Annual salary
$69,000
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Oakland 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.
- Oakland Public School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $69,000 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $114,635 (MA+45, step 16), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $69,000 and reaches $94,196 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $72,705 to $101,465.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
- Oakland Public School District enrolled 1,348 students in 2023-24, the 260th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2026-27
Official sourceDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2026-27Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | MA+45 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $69,000 | $70,855 | $72,705 | $74,560 | $76,590 | $78,760 |
| 2 | $70,121 | $72,050 | $73,980 | $75,915 | $77,995 | $80,245 |
| 3 | $71,321 | $73,327 | $75,337 | $77,347 | $79,477 | $81,807 |
| 4 | $72,521 | $74,608 | $76,692 | $78,782 | $80,957 | $83,367 |
| 5 | $73,721 | $75,882 | $78,047 | $80,212 | $82,442 | $84,932 |
| 6 | $75,296 | $77,537 | $79,777 | $82,022 | $84,607 | $86,872 |
| 7 | $76,896 | $79,212 | $81,532 | $83,852 | $87,017 | $89,287 |
| 8 | $78,596 | $80,992 | $83,387 | $85,782 | $89,527 | $92,012 |
| 9 | $80,696 | $83,167 | $85,642 | $88,117 | $92,317 | $94,982 |
| 10 | $82,796 | $85,347 | $87,897 | $90,647 | $95,102 | $97,927 |
| 11 | $84,896 | $87,522 | $90,167 | $93,342 | $97,837 | $100,817 |
| 12-13 | $87,096 | $89,892 | $92,737 | $96,162 | $100,627 | $103,847 |
| 14 | $89,396 | $92,387 | $95,432 | $99,122 | $103,467 | $106,907 |
| 15 | $91,796 | $95,082 | $98,452 | $102,552 | $106,817 | $110,772 |
| 16 | $94,196 | $97,775 | $101,465 | $105,990 | $110,165 | $114,635 |
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Per month (12)
$5,750.00
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $70,121 | +$1,121 |
| 3 | $71,321 | +$2,321 |
| 4 | $72,521 | +$3,521 |
| 5 | $73,721 | +$4,721 |
| 6 | $75,296 | +$6,296 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $69,000 a year, $5,750.00 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: 07/01/2026 - 06/30/2028.
Bargained with Oakland EA.
Read from the text layer of the PDF filed with PERC.
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-1, headed "TEACHERS' SALARY GUIDES 2026-2027", is the first year of the 2026-2028 agreement.
Step 12-13 is printed as a single frozen step and is kept as the district prints it.
The file PERC serves is named for the Oakland administrators' association, but the agreement inside is between the Board of Education of the Borough of Oakland, Bergen County, and the Oakland Education Association.
- Soft spot: The step-1 label did not come through the text read of the page; the page prints 1.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $69,000 at step 1 to $94,196 at step 16: 14 step increases worth $1,800 each on average, 37% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,400, between step 14 and step 15.
A master's degree is worth $3,705 more than a bachelor's at the first step (5.4%) and $7,269 more at the top of the column (7.7%).
The highest-paid column, MA+45, starts at $78,760 and tops out at $114,635, 22% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Oakland Public School District's starting pay ranks 16th and its top cell ranks 48th; 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 96th percentile and the top cell at the 79th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $69,000 | $94,196 | 14 | 37% |
| BA+15 | $70,855 | $97,775 | 14 | 38% |
| MA | $72,705 | $101,465 | 14 | 40% |
| MA+15 | $74,560 | $105,990 | 14 | 42% |
| MA+30 | $76,590 | $110,165 | 14 | 44% |
| MA+45 | $78,760 | $114,635 | 14 | 46% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Public School District | 1,348 | 2026-27 | $69,000 | $72,705 | $114,635 |
| Hanover Park Regional High School District | 1,331 | 2024-25 | $60,969 | – | $114,300 |
| Audubon Public School District | 1,366 | 2026-27 | $57,200 | – | $97,000 |
| Dunellen Public School District | 1,371 | 2026-27 | $65,995 | $68,475 | $93,470 |
| Harrison Township School District | 1,371 | 2024-25 | $53,087 | $55,277 | $91,056 |
| Tinton Falls School District | 1,373 | 2024-25 | $57,045 | $60,045 | $97,700 |
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 Oakland Public School District?
$69,000 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 $69,000 (BA).
What is the top of the Oakland Public School District salary schedule?
$114,635, at step 16 on MA+45 (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 Oakland Public School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $94,196, is reached at step 16, 14 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Oakland Public School District?
$3,705 more at the first step: $72,705 on MA against $69,000 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Hanover Park Regional High School Districtstarts $60,969
- Audubon Public School Districtstarts $57,200
- Dunellen Public School Districtstarts $65,995
- Harrison Township School Districtstarts $53,087
- Tinton Falls School Districtstarts $57,045
- Branchburg Township School Districtstarts $64,489
- Upper Township School Districtstarts $59,288
- Northern Highlands Regional High School Districtstarts $67,226
- Readington Township School Districtstarts $61,440
- Wood-Ridge School Districtstarts $60,500
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