Average New Milford Teachers' Pay Ranks Near Bottom In NJ

NEW MILFORD, NJ — The average New Milford teacher makes less than the median New Jersey teacher's salary, 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.

The median salary for New Milford teachers is $63,700, well below the median salary in New Jersey, 4.65 percent more than last year. The district ranked 375th out of 649 in New Jersey.

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.

Here is the whole list of New Jersey school districts and charter schools, and their median teacher salaries, from highest to lowest.

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com