Here's How Much Your Teachers Are Getting Paid

NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The state has released information that shows how much your school district or charter school will pay teachers in the 2018-19 school year. See where New Providence, Berkeley Heights and Mountainside ranks in the state and in Union County.

Berkeley Heights Township pays teachers a median salary of $76,154, which is the third highest paid in Union County and 77th highest in the state.

New Providence came in seventh highest in Union County and 157th in the state with a median salary of $70,889. Followed by Mountainside, which came in at 16th in the county and 433rd the state with a median salary of $60,422.

Elizabeth took the top spot in Union County with a median salary of $80,902 and number 48 in the state.

Northern Valley Regional in Bergen County takes the ultimate top spot in the Garden State with a median salary of $108,867. The lowest salary median in the state was Classical Academy Charter School in Passaic County which came in at No. 659 with $42,000.

The information is part of the state Department of Education's Taxpayer's Guide to Education Spending, which shows the median salary in every New Jersey school district and charter school. Overall, 273 school districts make more than the state median of $66,150. And it's not just the big towns or the regional districts that pay the most: Indeed, Brigantine is a great place to get a teaching job, where the median salary is $93,275.

In addition to median salaries, the site also shows each district's total spending, average daily enrollment and students from sending districts, the per-pupil costs and the district's total budget spending for 2017 and 2018.

Patch put together a list of the median salaries set before the 2017-18 school year, from highest to lowest in Union County and (overall ranking in the state):

1. Elizabeth, Union $80,902 (48)
2. Westfield, Union $78,488 (57)
3. Berkeley Heights Twp, Union $76,154 (77)
4. Plainfield, Union $73,960 (109)
5. Kenilworth, Union $72,398 (133)
6. Springfield Twp, Union $71,799 (140)
7. New Providence, Union $70,889 (157)
8. Union Twp, Union $70,849 (159)
9. Rahway, Union $70,653 (164)
10. Roselle Park, Union $68,301 (210)
11. Summit, Union $67,621 (231)
12. Scotch Plains-Fanwood Reg, Union $67,072 (242)
13. Hillside Twp, Union $66,368 (267)
14. Cranford Twp, Union $66,199 (272)
15. Linden, Union $65,739 (281)
16. Mountainside , Union $60,422 (433)
17. Clark Twp, Union $60,232 (442)
18. Union County Vocational, Union $58,813 (472)
19. Roselle, Union $58,125 (482)
20. Garwood, Union $56,742 (521)
21. Winfield Twp, Union $55,258 (560)
22. Union County Teams Charter School, Union $53,391 (595)
23. Cresthaven Academy Charter, Union $53,000 (602)
24. The Queen Academy Charter, Union $50,400 (626)
25. The Barack Obama Green Charter, Union $50,000 (634)
26. College Achieve Central Charter, Union $49,000 (637)

For the whole list of New Jersey school districts and charter schools, and their median teacher salaries click here.

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