Schools

Winchester Teachers Paid Slightly Below State Average

The Boston Business Journal released its annual list based on the average teacher salary in each community.

WINCHESTER, MA - Public school teachers in Winchester were paid below the state average in 2015, according to the Boston Business Journal .

Earlier this month, the Boston Business Journal released a full list of average annual salaries of public educators in each community, based on data from the Department of Early and Secondary Education.

According to the Boston Business Journal study, the average salary of public school teachers in Winchester last year was $74,033, more than $500 shy of the state average of $74,737.

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The district was 141st out of the 317 school districts that reported data to the state. Benefits such as summers off and pensions, negotiated between individual school districts and unions, were not included in the data.

Teacher pay has decreased in Winchester by four percent in the past six years, but average salaries increased from $73,740 to $74,033 from 2014 to 2015.

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Average wages were determined by dividing each district's total salaries and stipends by the number of full-time teachers employed in 2015.

>>>Read the full report from the Boston Business Journal here.

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