Annual salary
$59,265
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
Chesterfield Township School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary guide, 2025-26. 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.
- Chesterfield Township School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $59,265 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $95,155 (Doc, step 13), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $59,265 and reaches $91,155 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $61,265 to $93,155.
- The grid has 9 column columns and 13 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 13.
- Chesterfield Township School District enrolled 695 students in 2023-24, the 359th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2025-26
Transcribed from imageDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2025-26Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+9 | BA+18 | BA+27 | MA | MA+9 | MA+18 | MA+27 | Doc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $59,265 | $59,765 | $60,265 | $60,765 | $61,265 | $61,765 | $62,265 | $62,765 | $63,265 |
| 2 | $59,565 | $60,065 | $60,565 | $61,065 | $61,565 | $62,065 | $62,565 | $63,065 | $63,565 |
| 3 | $59,865 | $60,365 | $60,865 | $61,365 | $61,865 | $62,365 | $62,865 | $63,365 | $63,865 |
| 4 | $60,165 | $60,665 | $61,165 | $61,665 | $62,165 | $62,665 | $63,165 | $63,665 | $64,165 |
| 5 | $60,915 | $61,415 | $61,915 | $62,415 | $62,915 | $63,415 | $63,915 | $64,415 | $64,915 |
| 6 | $61,665 | $62,165 | $62,665 | $63,165 | $63,665 | $64,165 | $64,665 | $65,165 | $65,665 |
| 7 | $64,402 | $64,902 | $65,402 | $65,902 | $66,402 | $66,902 | $67,402 | $67,902 | $68,402 |
| 8 | $67,452 | $67,952 | $68,452 | $68,952 | $69,452 | $69,952 | $70,452 | $70,952 | $71,452 |
| 9-10 | $70,470 | $70,970 | $71,470 | $71,970 | $72,470 | $72,970 | $73,470 | $73,970 | $74,470 |
| 11 | $73,975 | $74,475 | $74,975 | $75,475 | $75,975 | $76,475 | $76,975 | $77,475 | $77,975 |
| 12 | $78,103 | $78,603 | $79,103 | $79,603 | $80,103 | $80,603 | $81,103 | $81,603 | $82,103 |
| 12A | $82,191 | $82,691 | $83,191 | $83,691 | $84,191 | $84,691 | $85,191 | $85,691 | $86,191 |
| 13 | $91,155 | $91,655 | $92,155 | $92,655 | $93,155 | $93,655 | $94,155 | $94,655 | $95,155 |
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Per month (12)
$4,938.75
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $59,565 | +$300 |
| 3 | $59,865 | +$600 |
| 4 | $60,165 | +$900 |
| 5 | $60,915 | +$1,650 |
| 6 | $61,665 | +$2,400 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $59,265 a year, $4,938.75 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: 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2026.
Bargained with Chesterfield Tp 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 2025-26. A multi-year agreement prints one guide per year of its term; a successor agreement may already be in force locally.
Schedule E of the agreement, Year 5, headed Chesterfield 2025-26 Teachers Salary Guide. It is the last of the five yearly guides in the agreement.
The guide prints a step 12A between step 12 and step 13; the label is the districts own.
Longevity is paid on top of the step rate and is not part of the grid: a recurring, non-cumulative payment of 900 dollars a year to certificated employees at the beginning of their 15th year of employment in the district, paid across the regular pay periods.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $59,265 at step 1 to $91,155 at step 13: 12 step increases worth $2,658 each on average, 54% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $8,964, between step 12A and step 13.
A master's degree is worth $2,000 more than a bachelor's at the first step (3.4%) and $2,000 more at the top of the column (2.2%).
The highest-paid column, Doc, starts at $63,265 and tops out at $95,155, 4% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Chesterfield Township School District's starting pay ranks 212th and its top cell ranks 258th; 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 75th percentile and the top cell at the 54th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $59,265 | $91,155 | 12 | 54% |
| BA+9 | $59,765 | $91,655 | 12 | 53% |
| BA+18 | $60,265 | $92,155 | 12 | 53% |
| BA+27 | $60,765 | $92,655 | 12 | 52% |
| MA | $61,265 | $93,155 | 12 | 52% |
| MA+9 | $61,765 | $93,655 | 12 | 52% |
| MA+18 | $62,265 | $94,155 | 12 | 51% |
| MA+27 | $62,765 | $94,655 | 12 | 51% |
| Doc | $63,265 | $95,155 | 12 | 50% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township School District | 695 | 2025-26 | $59,265 | $61,265 | $95,155 |
| North Caldwell School District | 691 | 2026-27 | $60,002 | $64,498 | $107,851 |
| Delaware Valley Regional High School District | 701 | 2026-27 | $64,395 | – | $97,760 |
| Edgewater Public School District | 685 | 2025-26 | $56,010 | – | $110,404 |
| Fairfield Public School District | 705 | 2023-24 | $55,844 | $58,744 | $106,007 |
| Lenape Valley Regional High School District | 681 | 2025-26 | $60,320 | $64,320 | $106,380 |
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 Chesterfield Township School District?
$59,265 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $59,265 (BA).
What is the top of the Chesterfield Township School District salary schedule?
$95,155, at step 13 on Doc (2025-26). 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 Chesterfield Township School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $91,155, is reached at step 13, 12 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Chesterfield Township School District?
$2,000 more at the first step: $61,265 on MA against $59,265 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- North Caldwell School Districtstarts $60,002
- Delaware Valley Regional High School Districtstarts $64,395
- Edgewater Public School Districtstarts $56,010
- Fairfield Public School Districtstarts $55,844
- Lenape Valley Regional High School Districtstarts $60,320
- Little Silver Boro School Districtstarts $60,915
- Lopatcong Township School Districtstarts $63,669
- Green Brook Township Public School Districtstarts $62,865
- Dennis Township School Districtstarts $57,555
- Bloomingdale School Districtstarts $63,445
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