Average Teacher Salary in Alaska
The average teacher salary in Alaska was significantly higher than the national average for both 2008 and 2009. The national averages were $49,720 in 2009 and $48,353 in 2008. Teaching salaries in Alaska were $66,560 in 2009 and $56,655 in 2008.
From 2007 to 2008, teacher salary in Alaska rose by a small .42%, but from 2008 to 2009, there was an astonishing 17.48 percent increase. The average teacher salary in Alaska jumped from $56,655 to $66,560 from 2008 to 2009. This increase in 2009 resulted in a 17.98 percent increase in a two-year period.
Teacher salaries in Alaska went down in the national ranking between 2007 and 2008 from number 6 to number 8. Then, in 2009 teaching salaries in Alaska exploded to the number three ranking in the nation.
Alaska teacher salaries have been consistently rising over the last several years. Take a look at the Alaska teacher salary schedule below:
| Average Salary | Percent Change | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2009 | Rank | 2008 | Rank | 2007 | 2008 to 2009 | 2007 to 2008 | 2007 to 2009 | ||
| Alaska | 3 | $66,560.00 | 8 | $56,655.00 | 6 | $56,416.67 | 17.48% | 0.42% | 17.98% | |
Read our article on becoming a teacher in Alaska if you are interested in teaching in Alaska.
Average Teacher Salaries in Nearby States
Financial Data for Alaska
State Spending on Teachers
- Salary expenditure on all teachers (including home schoolers, special education, non-certified teachers): $578,916,138
- Benefits expenditures for teachers: $412,554,779
- Instructional expenditures for teaching supplies: $57,778,645
- Total current instructional expenditures per student (teacher salary and curriculum): $13,113
- Total current expenditures per student: $25,033
Revenue Per Student From Various Sources
- State revenue per student: $11,580
- Federal revenue per student: $2,336
State Sources of Revenue for Schools
- Revenue by state property tax: $-1
- Revenue by local government property tax: $204,158,329
- Federal grants direct to local districts: $43,583,090
- Federal grants through state: $136,059,487
Alaska School Districts
| School District | Full Time Teachers | Student to Teacher Ratio | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Gateway School District | 31 | 15 to 1 | 1313.5 Alaska Hwy
Tok, AK 99780 907-883-5151 |
| Aleutian Region School District | 6 | 7 to 1 | 118 East International Airport
Anchorage, AK 99518 907-277-2648 |
| Aleutians East Borough School District | 34 | 8 to 1 | 100 Mossberry Ln
Sand Point, AK 99661 907-383-5222 |
| Anchorage School District | 2,839 | 17 to 1 | 5530 East Northern Lights Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99519 907-742-4312 |
| Annette Island School District | 29 | 9 to 1 | 4th And Milton St
Metlakatla, AK 99926 907-886-6332 |
| Bering Strait School District | 171 | 10 to 1 | 225 Main St
Unalakleet, AK 99684 907-624-3611 |
| Bristol Bay Borough School District | 14 | 10 to 1 | 2 School Rd North
Naknek, AK 99633 907-246-4225 |
| Chatham School District | 18 | 9 to 1 | 100 Kootznoohoo Rd
Angoon, AK 99820 907-788-3302 |
| Chugach School District | 11 | 22 to 1 | 9312 Vanguard Dr Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99507 907-522-7400 |
| Copper River School District | 37 | 14 to 1 | 1976 Aurora Dr
Glennallen, AK 99588 907-822-3234 |
| Cordova City School District | 26 | 15 to 1 | 100 Fisherman Ave
Cordova, AK 99574 907-424-3265 |
| Craig City School District | 32 | 23 to 1 | 100 School Rd
Craig, AK 99921 907-826-3274 |
| Delta/greely School District | 61 | 19 to 1 | 1664 North Clearwater
Delta Junction, AK 99737 907-895-4781 |
| Denali Borough School District | 26 | 17 to 1 | 280 Suntrana St
Healy, AK 99743 907-683-2278 |
| Dillingham City School District | 39 | 13 to 1 | 135 Main St
Dillingham, AK 99576 907-842-5223 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | 805 | 18 to 1 | 520 Fifth Ave
