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The Average Fort Lee Teacher Salary Ranks Among Top 105 In NJ

The median teacher salary in the Fort Lee Public School District ranks in the top in New Jersey.

FORT LEE, NJ — The average Fort Lee teacher makes more than the average New Jersey teacher, a lot more, new data from the state shows.

The state has released information that shows how much your school district, special services district, vocational district and charter school will pay teachers in the 2019-20 school year.

Patch put together a list of the median salaries set before the 2019-20 school year, from highest to lowest.

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The median salary for Fort Lee teachers is $75,480, 103rd highest in the state out of 649 districts, a nearly 9.8 percent increase over last year.

Overall, 232 school districts make more than the state median of $68,985, a 1.6 percent increase over last year. And it's not just the big towns or the regional districts that pay the most: Indeed, Millburn is a great place to get a teaching job, where the median salary is $92,784. So is Brigantine, which has a median salary of $93,649.

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