Peters Among Pittsburgh-Area's Top School Districts: Niche

PETERS TOWNSHIP, PA — Public school teachers in southwestern Pennsylvania can make vastly different salaries, depending on which school district they work for. 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 Pittsburgh-based data analysis company Niche.

Several in Southwestern Pennsylvania top $100,000 as well. Peters, ranked the Pittsburgh area's 10th-best school district, pays its teachers an average of $83,938.

According to Niche, here are the best school districts to teach for in Pittsburgh and their average teacher's salary:

1. Fox Chapel: $105,523

2. North Allegheny: $94,667

3. Upper St. Clair: $97,646

4. Montour: $91,225

5. Mt. Lebanon: $91,225

6. Hampton: $97,267

7. Quaker Valley: $97,642

8. Plum: $95,143

9. South Fayette: $77,925

10. Peters: $85,938

11. Franklin-Regional: $87,682

12. Greater Latrobe: $76,952

13. Moon: $81,825

14. Elizabeth Forward: $76,887

15. Bethel Park: $93,215

16. North Hills: $84,289

17. Penn-Trafford: $79,756

18. Pine Richland: 85,076

19. West Allegheny: $85,531

20. Chartiers Valley: $97,238

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.

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