Datafile Name: Teacher Pay by States
Story Names: Teacher Pay by States
Reference: National Education Association, as reported by the Albuquerque Tribune, 11/7/86.
Description:
Average public teacher pay and spending on public schools per pupil in 1985
for 50 states and the District of Columbia were reported by the Albuquerque Tribune.
Number of cases: 51
Variable Names:
  1. PAY: Average public school teacher annual salary ($)
  2. SPEND: Spending on public schools per pupil ($)
  3. AREA: Region 1 Northeast and North Central 2 South 3 West
The Data:
PAY   SPEND  AREA 

ME    19583	3346	1
NH     20263	3114	1
VT     20325	3554	1
MA    26800	4642	1
RI      29470	4669	1
CT    26610	4888	1
NY    30678	5710	1
NJ     27170	5536	1
PA    25853	4168	1
OH    24500	3547	1
IN      24274	3159	1
IL      27170	3621	1
MI     30168	3782	1
WI     26525	4247	1
MN    27360	3982	1
IA      21690	3568	1
MO    21974	3155	1
ND    20816	3059	1
SD    18095	2967	1
NB    20939	3285	1
KA    22644	3914	1
DE    24624	4517	2
MD    27186	4349	2
DC    33990	5020	2
VA    23382	3594	2
WV   20627	2821	2
NC    22795	3366	2
SC    21570	2920	2
GA    22080	2980	2
FL     22250	3731	2
KY    20940	2853	2
TE    21800	2533	2
AL    22934	2729	2
MS   18443	2305	2
AR    19538	2642	2
LA    20460	3124	2
OK    21419	2752	2
TX    25160	3429	2
MT    22482	3947	3
ID     20969	2509	3
WY   27224	5440	3
CO   25892	4042	3
NM    22644	3402	3
AZ    24640	2829	3
UT    22341	2297	3
NV    25610	2932	3
WA   26015	3705	3
OR   25788	4123	3
CA    29132	3608	3
AK    41480	8349	3
HA    25845	3766	3