Available records indicate that there has been a State Minimum Salary Schedule for teachers in Tennessee for over 50 years. Since the 1947-48 school year, all grades have come under this program. Each school system in Tennessee is required to pay teachers no less than the amounts listed for each category of training and experience on the State Minimum Salary Schedule. Listed below are the salaries paid teachers on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for the past 57 years at minimum and maximum experience in two training categories. Maximum Year Exp.
Salaries listed include the local supplement required at the time.