Best Maryland School Districts To Teach In, Average Salaries

MARYLAND — Public school teachers in Maryland can make vastly different salaries, depending on which school district they work for.

Most top school districts in Maryland pay their teachers a salary of $70,000 or more on average, making the state one of the best in the nation for teacher salaries, according to Niche.

In the Montgomery County Public Schools, the average salary paid to teachers is one of the highest in the state at more than $85,000, while the lowest pay listed was Kent County Public Schools at about $58,000, according to Niche.

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

1. Montgomery County Public Schools, $85,539
2. Washington County Public Schools, $77,041
3. Worcester County Public Schools, $71,863
4. Carroll County Public Schools, $75,882
5. Harford County Public Schools, $77,343
6. Howard County Public Schools, $78,429
7. Calvert County Public Schools, $89,157
8. Wicomico County Public Schools, $69,467
9. Queen Anne's County Public Schools, $76,575
10. St. Mary's County Public Schools, $73,035
11. Caroline County Public Schools, $71,163
12. Frederick County Public Schools, $78,279
13. Talbot County Public Schools, $74,746
14. Charles County Public Schools, $68,620
15. Baltimore County Public Schools, $74,353
16. Garrett County Public Schools, $67,048

Other districts in Maryland were not ranked among the best systems. Here they are with teacher salaries:

• Dorchester County Public Schools, $62,564
• Baltimore City Public Schools, $72,996
• Anne Arundel County Public Schools, $73,021
• Cecil County Public Schools, $67,238
• Kent County Public Schools, $58,061
• Somerset County Public Schools, $59,772
• Prince George's County Public Schools, $76,868

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.