Fairbanks, AK 99701 907-452-2000 |
| Galena City School District | 63 | 59 to 1 | 299 Antoski Ave
Galena, AK 99741 907-656-1205 |
| Haines Borough School District | 22 | 15 to 1 | 604 Haines Hwy
Haines, AK 99827 907-766-6725 |
| Hoonah City School District | 11 | 12 to 1 | 366 Garteeni Hwy
Hoonah, AK 99829 907-945-3611 |
| Hydaburg City School District | 9 | 8 to 1 | 100 Totem Pole Ln
Hydaburg, AK 99922 907-285-3491 |
| Iditarod Area School District | 20 | 15 to 1 | 1 Takotna Ave
Mcgrath, AK 99627 907-524-3033 |
| Juneau Borough School District | 333 | 15 to 1 | 811 West 12th St
Juneau, AK 99801 907-523-1700 |
| Kake City School District | 10 | 10 to 1 | 175 Library Placeace
Kake, AK 99830 907-785-3741 |
| Kashunamiut School District | 29 | 11 to 1 | 985 Ksd Way
Chevak, AK 99563 907-858-7713 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | 570 | 17 to 1 | 148 North Binkley St
Soldotna, AK 99669 907-714-8888 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | 152 | 14 to 1 | 2610 Fourth Ave
Ketchikan, AK 99901 907-247-2109 |
| Klawock City School District | 13 | 9 to 1 | 100 Bayview Blvd
Klawock, AK 99925 907-755-2917 |
| Kodiak Island Borough School District | 177 | 15 to 1 | 722 Mill Bay Rd
Kodiak, AK 99615 907-481-6200 |
| Kuspuk School District | 37 | 9 to 1 | 1 Boundary Ave
Aniak, AK 99557 907-675-4250 |
| Lake And Peninsula Borough School District | 46 | 9 to 1 | Jensen Dr 498
King Salmon, AK 99613 907-246-4280 |
| Lower Kuskokwim School District | 284 | 14 to 1 | 1004 Ron Edwards Way
Bethel, AK 99559 907-543-4810 |
| Lower Yukon School District | 151 | 14 to 1 | 1st Bldg. Airporoute Rd
Mountain Village, AK 99632 907-591-2411 |
| Matanuska-susitna Borough School District | 949 | 17 to 1 | 501 North Gulkana
Palmer, AK 99645 907-746-9255 |
| Mount Edgecumbe High School | 22 | 20 to 1 | 1330 Seward Ave
Sitka, AK 99835 907-966-3200 |
| Nenana City School District | 22 | 50 to 1 | 2nd And C St
Nenana, AK 99760 907-832-5464 |
| Nome Public Schools | 50 | 14 to 1 | Mile 3.5 Nome-teller Hwy
Nome, AK 99762 907-443-2231 |
| North Slope Borough School District | 135 | 14 to 1 | 829 Aivak St
Barrow, AK 99723 907-852-5311 |
| Northwest Arctic Borough School District | 143 | 14 to 1 | 776 Third Ave
Kotzebue, AK 99752 907-442-3472 |
| Pelican City School District | 2 | 8 to 1 | 101 South Salmon Way
Pelican, AK 99832 907-735-2236 |
| Petersburg City School District | 40 | 13 to 1 | 201 Charles West St
Petersburg, AK 99833 907-772-4271 |
| Pribilof School District | 11 | 11 to 1 | 930 Tolstoi Blvd
Saint Paul Island, AK 99660 907-546-3337 |
| Saint Mary's School District | 14 | 13 to 1 | 1 Dixon Circlecle
Saint Mary S, AK 99658 907-438-2411 |
| Sitka School District | 103 | 13 to 1 | 300 Kostrometinoff St
Sitka, AK 99835 907-747-8622 |
| Skagway City School District | 12 | 8 to 1 | 1563 Main St
Skagway, AK 99840 907-983-2960 |
| Southeast Island School District | 18 | 9 to 1 | 1218 A Shoreline Dr
Thorne Bay, AK 99919 907-828-8254 |
| Southwest Region School District | 60 | 11 to 1 | 574 Kenny Wren Rd
Dillingham, AK 99576 907-842-5287 |
| Tanana City School District | 6 | 7 to 1 | 89 Front St
Tanana, AK 99777 907-366-7203 |
| Unalaska City School District | 31 | 13 to 1 | 55 East Brdway St
Unalaska, AK 99685 907-581-3151 |
| Valdez City School District | 48 | 15 to 1 | 1112 West Klutina
Valdez, AK 99686 907-835-4357 |
| Wrangell Public School District | 24 | 13 to 1 | 350 Bennett St
Wrangell, AK 99929 907-874-2347 |
| Yakutat School District | 13 | 10 to 1 | 429 Forest Hwy
Yakutat, AK 99689 907-784-3317 |
| Yukon Flats School District | 31 | 9 to 1 | 123 Hill St
Fort Yukon, AK 99740 907-662-2515 |
| Yukon/koyukuk School District | 44 | 32 to 1 | 4762 Old Airporoute Way
Fairbanks, AK 99709 907-374-9400 |
| Yupiit School District | 43 | 10 to 1 | Main St
Akiachak, AK 99551 907-825-3600 |
