Average Teacher Salary in Iowa

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average teacher salary in Iowa was $41,970 in 2009. This figure represents a 7.52 percent increase over the previous year, when the average teacher salary in Iowa was $39,035. In 2007, teaching salaries in Iowa averaged $37,763.33.

Iowa teacher salaries have consistently been lower than those in most of the country. Teacher salaries in Iowa put the state at 48th in the nation in 2007. The state’s ranking decreased in 2008, falling to 49th. In 2009, however, teaching salaries in Iowa brought the state’s ranking up to 45th in the United States.

Although average Iowa teacher salaries are lower than those in most other states, they have been increasing faster than the national average. The average teacher salary in Iowa increased by a total of 11.14 percent between 2007 and 2009, at a rate much greater than the 2.8 percent national average of salary increases for the same time period. These changes are summarized in the Iowa teacher salary schedule below:

Read our article on becoming a teacher in Iowa if you are interested in teaching in Iowa.