Woburn Teachers Paid Below State Average

WOBURN, MA - Public school teachers in Woburn were paid below the state average in 2015.

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 Woburn last year was $73,237, more than $1,000 shy of the state average of $74,737.

The district was 156th 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 increased by 17 percent in the past six years, and average salaries increased from $72,799 to $73,237 from 2014 to 2015.

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.