Annual salary
$55,000
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2023-24
Ocean Township School District salary schedule, 2023-24
Teacher salary guide, 2023-24. 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 Township School District's 2023-24 salary schedule starts at $55,000 (BA, step A) and tops out at $86,002 (MA+30, step 16), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $55,000 and reaches $83,002 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $56,500 to $84,502.
- The grid has 3 column columns and 17 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
- Ocean Township School District enrolled 582 students in 2023-24, the 384th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2023-24
Official sourceDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2023-24Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | MA | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | $55,000 | $56,500 | $58,000 |
| 1 | $56,152 | $57,652 | $59,152 |
| 2 | $57,302 | $58,802 | $60,302 |
| 3 | $58,452 | $59,952 | $61,452 |
| 4 | $59,652 | $61,152 | $62,652 |
| 5 | $60,952 | $62,452 | $63,952 |
| 6 | $62,452 | $63,952 | $65,452 |
| 7 | $64,002 | $65,502 | $67,002 |
| 8 | $65,602 | $67,102 | $68,602 |
| 9 | $67,402 | $68,902 | $70,402 |
| 10 | $69,402 | $70,902 | $72,402 |
| 11 | $71,402 | $72,902 | $74,402 |
| 12 | $73,602 | $75,102 | $76,602 |
| 13 | $75,802 | $77,302 | $78,802 |
| 14 | $78,202 | $79,702 | $81,202 |
| 15 | $80,602 | $82,102 | $83,602 |
| 16 | $83,002 | $84,502 | $86,002 |
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Per month (12)
$4,583.33
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $56,152 | +$1,152 |
| 2 | $57,302 | +$2,302 |
| 3 | $58,452 | +$3,452 |
| 4 | $59,652 | +$4,652 |
| 5 | $60,952 | +$5,952 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step A = $55,000 a year, $4,583.33 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 - 06/30/2024.
Bargained with Waretown EA.
Read from the text layer of the PDF filed with PERC.
The agreement labels this guide 2023-24. A multi-year agreement prints one guide per year of its term; a successor agreement may already be in force locally.
The guide's first line is step A, the hiring step, printed above step 1.
This is the Waretown school district in Ocean County; the agreement is filed at PERC as Ocean Township B/E with the Waretown Education Association.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $55,000 at step A to $83,002 at step 16: 16 step increases worth $1,750 each on average, 51% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,400, between step 13 and step 14.
A master's degree is worth $1,500 more than a bachelor's at the first step (2.7%) and $1,500 more at the top of the column (1.8%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $58,000 and tops out at $86,002, 4% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Ocean Township School District's starting pay ranks 299th and its top cell ranks 311th; 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 63rd percentile and the top cell at the 43rd percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $55,000 | $83,002 | 16 | 51% |
| MA | $56,500 | $84,502 | 16 | 50% |
| MA+30 | $58,000 | $86,002 | 16 | 48% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Township School District | 582 | 2023-24 | $55,000 | $56,500 | $86,002 |
| Egg Harbor City School District | 578 | 2024-25 | $58,410 | $61,052 | $93,048 |
| West Long Branch School District | 574 | 2022-23 | $54,255 | $58,755 | $83,070 |
| Eastampton Township School District | 602 | 2025-26 | $60,874 | $63,274 | $88,939 |
| Lebanon Township School District | 557 | 2025-26 | $67,725 | $70,200 | $88,150 |
| Clementon Elementary School District | 609 | 2026-27 | $58,570 | $62,020 | $97,280 |
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 Township School District?
$55,000 on the column BA at step A of the 2023-24 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $55,000 (BA).
What is the top of the Ocean Township School District salary schedule?
$86,002, at step 16 on MA+30 (2023-24). 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 Township School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $83,002, is reached at step 16, 16 step increases after step A (2023-24 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Ocean Township School District?
$1,500 more at the first step: $56,500 on MA against $55,000 on BA (2023-24 schedule).
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- West Long Branch School Districtstarts $54,255
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