A Star Ledger report shows South Plainfield's teachers are among the top paid in Middlesex County, with a median salary totaling $63,741.
Teacher salaries for South Plainfield rank fifth highest out of the county's 25 school districts, with teachers in New Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, and the Middlesex County Vocational district earning more and teachers in the other 20 districts earning less.
The median salary in the County averages $57,487, with New Brunswick having the highest-paid teachers ($71,697 is the median) and Milltown having the lowest ($43,696 is the median).
Other information in the report shows that South Plainfield averages fewer teachers with a masters degree than most. The report states that 228 teachers have bachelors degrees, 76 have a masters, and one has a doctorate. As a percentage, slightly less than a quarter have a masters, which places the district in the bottom five towns. Across the county, 35.6% of teachers have masters degrees.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
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Goes right with the Superintendent making more, $180,000 than the Governor $175,000. Take a o% teachers and move on. I'm sure you work very hard, we all do.
ReplyDeleteMedian means that all numbers are lined up and they take the one in the middle. Comparing the median salary for any profession is not really a good statistic. All it means is that half are higher and half are lower.
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