Information on 1,021 salary schedules for teachers from the 1,495 public school systems in the United States with enrollments of 6,000 or more during the 1978-79 school year is included in this report. Eight tables present data that are briefly analyzed in an introductory statement. Table 1 presents the estimated number of public school systems enrolling 6,000 or more pupils, ranked into five strata by enrollment, and indicate the number supplying salary data. Tables 2, 3, and 4 present mean and median scheduled minimum and maximum salaries, tabulated by teachers' levels of academic preparation, by enrollment grouping, and by geographic region. Tables 5 and 6 provide yearly comparisons of mean scheduled salaries tabulated by teachers' levels of academic preparation and by enrollment grouping, from 1968-69 through 1978-79, in terms of both actual dollar amounts and percentages of increase. Tables 7 and 8 present mean and median numbers of and amounts of increments in 1978-79 salary schedules, tabulated by teachers' levels of academic preparation. (PGD)