The lowest average salary for public school instructional staff in 2018-19 was in Mississippi.
The NEA's Rankings of the States 2019 and Estimates of School Statistics 2020 says that the range of average salaries in individual states ranged from $47,437 in Mississippi to $86,609 in New York.
The average salary for instructional staff in U.S. public schools in 2018-19 was $64,545.
Here are the 10 states with the lowest average salaries for public school instructional staff in 2018-19:
State Average salary
Mississippi $47,347
Florida $48,784
West Virginia $49,499
South Dakota $49,887
Arizona $50,778
New Mexico $51,410
Montana $51,680
Arkansas $52,202
Kansas $52,236
Missouri $52,452
