The Texas Education Agency publishes each year the annual salary schedule of teachers based on the number of years they have been employed by the state. For the 2010-11 school year, starting salary for a teacher in Texas is $27,320 annually.
Teachers in Texas receive a pay increase each year. For the 2010-11 school year, second-year teachers are paid an annual salary of $27,910, third-year teachers receive $28,490 and pay increases incrementally each year. Salaries are capped at $44,270, the amount received by all those who have taught for 20 years or more.
Starting teacher salaries in New York are the highest, ranging from $45,530 for teachers who have a bachelor's degree but no prior teaching experience to $74,796 for teachers who have a bachelor's degree plus 30 credits and at least 7 years teaching experience. Those who have a master's degree but no teaching experience start at $51,425. North Dakota has the lowest starting teacher salary at $24,872 with other northwestern states being similarly low.
Spanish teachers, and all foreign language teachers, begin at the same starting salary as teachers of all other subjects. Pay is based on the amount of teaching experience and education completed, rather than on subject taught. Government employee salaries are a matter of public record as part of the Texas Public Information Act, so the current salary of all Spanish teachers in the public schools are published by publications such as the Texas Tribune. See Resources.