NJ Teacher’s Salaries Rise In NJ: See How Much Your District Pays

Most New Jersey teachers saw their salaries increase for the 2024-25 school year, according to information from the state Department of Education.

The New Jersey Taxpayers Guide to Education spending for the 2024-25 school year shows the median salary for teachers in the state's 655 districts was $82,780, an increase of 3.2 percent from 2023-24, where the median was $80,196.

The median is the midpoint of each district's salaries, with half of its teachers earning more and half earning less. Those figures are affected by the number of new teachers in a district and the number of those who have advanced degrees that increase their pay.

Northern Valley Regional School District in Bergen County, which serves seventh through 12th grades, has the highest median teacher's salary at $121,839. Bridgeton Public Charter School in Cumberland County has the lowest at $50,000.

Not every district saw an increase in the median; more than 120 saw decreases in the median salary, in many cases reflecting the retirement of long-time teachers and hiring of new, young teachers. Another 70 saw no change in their median salary.

Delanco Township Schools saw a 24 percent decrease in the median teachers salary, while Kindle Education Public Charter School increased its median by 53 percent, according to the data.

There were 50 charter schools and school districts that saw a 10 percent increase or more in their median salaries from 2023-24 to 2024-25.

See how much your district is paying and how much the median increased (or in some cases decreased) in the searchable chart below. A few districts did not report salaries, and those are designated with an N.R.