Average Teacher Salary

When calculating average teacher salary, it is important to remember that changes from year-to-year in the level of teacher experience and education affect the average. As an example, a teacher with 10 years of experience and a master’s degree may leave the school and be replaced the following year with a teacher who has four years of experience and a bachelor’s degree. This would be a substantial differential that would lower the school’s average teacher salary. Therefore, when teacher salaries are looked at in aggregate and compared from year-to-year, the increase in average teacher salaries will differ from the 10 percent increase given to each eligible teacher because of these expected variations.

Teacher Salary Schedule SY2024-2025

 

Average Teacher Salary (A.R.S. §15-189.05),
as added by Laws 2018, Ch. 285, §3

Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2024-2025	$55,665*
Average salary of all teachers employed in prior year 2023-2024	$54,474*
Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2023-2024	$1,191
Percentage increase	2%

 *The above does not include Proposition 301 or other employee stipends or earnings. Including Pay for Performance funds, the average teacher is eligible for an annual compensation of $59,665.