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American Music Teacher, August-Sept, 2002 by Beth Gigante Klingenstein

                      %     Average fee    Average gross
    Level of                 per hour         annual
    education                 lesson        income from
                                             teaching

Pre-college           2%      $22             $12,000
Some college         24%      $25             $13,159
Bachelor's degree    43%      $28             $16,067
Master's degree      24%      $33.50          $23,899
DMA/PhD               3%      $37.75          $24,750

                     Average      Average
    Level of          hours     gross annual
    education        private    income from
                     lessons     all music

Pre-college            18         $12,000
Some college           17         $14,248
Bachelor's degree      18         $17,898
Master's degree        22         $32,373
DMA/PhD                18         $29,712
                   Average fee    Average gross
   Years of        for 1-hour        annual
  Experience         lesson        income from
                                    teaching

5 years   under      $23             $12,899
6-10 years           $28             $17,129
11-15 years          $26             $15,155
16-20 years          $32             $15,434
21-25 years          $30             $22,738
26-30 years          $28.50          $18,454
31-35 years          $28             $16,682
36-40 years          $28             $16,033
41 years   over      $31.50          $20,768

                   Average hours     Average gross
   Years of          private            annual
  Experience         lessons        income from all
                    in a week       music activities

5 years   under        13              $13,885
6-10 years             19              $18,734
11-15 years            16              $16,246
16-20 years            17              $18,720
21-25 years            21              $25,205
26-30 years            21              $21,409
31-35 years            20              $34,754
36-40 years            18              $17,550
41 years   over        20              $21,550
                   Percentage     Average fee
  Population       of teachers     per hour
                   responding       lesson

10,000 and less         22%          $23.50
10,001-100,O00          33%          $29
100,001 -700,000        25%          $27.50
700,000 and over        14%          $37.25

                   Average gross     Average gross
  Population       income from          annual
                    teaching        income from all
                                    music activities

10,000 and less      $13,168            $15,139
10,001-100,O00       $17,402            $19,899
100,001-700,000      $15,971            $17,626
700,000 and over     $29,441            $31,226
--Beth Gigante Klingenstein, NCTM
Valley City, North Dakota

Beth has been an independent music teacher for twenty-eight years and is on the faculty of Valley City State University (VCSU) in North Dakota, where she also is the director of the VCSU Community School of the Arts.