Annual salary
$59,950
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Emerson Public 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.
- Emerson Public School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $59,950 (BA, step 5) and tops out at $109,950 (DOC, step 19), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $59,950 and reaches $94,500 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $65,200 to $104,450.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 19.
- Emerson Public School District enrolled 1,088 students in 2023-24, the 293rd-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 | DOC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | $59,950 | $62,200 | $65,200 | $66,700 | $68,700 | $70,700 |
| 6 | $61,950 | $64,200 | $67,200 | $68,700 | $70,700 | $72,700 |
| 7 | $63,950 | $66,200 | $69,200 | $70,700 | $72,700 | $74,700 |
| 8 | $65,950 | $68,200 | $71,200 | $74,700 | $76,700 | $78,700 |
| 9 | $67,950 | $70,200 | $73,200 | $76,700 | $78,700 | $80,700 |
| 10 | $69,950 | $72,200 | $75,200 | $78,700 | $80,700 | $82,700 |
| 11 | $71,950 | $74,200 | $77,200 | $80,700 | $82,700 | $84,700 |
| 12 | $73,950 | $76,200 | $79,200 | $82,700 | $84,700 | $86,700 |
| 13 | $75,950 | $78,200 | $81,450 | $84,700 | $86,700 | $88,700 |
| 14 | $77,950 | $80,200 | $83,700 | $86,700 | $88,700 | $90,700 |
| 15 | $80,950 | $83,200 | $86,700 | $89,700 | $91,700 | $93,700 |
| 16 | $82,950 | $85,200 | $89,700 | $92,700 | $94,700 | $96,700 |
| 17 | $85,950 | $88,200 | $91,700 | $95,700 | $97,700 | $99,700 |
| 18 | $87,950 | $90,200 | $95,700 | $98,700 | $100,200 | $102,200 |
| 19 | $94,500 | $96,950 | $104,450 | $106,450 | $107,950 | $109,950 |
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Per month (12)
$4,995.83
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | $61,950 | +$2,000 |
| 7 | $63,950 | +$4,000 |
| 8 | $65,950 | +$6,000 |
| 9 | $67,950 | +$8,000 |
| 10 | $69,950 | +$10,000 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 5 = $59,950 a year, $4,995.83 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: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2028.
Bargained with Emerson 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.
Schedule A prints one sheet per year of the 2025-2028 agreement: 2025-2026 on sheet A-1, 2026-2027 on A-2 and 2027-2028 on A-3. This is the 2026-2027 sheet.
The guide's step ladder shortens each year: 2025-2026 runs from step 4, 2026-2027 from step 5 and 2027-2028 from step 6. The top step is 19 in every year.
The MA+16, MA+32 and DOC columns all skip a 2,000 increment between step 7 and step 8, exactly as they do on the other two years' sheets.
- Soft spot: The salary sheets are filed sideways in the PERC scan, so the automatic text check that normally re-reads the page could not be run against them. Every figure here was read off the page rendered upright, at two magnifications, and separately confirmed against the 2025-2026 sheet, where each 2026-2027 figure is the 2025-2026 figure for the same step and column plus $250 (plus $2,500 at step 19).
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $59,950 at step 5 to $94,500 at step 19: 14 step increases worth $2,468 each on average, 58% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $6,550, between step 18 and step 19.
A master's degree is worth $5,250 more than a bachelor's at the first step (8.8%) and $9,950 more at the top of the column (10.5%).
The highest-paid column, DOC, starts at $70,700 and tops out at $109,950, 16% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Emerson Public School District's starting pay ranks 196th and its top cell ranks 75th; 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 77th percentile and the top cell at the 74th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $59,950 | $94,500 | 14 | 58% |
| BA+16 | $62,200 | $96,950 | 14 | 56% |
| MA | $65,200 | $104,450 | 14 | 60% |
| MA+16 | $66,700 | $106,450 | 14 | 60% |
| MA+32 | $68,700 | $107,950 | 14 | 57% |
| DOC | $70,700 | $109,950 | 14 | 56% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Public School District | 1,088 | 2026-27 | $59,950 | $65,200 | $109,950 |
| Sussex-Wantage Regional School District | 1,080 | 2025-26 | $62,521 | $66,271 | $100,441 |
| Passaic Valley Regional High School District | 1,061 | 2026-27 | $63,175 | – | $128,880 |
| Pitman Boro School District | 1,147 | 2023-24 | $49,027 | $53,304 | $95,230 |
| Hillsdale School District | 1,149 | 2026-27 | $55,070 | $60,913 | $111,008 |
| Plumsted Township School District | 1,151 | 2026-27 | $62,119 | $65,219 | $95,628 |
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 Emerson Public School District?
$59,950 on the column BA at step 5 of the 2026-27 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $59,950 (BA).
What is the top of the Emerson Public School District salary schedule?
$109,950, at step 19 on DOC (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 Emerson Public School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $94,500, is reached at step 19, 14 step increases after step 5 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Emerson Public School District?
$5,250 more at the first step: $65,200 on MA against $59,950 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Sussex-Wantage Regional School Districtstarts $62,521
- Passaic Valley Regional High School Districtstarts $63,175
- Pitman Boro School Districtstarts $49,027
- Hillsdale School Districtstarts $55,070
- Plumsted Township School Districtstarts $62,119
- Mount Holly Township Public School Districtstarts $58,894
- Eatontown Public School Districtstarts $64,129
- Lower Cape May Regional School Districtstarts $65,484
- Millstone Township School Districtstarts $63,490
- Keyport School Districtstarts $60,002
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