Best PA School Districts To Teach In, Average Salaries: See New Data

PENNSYLVANIA — Public school teachers in Pennsylvania can make vastly different salaries, depending on which school district employs them.

Most top school districts in Pennsylvania pay their teachers a salary of $100,000 or more on average, making the state one of the best in the nation for teacher salaries, according to data compiler Niche.

The highest teacher salary in the state is at Council Rock School District, where the average instructor makes $122,000 a year, according to Niche.

Here are the best school districts to teach for in Pennsylvania and their average teacher's salary:

1. Fox Chapel, $105,523
2. North Allegheny, $94,667
3. Upper St. Clair, $97,646
4. Radnor Township, $99,789
5. Montour, $105,264
6. State College Area, $92,170
7. Mt. Lebanon, $91,225
8. Lower Merion, $117,364
9. Hampton Township, $97,267
10. Great Valley, $107,078
11. Colonial, $101,304
12. Upper Dublin, $106,402
13. Wallingford-Swarthmore, $93,115
14. Quaker Valley, $97,682
15. Rose Tree Media, $99,925
16. Council Rock, $122,754
17. Southern Lehigh, $94,600
18. Haverford Township, $93,137
19. Wissahickon, $111,289
20. New Hope-Solebury, $112,045
21. Central Bucks, $95,566
22. Tredyffrin-Easttown, $88,912
23. Marple-Newtown, $82,356
24. Plum, $95,143
25. Wyomissing, $78,409

Rankings Methodology

Explore the best school districts to teach. Ranking factors include teacher salaries, teacher tenure, teacher absenteeism, student-teacher ratio, as well as the district's Niche grades for Overall, Administration, Safety, and Resources. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Where Niche Grades come from and how Niche calculates rankings.