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Boston Teachers' Salaries Top Local List
WBUR created a map showing how average teacher salaries compare across Massachusetts.
WBUR created a map showing how average teacher salaries compare across Massachusetts, and Boston Public Schools' average K-12 teacher salary is higher than the state average.
The most recent numbers from the 2009-2010 school year put Boston at the top of the pack.
On the map, the darker the city or town, the higher the average salary. The map can be viewed for elementary teacher salaries (red), middle school salaries (green) and high school salaries (blue).
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Below is a chart using the most recent numbers, from the 2009-2010 school year and on the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website, showing the average teacher salary by community in ascending order along with the municipality's expenditure per pupil from the '08-'09 school year, taken from WBUR's map.
City/Town Average Salary Expenditure Per Pupil Stoneham $60,168 $11,400 Reading $60,300 $10,742 Arlington $61,757 $11,813 Melrose $62,225 $10,288 Saugus $62,266 $11,079 Wilmington $63,209 $11,436 North Reading $63,262 $10,888 Wakefield $64,041 $11,299 Woburn $65,282 $13,909 Somerville $67,772 $16,219 Winchester $68,908 $11,373 Medford $68,929 $13,269 Lynnfield $72,682 $10,600 Malden $73,203 $12,798 Cambridge $77,380 $26,337 Boston $84,894$17,900
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