Watchung Teachers Paid Most In Somerset County

WATCHUNG, NJ — The average Watchung Hills Regional Public School District teacher makes among the most money annually in New Jersey, 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 Watchung Hills Regional teachers is $80,310, 54th highest in the state out of 649 districts, a 1.31 increase over last year.

The median Watchung Borough teacher makes $65,278, a 0.86 percent increase over last year, good for 334th in the state, the data shows

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