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Harrison Township School District salary schedule, 2024-25
Teacher salary guide, 2024-25. 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.
- Harrison Township School District's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $53,087 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $91,056 (MA+30, step 12), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $53,087 and reaches $87,406 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $55,277 to $89,596.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 12 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 12.
- Harrison Township School District enrolled 1,371 students in 2023-24, the 258th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2024-25
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $53,087 | $53,817 | $54,547 | $55,277 | $56,007 | $56,737 |
| 2 | $53,287 | $54,017 | $54,747 | $55,477 | $56,207 | $56,937 |
| 3 | $53,787 | $54,517 | $55,247 | $55,977 | $56,707 | $57,437 |
| 4 | $54,187 | $54,917 | $55,647 | $56,377 | $57,107 | $57,837 |
| 5 | $54,387 | $55,117 | $55,847 | $56,577 | $57,307 | $58,037 |
| 6 | $55,587 | $56,317 | $57,047 | $57,777 | $58,507 | $59,237 |
| 7 | $60,000 | $60,730 | $61,460 | $62,190 | $62,920 | $63,650 |
| 8 | $64,848 | $65,578 | $66,308 | $67,038 | $67,768 | $68,498 |
| 9 | $68,396 | $69,126 | $69,856 | $70,586 | $71,316 | $72,046 |
| 10 | $75,273 | $76,003 | $76,733 | $77,463 | $78,193 | $79,923 |
| 11 | $80,192 | $80,922 | $81,652 | $82,382 | $83,112 | $83,842 |
| 12 | $87,406 | $88,136 | $88,866 | $89,596 | $90,326 | $91,056 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $53,287 | +$200 |
| 3 | $53,787 | +$700 |
| 4 | $54,187 | +$1,100 |
| 5 | $54,387 | +$1,300 |
| 6 | $55,587 | +$2,500 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $53,087 a year, $4,423.92 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: 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2025.
Bargained with Harrison 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 2024-25. A multi-year agreement prints one guide per year of its term; a successor agreement may already be in force locally.
- Soft spot: At step 10 the MA+30 column is printed 79,923, which is 1,730 above MA+15 where every other step in the guide is 730 above it. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $53,087 at step 1 to $87,406 at step 12: 11 step increases worth $3,120 each on average, 65% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $7,214, between step 11 and step 12.
A master's degree is worth $2,190 more than a bachelor's at the first step (4.1%) and $2,190 more at the top of the column (2.5%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $56,737 and tops out at $91,056, 4% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Harrison Township School District's starting pay ranks 313th and its top cell ranks 290th; 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 58th percentile and the top cell at the 49th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $53,087 | $87,406 | 11 | 65% |
| BA+15 | $53,817 | $88,136 | 11 | 64% |
| BA+30 | $54,547 | $88,866 | 11 | 63% |
| MA | $55,277 | $89,596 | 11 | 62% |
| MA+15 | $56,007 | $90,326 | 11 | 61% |
| MA+30 | $56,737 | $91,056 | 11 | 60% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township School District | 1,371 | 2024-25 | $53,087 | $55,277 | $91,056 |
| Dunellen Public School District | 1,371 | 2026-27 | $65,995 | $68,475 | $93,470 |
| Tinton Falls School District | 1,373 | 2024-25 | $57,045 | $60,045 | $97,700 |
| Branchburg Township School District | 1,376 | 2026-27 | $64,489 | – | $101,795 |
| Audubon Public School District | 1,366 | 2026-27 | $57,200 | – | $97,000 |
| Upper Township School District | 1,378 | 2025-26 | $59,288 | $62,759 | $103,362 |
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 Harrison Township School District?
$53,087 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2024-25 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $53,087 (BA).
What is the top of the Harrison Township School District salary schedule?
$91,056, at step 12 on MA+30 (2024-25). 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 Harrison Township School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $87,406, is reached at step 12, 11 step increases after step 1 (2024-25 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Harrison Township School District?
$2,190 more at the first step: $55,277 on MA against $53,087 on BA (2024-25 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Dunellen Public School Districtstarts $65,995
- Tinton Falls School Districtstarts $57,045
- Branchburg Township School Districtstarts $64,489
- Audubon Public School Districtstarts $57,200
- Upper Township School Districtstarts $59,288
- Oakland Public School Districtstarts $69,000
- Readington Township School Districtstarts $61,440
- Hanover Park Regional High School Districtstarts $60,969
- Bogota Public School Districtstarts $52,700
- Ridgefield School Districtstarts $60,000
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