Annual salary
$54,318
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Ocean City 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.
- Ocean City School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $54,318 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $117,707 (MA+60, step 16), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $54,318 and reaches $90,548 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $63,389 to $102,607.
- The grid has 8 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
- Ocean City School District enrolled 1,850 students in 2023-24, the 205th-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+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | MA+45 | MA+60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $54,318 | $57,360 | $60,347 | $63,389 | $66,377 | $69,418 | $72,406 | |
| 2 | $57,360 | $60,347 | $63,389 | $66,377 | $69,418 | $72,406 | $75,448 | |
| 3 | $60,347 | $63,389 | $66,377 | $69,418 | $72,406 | $75,448 | $78,435 | |
| 4 | $63,389 | $66,377 | $69,418 | $72,406 | $75,448 | $78,435 | $81,477 | |
| 5 | $66,377 | $69,418 | $72,406 | $75,448 | $78,435 | $81,477 | $84,519 | |
| 6 | $69,418 | $72,406 | $75,448 | $78,435 | $81,477 | $84,519 | $87,506 | |
| 7 | $72,406 | $75,448 | $78,435 | $81,477 | $84,519 | $87,506 | $90,548 | |
| 8 | $75,448 | $78,435 | $81,477 | $84,519 | $87,506 | $90,548 | $93,536 | |
| 9 | $78,435 | $81,477 | $84,519 | $87,506 | $90,548 | $93,536 | $96,577 | |
| 10 | $81,477 | $84,519 | $87,506 | $90,548 | $93,536 | $96,577 | $99,565 | |
| 11 | $84,519 | $87,506 | $90,548 | $93,536 | $96,577 | $99,565 | $102,607 | |
| 12 | $87,506 | $90,548 | $93,536 | $96,577 | $99,565 | $102,607 | $105,594 | |
| 13 | $90,548 | $93,536 | $96,577 | $99,565 | $102,607 | $105,594 | $108,636 | |
| 14 | $99,565 | $102,607 | $105,594 | $108,636 | $111,678 | |||
| 15 | $111,678 | $114,665 | ||||||
| 16 | $117,707 |
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Per month (12)
$4,526.50
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $57,360 | +$3,042 |
| 3 | $60,347 | +$6,029 |
| 4 | $63,389 | +$9,071 |
| 5 | $66,377 | +$12,059 |
| 6 | $69,418 | +$15,100 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $54,318 a year, $4,526.50 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: 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2027.
Bargained with Ocean City 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.
The guide is staggered: each lane starts one step higher than the lane to its left, so the top of the BA lane is step 13 and only the MA+60 lane reaches step 16. Cells the agreement leaves blank are blank here.
Longevity is paid on top of the guide and is not part of it: $2,000 at 14-16 years, $3,000 at 17-19, $4,500 at 20-22, $5,500 at 23-25 (frozen 2013-14) and $8,000 at 26 years and over (frozen 2013-14).
- Soft spot: Step 1 in the BA column reads 54,318 on the page; the text read of it returned 4,318. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $54,318 at step 1 to $90,548 at step 13: 12 step increases worth $3,019 each on average, 67% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,042, between step 1 and step 2.
A master's degree is worth $9,071 more than a bachelor's at the first step (16.7%) and $12,059 more at the top of the column (13.3%).
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Ocean City School District's starting pay ranks 306th and its top cell ranks 31st; 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 61st percentile and the top cell at the 82nd percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $54,318 | $90,548 | 12 | 67% |
| BA+15 | $57,360 | $93,536 | 12 | 63% |
| BA+30 | $60,347 | $99,565 | 13 | 65% |
| MA | $63,389 | $102,607 | 13 | 62% |
| MA+15 | $66,377 | $105,594 | 13 | 59% |
| MA+30 | $69,418 | $111,678 | 14 | 61% |
| MA+45 | $72,406 | $114,665 | 14 | 58% |
| MA+60 | $117,707 | $117,707 | 1 | – |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean City School District | 1,850 | 2026-27 | $54,318 | $63,389 | $117,707 |
| Pennsville School District | 1,852 | 2026-27 | $54,426 | $57,067 | $94,323 |
| Burlington City Public School District | 1,878 | 2025-26 | $60,665 | $65,265 | $106,315 |
| Palisades Park School District | 1,812 | 2025-26 | $60,500 | $63,000 | $104,550 |
| Glen Ridge Public School District | 1,810 | 2026-27 | $61,359 | $67,825 | $111,501 |
| Manville School District | 1,798 | 2026-27 | $66,705 | $69,305 | $95,850 |
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 Ocean City School District?
$54,318 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 $54,318 (BA).
What is the top of the Ocean City School District salary schedule?
$117,707, at step 16 on MA+60 (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 Ocean City School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $90,548, is reached at step 13, 12 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Ocean City School District?
$9,071 more at the first step: $63,389 on MA against $54,318 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Pennsville School Districtstarts $54,426
- Burlington City Public School Districtstarts $60,665
- Palisades Park School Districtstarts $60,500
- Glen Ridge Public School Districtstarts $61,359
- Manville School Districtstarts $66,705
- Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School Districtstarts $56,687
- Eastern Camden County Regional School Districtstarts $51,564
- Woodbury City Public School Districtstarts $60,352
- Watchung Hills Regional High School Districtstarts $68,825
- Pompton Lakes School Districtstarts $61,625
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