East Windsor Teacher Among 10K That Make Over $99K In NJ

EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — A teacher in the East Windsor Regional Public School District is among the 10,000 statewide that at least $99,000. Jerry Simonelli, a teacher at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, makes $99,495, according to a list recently released by the state. He has between 20 and 29 years of teaching experience.

The Department of Education has released its annual list of teachers and their salaries for 2019. And the list of educators making $100,000 or more — a list that barely had any teachers on it more than a decade ago — has grown in recent years.

It's also a small fraction of the more than 100,000 people who teach in public and charter schools in this state. In 2018-2019, the median salary for teachers totaled $68,985, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 1.6 percent higher than the previous year. Read more here: The $10,000 NJ Teachers Who Make $99K Or More In 2019