Annual salary
$57,800
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Caldwell-West School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher salary guide, 2026-27. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Caldwell-West School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $57,800 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $86,810 (PHD, step 14), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $57,800 and reaches $72,446 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $62,500 to $80,006.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 14 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 14.
- Caldwell-West School District enrolled 2,577 students in 2023-24, the 155th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2026-27
Transcribed from imageDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2026-27Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+16 | MA | MA+16 | MA+32 | PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $57,800 | $59,300 | $62,500 | $65,000 | $68,200 | $68,700 |
| 2 | $58,930 | $60,430 | $63,630 | $66,130 | $69,330 | $69,830 |
| 3 | $59,930 | $61,430 | $64,730 | $67,230 | $70,530 | $71,030 |
| 4 | $61,130 | $62,630 | $65,930 | $68,430 | $71,730 | $72,230 |
| 5 | $62,130 | $63,630 | $67,030 | $69,530 | $72,930 | $73,430 |
| 6 | $63,130 | $64,630 | $68,130 | $70,630 | $74,130 | $74,630 |
| 7 | $64,370 | $65,670 | $69,470 | $71,970 | $75,470 | $75,990 |
| 8 | $65,770 | $67,270 | $70,945 | $73,570 | $76,025 | $77,555 |
| 9 | $67,335 | $68,870 | $72,670 | $75,445 | $77,910 | $79,520 |
| 10 | $68,905 | $70,761 | $74,401 | $77,391 | $80,204 | $81,551 |
| 11 | $70,255 | $72,186 | $75,926 | $79,036 | $80,941 | $83,126 |
| 12 | $70,630 | $72,561 | $77,331 | $80,436 | $82,466 | $83,661 |
| 13 | $71,351 | $73,686 | $78,636 | $81,826 | $83,966 | $85,361 |
| 14 | $72,446 | $74,841 | $80,006 | $83,086 | $84,986 | $86,810 |
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Per month (12)
$4,816.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $58,930 | +$1,130 |
| 3 | $59,930 | +$2,130 |
| 4 | $61,130 | +$3,330 |
| 5 | $62,130 | +$4,330 |
| 6 | $63,130 | +$5,330 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $57,800 a year, $4,816.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
New Jersey has no statewide teacher salary schedule and the state Department of Education publishes no collection of them. Pay is bargained district by district, and this guide comes from the salary appendix of the agreement the district filed with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission.
Agreement term: 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2027.
Bargained with Caldwell-W Caldwell EA.
The agreement is on file at PERC as a scan with no text layer. The guide was read off the scanned page and every figure was then checked against the page as rendered.
The agreement labels this guide 2026-27. A multi-year agreement prints one guide per year of its term; a successor agreement may already be in force locally.
The page is headed YEAR 3, 2026-27, Appendix A. Below the guide the agreement prints an Off-Guide Increase for staff past the top step: $3,150 for BA and BA+16, $3,250 for MA and MA+16, $3,350 for MA+32 and DOC. That is not part of the grid.
- Soft spot: Step labels 1, 9 and 11 and the lane names BA+16 and MA+16 were garbled by the text read; they are as printed on the page.
- Soft spot: Step 1 in the BA+16 column reads 59,300 on the page; the text read of it returned 58,300. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 4 in the MA+16 column reads 68,430 on the page; the text read of it returned 88,430. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 5 in the MA column reads 67,030 on the page; the text read of it returned 87,030. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 10 in the MA column reads 74,401 on the page; the text read of it returned 74,404. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 10 in the PHD column reads 81,551 on the page; the text read of it returned 84,551. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $57,800 at step 1 to $72,446 at step 14: 13 step increases worth $1,127 each on average, 25% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,570, between step 9 and step 10.
A master's degree is worth $4,700 more than a bachelor's at the first step (8.1%) and $7,560 more at the top of the column (10.4%).
The highest-paid column, PHD, starts at $68,700 and tops out at $86,810, 20% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Caldwell-West School District's starting pay ranks 252nd and its top cell ranks 307th; the state medians are $60,500 to start and $102,854 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 71st percentile and the top cell at the 43rd percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $57,800 | $72,446 | 13 | 25% |
| BA+16 | $59,300 | $74,841 | 13 | 26% |
| MA | $62,500 | $80,006 | 13 | 28% |
| MA+16 | $65,000 | $83,086 | 13 | 28% |
| MA+32 | $68,200 | $84,986 | 13 | 25% |
| PHD | $68,700 | $86,810 | 13 | 26% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell-West School District | 2,577 | 2026-27 | $57,800 | $62,500 | $86,810 |
| Stafford Township School District | 2,593 | 2026-27 | $60,883 | $62,333 | $104,583 |
| Glen Rock Public School District | 2,607 | 2026-27 | $60,000 | – | $115,524 |
| Rutherford School District | 2,544 | 2026-27 | $56,579 | $62,616 | $110,602 |
| Dumont Public School District | 2,614 | 2024-25 | $61,058 | $65,058 | $112,248 |
| Elmwood Park School District | 2,641 | 2023-24 | $53,202 | $57,007 | $99,928 |
Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Caldwell-West School District?
$57,800 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $57,800 (BA).
What is the top of the Caldwell-West School District salary schedule?
$86,810, at step 14 on PHD (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Caldwell-West School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $72,446, is reached at step 14, 13 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Caldwell-West School District?
$4,700 more at the first step: $62,500 on MA against $57,800 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Stafford Township School Districtstarts $60,883
- Glen Rock Public School Districtstarts $60,000
- Rutherford School Districtstarts $56,579
- Dumont Public School Districtstarts $61,058
- Elmwood Park School Districtstarts $53,202
- Morris Hills Regional School Districtstarts $66,950
- Madison School Districtstarts $63,710
- Jefferson Township Public School Districtstarts $58,090
- South River Public School Districtstarts $59,310
- Berkeley Heights School Districtstarts $58,485
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