INDIANAPOLIS – New data shows Indiana’s teacher pay is ticking up but still trails averages in neighboring states, as the debate over Hoosier educator salaries continues.
In her Monday Indiana Capital Chronicle website story, Casey Smith revealed the average Indiana teacher salary is $58,531, up from about $57,000 the previous year.
According to the 2022-23 state teacher compensation report by the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board, the lowest teacher salary was $38,000. The highest is about $108,000.
More than 31,000 full-time Hoosier teachers earn above the statewide average but almost 32,000 educators still earn below that margin, per the report.
Currently, Indiana law requires a minimum salary of $40,000 for each full-time teacher. The Indiana State Teachers Association’s (ISTA) county-by-county map of average teacher salaries and starting salaries shows most Hoosier districts, but not all, have raised salary minimums during the previous and current school years.
But representatives from the state’s largest teacher union told the Indiana Capital Chronicle that “there is still work to be done in achieving the teacher salary goals set by the governor in 2020.”
“It’s evident that other states continue to outpace Indiana in making investments in K-12 education, placing Indiana at a disadvantage,” said ISTA President Keith Gambill, who emphasized in November that the union is additionally continuing to lobby for professional pay benefits and support for parent educators, bus drivers, food service workers, and other “vital support staff.”
View more data and find the complete Indiana Capital Chronicle article by Casey Smith, here.
