Idaho teacher salary
$65,444
Average public school teacher salary in Idaho, 2025
Source: Idaho State Department of Education, Certificated Staff Salary Reports. Data period 2025. Published .
Average annual salary (base salary plus extra/duty pay) of public school teachers, by year. Idaho is a full annual time series from SDE; every other state and the US total is the newest year NCES's Digest of Education Statistics table 211.60 publishes.
Note on this value: Idaho State Department of Education, FTE average base salary plus extra pay, for the 'Teacher' certificated staff activity.
Change and comparison
The latest figure, 2025, is the highest in the series, which begins in 2016.
Among 50 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 39th highest in 2021 on average teacher salary from the National Center for Education Statistics. New York was highest at $92,222 and Mississippi lowest at $47,162. The headline figure above is in 2025; this ranking is in 2021.
Among Idaho and its 6 neighboring states, Idaho ranks 6th highest; Nevada is next above at $57,804 and Montana next below at $53,628.
Historical data
Source: Idaho State Department of Education, Certificated Staff Salary Reports. Published .
Other states and the United States:Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics. Published .
Data table (15 rows)
| Period | Idaho (dollars) | United States (dollars) | Montana (dollars) | Nevada (dollars) | Oregon (dollars) | Utah (dollars) | Washington (dollars) | Wyoming (dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | n/a | $8,626 | $7,606 | $9,215 | $8,818 | $7,644 | $9,225 | $8,232 |
| 1979 | n/a | $15,970 | $14,537 | $16,295 | $16,266 | $14,909 | $18,820 | $16,012 |
| 1989 | n/a | $31,367 | $25,081 | $30,590 | $30,840 | $23,686 | $30,457 | $28,141 |
| 1999 | n/a | $41,807 | $32,121 | $39,390 | $42,336 | $34,946 | $41,043 | $34,127 |
| 2009 | n/a | $55,370 | $45,759 | $51,524 | $55,224 | $45,885 | $53,003 | $55,861 |
| 2016 | $47,497 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | $49,209 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | $50,755 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | $52,875 | $64,133 | $52,135 | $56,672 | $67,685 | $54,678 | $76,743 | $59,786 |
| 2020 | $51,817 | $65,293 | $53,133 | $58,167 | $68,565 | $57,226 | $79,388 | $60,234 |
| 2021 | $54,232 | $66,397 | $53,628 | $57,804 | $69,671 | $58,619 | $81,586 | $60,820 |
| 2022 | $56,365 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | $61,516 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | $62,786 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | $65,444 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Compared with other states
Every state is compared on average teacher salary from the National Center for Education Statistics: National Education Association estimate of average annual salary of public elementary and secondary school teachers, current dollars, for the nation and every state, at each school year Digest of Education Statistics table 211.60 prints (1969-70, 1979-80, 1989-90, 1999-2000, 2009-10, 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22). The headline figure above is in 2025; this comparison is in 2021.
Dollars
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics. Data period 2021. Published .
An excerpt; the full table is below.
| State | 2021 |
|---|---|
| 1. New York | $92,222 |
| 2. Massachusetts | $88,903 |
| 3. California | $87,275 |
| 4. District of Columbia | $82,523 |
| 5. Washington | $81,586 |
| 6. Connecticut | $81,185 |
| 7. New Jersey | $79,045 |
| 8. Rhode Island | $76,852 |
| 9. Maryland | $75,766 |
| 10. Alaska | $73,722 |
Data table (52 rows)
| State | 2021 |
|---|---|
| 1. New York | $92,222 |
| 2. Massachusetts | $88,903 |
| 3. California | $87,275 |
| 4. District of Columbia | $82,523 |
| 5. Washington | $81,586 |
| 6. Connecticut | $81,185 |
| 7. New Jersey | $79,045 |
| 8. Rhode Island | $76,852 |
| 9. Maryland | $75,766 |
| 10. Alaska | $73,722 |
| 11. Illinois | $72,301 |
| 12. Pennsylvania | $72,248 |
| 13. Oregon | $69,671 |
| 14. Minnesota | $68,491 |
| 15. Hawaii | $67,000 |
| United States | $66,397 |
| 16. Delaware | $65,647 |
| 17. Michigan | $65,198 |
| 18. Ohio | $63,153 |
| 19. Vermont | $62,866 |
| 20. New Hampshire | $62,783 |
| 21. Georgia | $61,249 |
| 22. Wyoming | $60,820 |
| 23. Wisconsin | $60,453 |
| 24. Virginia | $59,965 |
| 25. Iowa | $59,262 |
| 26. Texas | $58,887 |
| 27. Maine | $58,757 |
| 28. Utah | $58,619 |
| 29. Colorado | $58,481 |
| 30. Nevada | $57,804 |
| 31. Nebraska | $57,420 |
| 32. Alabama | $55,834 |
| 33. North Dakota | $55,769 |
| 34. Kansas | $54,815 |
| 35. Oklahoma | $54,804 |
| 36. Arizona | $54,580 |
| 37. Kentucky | $54,574 |
| 38. New Mexico | $54,272 |
| 39. Idaho | $54,232 |
| 40. Indiana | $54,126 |
| 41. North Carolina | $53,644 |
| 42. Montana | $53,628 |
| 43. Tennessee | $53,619 |
| 44. South Carolina | $53,393 |
| 45. Arkansas | $52,486 |
| 46. Missouri | $52,481 |
| 47. Louisiana | $52,376 |
| 48. Florida | $51,230 |
| 49. West Virginia | $50,315 |
| 50. South Dakota | $49,761 |
| 51. Mississippi | $47,162 |
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics table 211.60, estimated average annual salary of teachers (National Education Association estimate), current dollars.
