDATED AUGUST 2001

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