According to a new study produced by The Champion, saying that administrative and teaching salaries in District 211 “outstripped inflation” between 1998 and 2005 would be the understatement of the year.  The figure in the row on the far right is that year’s increase in the Consumer Price Index, a good measure of inflation.

Average One-Year Pay Increase:           Teachers    Administrators   

1998/1999 – 1999/2000                                 9.9%              12.1%              3.4%
1999/2000 – 2000/2001                                 6.9%              9.5%               1.6%

2000/2001 – 2001/2002                                 7.3%              8.7%               2.4%
2001/2002 – 2002/2003                                 5.9%              8.1%               1.9%


2002/2003 – 2003/2004                                 8.1%              7.5%               3.3%


2003/2004 – 2004/2005                                 6.2%              4.8%               3.4%