Teacher Salary Research
Missouri NEA prepares two reports annually. The Salary Benchmarks and Rankings report highlights key benchmarks of teacher salary schedules. The Salary Rankings report details the average salaries of Missouri teachers, administrators, and superintendents. The reports are compiled using school employee salary schedules of the Missouri school districts and core data submitted to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
NEA publishes the NEA Rankings & Estimates annually. It reports the state of the nation's public schools -- revenue, expenditures, and salaries.
If you have questions about the reports, contact MNEA Digital Communications and Research Director Rishanda Richardson at rishanda.richardson@mnea.org or (573) 644-9621.
Compensation Reports
(Teachers, Educations Support Professionals, Administrators, and Superintendents)
2023-2024 Reports
Missouri NEA Reports
- Missouri Salary Rankings 2022-2023 (average salaries of superintendents, teachers, administrators) published Feb. 2024
- Missouri Salary Benchmarks and Rankings 2023-2024 (benchmarks of teacher and ESP salary schedules) pub. Feb. 2024
- Ask your UniServ office about the District Comparison Report.
National Education Association Reports
- 2023-2024 NEA Rankings and Estimates, which provides a wide array of school funding statistics and includes the average teacher salary by state and nationally.
- NEA ESP Data Book: A Workforce Profile of Education Support Professionals pub. Dec. 2023
2022-2023 Reports
Missouri NEA Reports
- Missouri Salary Rankings 2021-2022 (average salaries of superintendents, teachers, administrators) pub. Jan. 2023
- Missouri Salary Benchmarks and Rankings 2022-2023 (benchmarks of teacher and ESP salary schedules) pub. Feb. 2023
- Ask your UniServ office about the District Comparison Report.
National Education Association Reports
2022-2023 NEA Rankings and Estimates, which provides a wide array of school funding statistics and includes the average teacher salary by state and nationally.
2021-2022 NEA Teacher Salary Benchmark Report, which provides information from nearly 12,000 school districts on average pay for new teachers, as well as additional career points.
NEA ESP Earnings Report, which offers a breakdown of educational support professional (ESP) pay in K-12 and higher education.
NEA Higher Education Faculty Salary Analysis, which looks at full-time faculty and graduate assistant salaries at the national, state, and institutional level.
- NEA ESP Data Book: A Workforce Profile of Education Support Professionals pub. Dec. 2022
2021-2022 Reports
Missouri Reports
Missouri Salary Benchmarks and Rankings 2021-2022
Missouri Salary Rankings 2020-2021 (superintendents, teachers, administrators)
National Reports
2021-2022 NEA Rankings and Estimates, which provides a wide array of school funding statistics and includes the average teacher salary by state and nationally.
2020-2021 NEA Teacher Salary Benchmark Report, which provides information from nearly 12,000 school districts on average pay for new teachers, as well as additional career points.
NEA ESP Earnings Report, which offers a breakdown of educational support professional (ESP) pay in K-12 and higher education.
NEA Higher Education Faculty Salary Analysis, which looks at full-time faculty and graduate assistant salaries at the national, state, and institutional level.
2020-2021 Reports
NEA Rankings & Estimates Report 2020-2021
Missouri Salary Benchmarks and Rankings 2020-2021
Missouri Salary Rankings 2019-2020 (superintendents, teachers, administrators)
2019-2020 Reports
NEA Rankings & Estimates Report 2019-2020
Missouri Salary Benchmarks and Rankings 2019-2020
Correction: North Kansas City: BA Step 1 $40,000, MA Step 1 $40,383, Max Salary $82,025
Missouri Salary Rankings 2018-2019 (superintendents, teachers, administrators)
Living Wage Calculator
Economic Policy Institute's Living Wage Calculator measures the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living.
With this easy-to-use and understand calculator, just choose your county, and the number of people in your household to understand the living wage for your family. The tool uses data to estimate community-specific costs for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children) in all counties and metro areas in the United States. Compared with the federal poverty line and the Supplemental Poverty Measure, EPI's family budgets provide a more accurate and complete measure of economic security in America.
THE EDUCATOR PAY GAP, EXPLAINED
Collective Bargaining Help
Helping you to organize to bargain with your employer is one of our highest goals. Collective bargaining gives public education employees a voice in their salaries, benefits, and working conditions. If you are looking for the best way to exercise influence over your career, contact your MNEA UniServ Director.
Missouri NEA in cooperation with CompTracker collects school district salary and compensation information through an online database utility. Missouri NEA local leaders who request access can log into the database to see current and historical data for Missouri school districts, as well as run reports to analyze the data.