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South Orange Teachers' Pay Ranks High In New Jersey: State

The median teacher salary in the South Orange-Maplewood Public School District is among the highest in New Jersey, new data shows.

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ —The average South Orange-Maplewood teacher makes more than the median New Jersey teacher 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.

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The median salary for South Orange-Maplewood teachers is $74,212, 120th highest in the state out of 649 districts, a 1.52 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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