Here's How Much Manville Pays Their Teachers

MANVILLE, NJ — The state has released information that shows how much your school district or charter school will pay teachers in the 2018-19 school year. See where Manville ranks in the state and in Somerset County.

Manville pays teachers a median salary of $57,940, which is the 16th highest paid in Somerset County and 491st highest in the state.

Northern Valley Regional in Bergen County takes the ultimate top spot in the Garden State with a median salary of $108,867. The lowest salary median in the state was Classical Academy Charter School in Passaic County which came in at No. 659 with $42,000.

The information is part of the state Department of Education's Taxpayer's Guide to Education Spending, which shows the median salary in every New Jersey school district and charter school. Overall, 273 school districts make more than the state median of $66,150. And it's not just the big towns or the regional districts that pay the most: Indeed, Brigantine is a great place to get a teaching job, where the median salary is $93,275.

In addition to median salaries, the site also shows each district's total spending, average daily enrollment and students from sending districts, the per-pupil costs and the district's total budget spending for 2017 and 2018.

Patch put together a list of the median salaries set before the 2017-18 school year, from highest to lowest in Somerset County and (overall ranking in the state):

1. Watchung Hills Regional, Somerset $79,270 (52)
2. Warren Twp, Somerset $77,725 (64)
3. Hillsborough Twp, Somerset $74,855 (89)
4. Montgomery Twp, Somerset $74,360 (100)
5. Bridgewater-Raritan Reg, Somerset $73,371 (119)
6. Somerset Hills Regional, Somerset $71,735 (141)
7. Bedminster Twp, Somerset $71,416 (145)
8. Somerset Co Vocational, Somerset $69,028 (197)
9. Bernards Twp, Somerset $67,898 (225)
10. Branchburg Twp, Somerset $67,049 (243)
11. North Plainfield , Somerset $65,735 (282)
12. Watchung, Somerset $64,720 (313)
13. Somerville, Somerset $64,536 (316)
14. Franklin Twp, Somerset $59,873 (449)
15. Bound Brook , Somerset $58,090 (484)
16. Manville, Somerset $57,940 (491)
17. South Bound Brook, Somerset $57,815 (496)
18. Green Brook Twp, Somerset $57,605 (499)
19. Central Jersey College Prep, Somerset $50,000 (633)
20. Thomas Edison Energysmart Charter, Somerset $48,800 (638)

For the whole list of New Jersey school districts and charter schools, and their median teacher salaries click here.

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