Annual salary
$62,396
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
Lakewood 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.
- Lakewood Township School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $62,396 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $102,996 (PhD/EdD, step 29), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $62,396 and reaches $96,496 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $65,896 to $99,996.
- The grid has 7 column columns and 24 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 29.
- Lakewood Township School District enrolled 4,694 students in 2023-24, the 74th-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+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | PhD/EdD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $62,396 | $63,396 | $64,396 | $65,896 | $66,896 | $67,896 | $68,896 |
| 2-4 | $62,696 | $63,696 | $64,696 | $66,196 | $67,196 | $68,196 | $69,196 |
| 5-7 | $63,096 | $64,096 | $65,096 | $66,596 | $67,596 | $68,596 | $69,596 |
| 8 | $63,696 | $64,696 | $65,696 | $67,196 | $68,196 | $69,196 | $70,196 |
| 9 | $64,296 | $65,296 | $66,296 | $67,796 | $68,796 | $69,796 | $70,796 |
| 10 | $64,946 | $65,946 | $66,946 | $68,446 | $69,446 | $70,446 | $71,446 |
| 11-12 | $65,746 | $66,746 | $67,746 | $69,246 | $70,246 | $71,246 | $72,246 |
| 13 | $66,546 | $67,546 | $68,546 | $70,046 | $71,046 | $72,046 | $73,046 |
| 14 | $67,546 | $68,546 | $69,546 | $71,046 | $72,046 | $73,046 | $74,046 |
| 15 | $68,546 | $69,546 | $70,546 | $72,046 | $73,046 | $74,046 | $75,046 |
| 16 | $69,746 | $70,746 | $71,746 | $73,246 | $74,246 | $75,246 | $76,246 |
| 17 | $71,046 | $72,046 | $73,046 | $74,546 | $75,546 | $76,546 | $77,546 |
| 18 | $72,546 | $73,546 | $74,546 | $76,046 | $77,046 | $78,046 | $79,046 |
| 19 | $74,046 | $75,046 | $76,046 | $77,546 | $78,546 | $79,546 | $80,546 |
| 20 | $75,646 | $76,646 | $77,646 | $79,146 | $80,146 | $81,146 | $82,146 |
| 21 | $77,646 | $78,646 | $79,646 | $81,146 | $82,146 | $83,146 | $84,146 |
| 22 | $79,846 | $80,846 | $81,846 | $83,346 | $84,346 | $85,346 | $86,346 |
| 23 | $82,046 | $83,046 | $84,046 | $85,546 | $86,546 | $87,546 | $88,546 |
| 24 | $84,346 | $85,346 | $86,346 | $87,846 | $88,846 | $89,846 | $90,846 |
| 25 | $86,696 | $87,696 | $88,696 | $90,196 | $91,196 | $92,196 | $93,196 |
| 26 | $89,046 | $90,046 | $91,046 | $92,546 | $93,546 | $94,546 | $95,546 |
| 27 | $91,496 | $92,496 | $93,496 | $94,996 | $95,996 | $96,996 | $97,996 |
| 28 | $93,996 | $94,996 | $95,996 | $97,496 | $98,496 | $99,496 | $100,496 |
| 29 | $96,496 | $97,496 | $98,496 | $99,996 | $100,996 | $101,996 | $102,996 |
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Per month (12)
$5,199.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2-4 | $62,696 | +$300 |
| 5-7 | $63,096 | +$700 |
| 8 | $63,696 | +$1,300 |
| 9 | $64,296 | +$1,900 |
| 10 | $64,946 | +$2,550 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $62,396 a year, $5,199.67 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: 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2026.
Bargained with Lakewood 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 A-5 of the agreement, captioned Teacher Salary Guide, Year 5, 2025-26 Lakewood Teachers. It is the last of the five yearly guides in the agreement.
Below step 29 the guide prints a single off-guide rate labelled OG, 117,805, in the BA column only. It is not a step and is not part of the grid above.
- Soft spot: Step 16 in the BA+15 column reads 70,746 on the page; the text read of it returned 10,746. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 17 in the BA+15 column reads 72,046 on the page; the text read of it returned 12,046. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 18 in the BA+15 column reads 73,546 on the page; the text read of it returned 13,546. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $62,396 at step 1 to $96,496 at step 29: 23 step increases worth $1,483 each on average, 55% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,500, between step 27 and step 28.
A master's degree is worth $3,500 more than a bachelor's at the first step (5.6%) and $3,500 more at the top of the column (3.6%).
The highest-paid column, PhD/EdD, starts at $68,896 and tops out at $102,996, 7% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Lakewood Township School District's starting pay ranks 105th and its top cell ranks 161st; 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 85th percentile and the top cell at the 64th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $62,396 | $96,496 | 23 | 55% |
| BA+15 | $63,396 | $97,496 | 23 | 54% |
| BA+30 | $64,396 | $98,496 | 23 | 53% |
| MA | $65,896 | $99,996 | 23 | 52% |
| MA+15 | $66,896 | $100,996 | 23 | 51% |
| MA+30 | $67,896 | $101,996 | 23 | 50% |
| PhD/EdD | $68,896 | $102,996 | 23 | 49% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Township School District | 4,694 | 2025-26 | $62,396 | $65,896 | $102,996 |
| Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District | 4,653 | 2026-27 | $63,100 | $67,100 | $106,150 |
| Millburn Township School District | 4,737 | 2026-27 | $71,406 | $80,006 | $146,189 |
| Bernards Township School District | 4,760 | 2024-25 | $60,010 | $66,528 | $106,958 |
| Mount Olive Township School District | 4,824 | 2025-26 | $62,100 | $71,050 | $103,855 |
| Montgomery Township School District | 4,529 | 2024-25 | $67,315 | $73,315 | $105,870 |
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 Lakewood Township School District?
$62,396 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 $62,396 (BA).
What is the top of the Lakewood Township School District salary schedule?
$102,996, at step 29 on PhD/EdD (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 Lakewood Township School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $96,496, is reached at step 29, 23 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Lakewood Township School District?
$3,500 more at the first step: $65,896 on MA against $62,396 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School Districtstarts $63,100
- Millburn Township School Districtstarts $71,406
- Bernards Township School Districtstarts $60,010
- Mount Olive Township School Districtstarts $62,100
- Montgomery Township School Districtstarts $67,315
- Garfield Public School Districtstarts $56,000
- Evesham Township School Districtstarts $57,687
- Pennsauken Township Board of Education School Districtstarts $67,055
- Marlboro Township School Districtstarts $70,995
- Pemberton Township School Districtstarts $65,378
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