Table 6. Current Spending of Public Elementary-Secondary School Systems by State: 2008-09 

(Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.) 

All functions Instruction

Salaries Employee Salaries Employee Salaries Employee All other

Total and wages benefits Total 1 and wages benefits Total 1 and wages benefits functions

 United States 517,708,299 310,334,051 109,187,793 311,891,097 209,007,145 70,058,805 178,693,645 90,999,666 31,901,000 27,123,557

Alabama 6,728,969 3,809,370 1,597,199 3,836,398 2,479,840 995,732 2,331,552 1,148,375 497,017 561,019

Alaska 2,033,374 945,159 645,792 1,129,756 603,938 394,058 832,783 319,126 210,902 70,835

Arizona 7,735,635 4,678,519 1,348,233 4,296,503 3,047,829 863,802 2,983,729 1,512,183 448,120 455,403

Arkansas 4,443,722 2,557,025 669,976 2,417,974 1,668,196 437,095 1,492,691 800,788 207,812 533,057

California 61,071,012 37,561,531 12,185,577 35,617,964 24,304,934 7,407,481 21,693,675 11,582,876 4,197,815 3,759,373

Colorado 7,146,967 4,592,653 1,077,341 4,108,304 2,957,851 683,331 2,708,535 1,490,262 356,364 330,128

Connecticut 8,190,255 4,700,781 1,849,274 5,054,397 3,290,580 1,273,457 2,805,173 1,268,687 525,533 330,685

Delaware 1,454,873 808,034 352,867 877,678 565,689 250,483 496,383 217,220 95,462 80,812

District of Columbia 739,339 474,713 57,153 330,698 280,208 30,349 370,127 183,576 25,939 38,514

Florida 23,498,048 13,804,733 4,326,513 13,884,278 8,805,125 2,651,099 8,067,350 4,430,629 1,453,560 1,546,420

Georgia 16,036,166 10,422,791 2,769,048 10,063,924 7,129,481 2,041,514 5,135,180 2,979,825 662,133 837,062

Hawaii 2,250,087 1,268,293 498,895 1,402,305 868,444 342,919 718,309 340,860 134,908 129,473

Idaho 1,904,422 1,175,778 392,821 1,157,633 808,824 262,890 646,213 333,647 115,618 100,576

Illinois 23,218,026 13,580,369 8,431,943 13,520,105 9,183,424 3,008,958 8,764,971 4,156,074 1,540,067 932,950

Indiana 9,706,715 5,581,282 2,638,131 5,548,292 3,729,754 1,640,315 3,681,825 1,646,724 943,164 476,598

Iowa 4,755,348 3,074,306 930,877 2,914,176 2,085,545 624,642 1,615,189 899,280 280,196 225,983

Kansas 4,685,472 2,867,777 753,763 2,883,104 1,901,202 495,837 1,578,417 882,120 227,714 223,951

Kentucky 5,930,403 3,806,572 1,253,020 3,468,191 2,498,430 789,558 2,050,683 1,143,534 405,704 411,529

Louisiana 7,003,000 4,167,267 1,433,487 4,051,985 2,772,414 925,618 2,542,723 1,226,864 438,600 408,292

Maine 2,389,734 1,342,120 545,911 1,383,650 896,809 369,613 857,706 394,886 156,465 148,378

Maryland 11,373,754 7,013,377 2,630,382 6,899,346 4,715,495 1,787,291 3,984,072 2,183,709 795,133 490,336

Massachusetts 13,968,798 7,571,711 3,451,838 8,885,949 4,680,805 2,547,318 4,626,112 2,056,905 853,293 456,737

Michigan 16,642,564 9,267,692 4,365,901 9,422,685 6,027,815 2,790,185 6,354,021 3,099,185 1,510,036 865,858

Minnesota 9,331,434 5,326,075 2,178,738 5,815,987 3,749,532 1,574,355 2,712,430 1,184,210 475,358 803,017

Mississippi 3,985,744 2,397,815 757,282 2,317,710 1,592,833 486,107 1,392,119 697,568 225,220 275,915

Missouri 8,734,145 5,467,499 1,507,381 5,175,127 3,668,343 983,422 3,023,041 1,577,709 441,473 535,977

