. Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana . 2 1940-41 1,192 1941-42 1,224 1942-43 1,321 1943-44 1,472 1944-45 1,619 1945-46 $1,791 1946-47 1,961 1947-48 __ 2,582 1948-49 2,722 1949-50 . 2,873 1950-51 2,938 1951-52 3,219 A breakdown of these average salaries indicates that in 1951-52 all teaching personnel receivedan average salary of $3, Including superintendents the average was $3, Individualaverages for specific groups were: Superintendents $5, High School Teachers 3, Elementary City Teachers 3, Elementary Rural Teach


. Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana . 2 1940-41 1,192 1941-42 1,224 1942-43 1,321 1943-44 1,472 1944-45 1,619 1945-46 $1,791 1946-47 1,961 1947-48 __ 2,582 1948-49 2,722 1949-50 . 2,873 1950-51 2,938 1951-52 3,219 A breakdown of these average salaries indicates that in 1951-52 all teaching personnel receivedan average salary of $3, Including superintendents the average was $3, Individualaverages for specific groups were: Superintendents $5, High School Teachers 3, Elementary City Teachers 3, Elementary Rural Teachers ___ 2, (frequently plus teacherage) In January of 1951, the cost-of-living index reached Thismeans that at that time it took$ to buy what $ would buyin the pre-war period, 1935-39Dividing the average teachers sal-ary of $3,219 by , we get asalary according to the value of the pre-war dollar of $1,692. We must also remember that before1939, teachers were not paying federal income taxes and this would leave the average salary inpre-war dollars even Student Teachers— —17-


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