The same salaries in today's dollars
$65,444 in 2025 (estimate). The average teacher salary of each school year restated in 2025 dollars, using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average, all items. BLS publishes no Idaho or state-level index, so the national one deflates every geography.
Source: Idaho State Department of Education, Average teacher salary in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho). Published .
Data table (10 rows)
| Period | Average teacher salary in 2025 dollars (dollars) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $63,712 |
| 2017 | $64,632 |
| 2018 | $65,073 |
| 2019 | $66,584 |
| 2020 | $64,457 |
| 2021 | $64,433 |
| 2022 | $62,005 |
| 2023 | $64,997 |
| 2024 | $64,438 |
| 2025 | $65,444 |
Source
- Organization
- Idaho State Department of Education
- Dataset
- Certificated Staff Salary Reports
- Geography
- Idaho (statewide) by year; nation and every state for the newest comparison year
- Time coverage
- 2016-2025 (Idaho), 2021 (interstate comparison)
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- Original file
- https://www.sde.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-2026-All-Staff-Salary-Summary.xlsx
- Methodology
- https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/dt22_211.60.asp
- License
- Public domain. State of Idaho and U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- Certificated Staff Salary Reports
Caveats
- Value is full-time-equivalent (FTE) average base salary plus extra and duty pay for staff whose job assignment is classified as Teacher, not base salary alone.
- Idaho's own time series starts in school year 2016-17; no standalone certificated salary report exists before that year.
- Period 2024 (school year 2024-25) is read from a PDF report with whole-dollar figures, unlike other years' cents-precision Excel figures.
- The interstate comparison is for school year 2021-22, the newest year NCES has published, not the same year as Idaho's own newest (2025) figure.
State comparison:
- Organization
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Dataset
- Digest of Education Statistics
- Geography
- Nation and every state (50 states plus the District of Columbia)
- Time coverage
- 1969 to 2024, at whichever years each of the five source tables publishes; each measure's own span is in its description
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- Original file
- https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d25/tables/xls/tabn203.20.xlsx
- Methodology
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/
- License
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- Digest of Education Statistics
Caveats
- Tables 208.40 and 304.10 run through fall 2022, the newest edition of each; table 211.60 runs through school year 2021-22, its newest edition.
- NCES's state teacher salaries (table 211.60) are National Education Association estimates of average classroom teacher salary, which differ in definition from the State Department of Education's own certificated-staff average used for Idaho's own average teacher salary figure.
Where sources disagree
- Average teacher salary (NCES), Idaho, 2021: the Idaho State Department of Education publishes $54,232. NCES table 211.60 gives $54,232 for school year 2021-22, a National Education Association estimate of average classroom teacher salary. The State Department of Education's figure is its own payroll average for staff whose job assignment it classifies as Teacher, a different definition.
The same salaries in today's dollars:
- Organization
- Idaho State Department of Education
- Dataset
- Average teacher salary in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho)
- Geography
- Idaho (statewide) by year; nation and every state for the newest comparison year
- Time coverage
- 2016-2025 (Idaho), 2021 (interstate comparison)
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- Original file
- https://www.sde.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-2026-All-Staff-Salary-Summary.xlsx
- License
- Public domain. State of Idaho and U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- Average teacher salary in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho)
Caveats
- Computed by Understand Idaho from Certificated Staff Salary Reports and Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items; it is not a figure the publisher releases.
- The index is set so the average of the years 1982 through 1984 equals 100; a value is meaningful only compared with the index in another year, not against a dollar amount.
- This is CPI-U (all urban consumers), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted. BLS publishes no Idaho or other state-level Consumer Price Index; the nearest published sub-national series is the CPI-U for the West region, a multi-state Census region that is not Idaho and is not the series stored here.
- The annual average for a year is not published until BLS has released all twelve months of that year, so the newest year in this dataset lags the current year by several months.
- BLS published an annual average for 2025 based on eleven of the twelve months: October 2025 data was not collected because of that year's lapse in appropriations, the same gap documented in this site's Unemployment (LAUS) dataset.
- Early years in this series carry one decimal place of precision and recent years carry three, exactly as BLS publishes them; this reflects a change in the Bureau's own published precision over the series' history, not a difference this site introduced.
Inputs: Certificated Staff Salary Reports and Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items.
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