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Average Oakland Teacher Salary Ranks Among Top 180 In NJ

The median teacher salary in the Oakland Public School District is among the highest in New Jersey.

OAKLAND, NJ — The average Oakland teacher makes more than the average New Jersey teacher, 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 Oakland teachers is $71,025, 179th highest in the state out of 649 districts, a slight decrease 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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