The average salaries for teachers for [wp_campaign_1] beginning (and average) by state is a tricky business are shown in the Table below. Data were combined data from multiple sources, including the National Education Association, job surveys, and private data analyses to try to build the most accurate list of teacher salaries by state. The salary for teacher as shown here is cited from http://teacherportal.com/teacher-salaries-by-state.
| State | Starting Salary | Average Salary | 10-year increase | Salary Comfort Index |
| Alabama | $31,368 | $40,347 | 28.9 | 13 |
| Alaska | $38,657 | $53,553 | 7.9 | 30 |
| Arizona | $30,404 | $44,672 | 37.5 | 35 |
| Arkansas | $28,784 | $42,768 | 44.8 | 11 |
| California | $35,760 | $59,825 | 41.6 | 44 |
| Colorado | $35,086 | $44,439 | 25.7 | 12 |
| Connecticut | $39,259 | $59,304 | 18 | 22 |
| Delaware | $35,854 | $54,264 | 33.9 | 2 |
| Florida | $33,427 | $43,302 | 29.9 | 26 |
| Georgia | $34,442 | $48,300 | 42.1 | 3 |
| Hawaii | $35,816 | $49,292 | 37.7 | 50 |
| Idaho | $27,500 | $41,150 | 33.2 | 33 |
| Illinois | $37,500 | $58,686 | 43.4 | 1 |
| Indiana | $30,844 | $47,255 | 25.4 | 8 |
| Iowa | $27,284 | $41,083 | 26.9 | 31 |
| Kansas | $27,840 | $41,467 | 28.1 | 21 |
| Kentucky | $30,619 | $42,592 | 28.8 | 15 |
| Louisiana | $31,298 | $40,029 | 45.4 | 20 |
| Maine | $26,643 | $40,737 | 23.9 | 47 |
| Maryland | $37,125 | $54,333 | 32 | 37 |
| Massachusetts | $35,421 | $56,369 | 35 | 34 |
| Michigan | $35,557 | $54,739 | 16.9 | 4 |
| Minnesota | $31,532 | $48,489 | 31.3 | 10 |
| Mississippi | $28,200 | $40,576 | 46.5 | 19 |
| Missouri | $29,281 | $40,462 | 25.2 | 16 |
| Montana | $25,318 | $39,832 | 35.6 | 46 |
| Nebraska | $29,303 | $40,382 | 28.2 | 17 |
| Nevada | $27,957 | $44,426 | 22.8 | 45 |
| New Hampshire | $28,279 | $45,263 | 26.5 | 48 |
| New Jersey | $38,408 | $58,156 | 19.3 | 36 |
| New Mexico | $33,730 | $41,637 | 43.2 | 29 |
| New York | $37,321 | $57,354 | 19.2 | 38 |
| North Carolina | $27,944 | $43,922 | 44.4 | 23 |
| North Dakota | $24,872 | $37,764 | 40 | 43 |
| Ohio | $33,671 | $50,314 | 33 | 6 |
| Oklahoma | $29,174 | $38,772 | 36.5 | 18 |
| Oregon | $33,699 | $50,044 | 26 | 14 |
| Pennsylvania | $34,976 | $54,027 | 17.2 | 5 |
| Rhode Island | $33,815 | $54,730 | 31 | 42 |
| South Carolina | $28,568 | $43,011 | 36 | 24 |
| South Dakota | $26,111 | $34,709 | 31.7 | 41 |
| Tennessee | $32,369 | $42,537 | 28.4 | 9 |
| Texas | $33,775 | $41,744 | 32.9 | 7 |
| Utah | $26,521 | $40,007 | 30.8 | 39 |
| Vermont | $26,461 | $46,622 | 28.5 | 49 |
| Virginia | $33,200 | $43,823 | 26 | 25 |
| Washington | $30,974 | $46,326 | 22.4 | 32 |
| West Virginia | $26,704 | $38,284 | 19.1 | 40 |
| Wisconsin | $25,222 | $46,390 | 21.5 | 28 |
| Wyoming | $31,481 | $43,255 | 37 | 27 |