Montana 1,432,675 829,685 242,922 855,803 568,330 161,920 509,899 243,104 73,933 66,973

Nebraska 2,938,103 1,747,173 553,717 1,887,427 1,238,895 403,325 905,681 455,439 136,489 144,995

Nevada 3,652,056 2,212,218 826,106 2,145,779 1,423,181 523,471 1,364,083 749,967 286,998 142,194

New Hampshire 2,443,217 1,374,939 523,810 1,546,316 1,001,600 383,581 822,081 346,042 132,649 74,820

New Jersey 23,440,277 13,455,477 4,852,444 13,800,343 8,839,737 2,979,558 8,687,138 4,326,856 1,636,096 952,796

New Mexico 3,107,149 1,880,079 593,402 1,807,514 1,244,507 386,705 1,167,618 595,714 190,514 132,017

New York 50,690,599 28,868,481 11,985,026 35,195,372 21,764,757 9,370,029 14,079,990 6,443,512 2,540,371 1,415,237

North Carolina 12,543,171 8,350,984 2,073,861 7,943,541 5,773,635 1,413,505 3,848,021 2,274,166 571,462 751,609

North Dakota 968,881 592,357 171,192 579,830 412,387 120,754 310,316 155,332 45,304 78,735

Ohio 19,011,682 11,202,314 3,976,984 10,734,314 7,138,973 2,371,672 7,347,959 3,721,901 1,460,225 929,409

Oklahoma 5,310,369 2,924,128 873,041 2,836,912 1,926,770 584,829 1,895,590 886,310 255,277 577,867

Oregon 5,627,387 3,008,542 1,485,750 3,291,310 1,948,926 938,122 2,121,378 995,622 511,324 214,699

Pennsylvania 21,596,546 12,261,616 4,291,481 12,803,821 8,537,511 2,933,868 7,637,090 3,418,848 1,246,535 1,155,635

Rhode Island 2,087,690 1,161,789 507,326 1,224,158 782,563 322,351 773,039 375,878 183,354 90,493

South Carolina 6,716,042 4,166,600 1,237,023 3,854,229 2,736,712 783,159 2,463,391 1,302,220 399,893 398,422

South Dakota 1,082,630 645,345 177,099 645,912 443,088 119,052 379,946 181,775 51,856 56,772

Tennessee 7,751,563 4,803,518 1,398,301 4,809,809 3,321,803 956,997 2,480,290 1,279,999 381,074 461,464

Texas 39,984,644 27,264,612 4,671,081 23,895,853 18,535,835 3,041,168 13,799,383 7,910,456 1,405,271 2,289,408

Utah 3,488,395 2,051,962 848,595 2,169,434 1,428,096 590,243 1,008,636 561,857 231,039 310,325

Vermont 1,397,548 793,675 280,001 859,433 545,339 191,929 489,015 231,006 82,578 49,100

Virginia 13,582,801 8,686,523 3,027,959 8,194,237 5,737,099 1,973,696 4,813,706 2,700,707 963,805 574,858

Washington 9,958,400 6,191,751 2,109,043 5,984,072 4,056,734 1,341,994 3,464,921 1,965,640 694,543 509,407

West Virginia 2,950,686 1,649,211 828,403 1,759,397 1,084,586 534,774 994,305 481,430 253,420 196,984

Wisconsin 9,713,099 5,164,944 2,722,573 5,857,285 3,698,415 1,797,902 3,382,519 1,376,627 845,798 473,295

Wyoming 1,274,683 782,886 281,310 744,877 504,326 176,772 482,641 262,436 97,586 47,165

 

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Includes amounts not shown separately. 

 Note: See Appendix B for a description of state-specific reporting anomalies. Payments to other school systems are excluded from this table. Expenditure for adult education, 

community services, and other nonelementary-secondary programs are included under "Total" current spending and "All other functions", but are excluded in the per pupil data displayed 

in Tables 8, 11, 14, and 17. 

Support services

Geographic area

SOURCE: 2009 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances - School Systems. Data are not subject to sampling error, but for information on nonsampling error 

and definitions, see introductory text. Data users who create their own estimates from these tables should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only. 

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