Annual salary
$63,175
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Passaic Valley Regional High School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Salary guide for professional staff (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a class and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Passaic Valley Regional High School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $63,175 (Class 1, step 1) and tops out at $128,880 (Class 5, step 23), per Passaic Valley Education Association (effective ).
- The grid has 5 class columns and 20 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 23.
- Passaic Valley Regional High School District enrolled 1,061 students in 2023-24, the 296th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Salary guide for professional staff (2026-27)
| Step \ Class | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | Class 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $63,175 | $68,230 | $74,545 | $76,440 | $78,335 |
| 2 | $63,675 | $68,770 | $75,135 | $77,045 | $78,955 |
| 3 | $64,475 | $69,635 | $76,080 | $78,015 | $79,950 |
| 4-5 | $65,280 | $70,500 | $77,030 | $78,990 | $80,945 |
| 6-7 | $66,280 | $71,580 | $78,210 | $80,200 | $82,185 |
| 8 | $67,280 | $72,660 | $79,390 | $81,410 | $83,425 |
| 9-10 | $68,280 | $73,740 | $80,570 | $82,620 | $84,665 |
| 11 | $69,280 | $74,820 | $81,750 | $83,830 | $85,905 |
| 12 | $71,280 | $76,980 | $84,110 | $86,250 | $88,385 |
| 13 | $73,355 | $79,225 | $86,560 | $88,760 | $90,960 |
| 14 | $75,630 | $81,680 | $89,245 | $91,510 | $93,780 |
| 15 | $78,080 | $84,325 | $92,135 | $94,475 | $96,820 |
| 16 | $80,705 | $87,160 | $95,230 | $97,655 | $100,075 |
| 17 | $83,505 | $90,185 | $98,535 | $101,040 | $103,545 |
| 18 | $86,480 | $93,400 | $102,045 | $104,640 | $107,235 |
| 19 | $89,630 | $96,800 | $105,765 | $108,450 | $111,140 |
| 20 | $92,955 | $101,670 | $109,685 | $112,475 | $115,265 |
| 21 | $96,455 | $104,615 | $113,815 | $116,710 | $119,605 |
| 22 | $100,130 | $108,140 | $118,155 | $121,155 | $124,160 |
| 23 | $103,935 | $112,250 | $122,645 | $125,950 | $128,880 |
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Per month (12)
$5,264.58
Next 5 steps in this class
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $63,675 | +$500 |
| 3 | $64,475 | +$1,300 |
| 4-5 | $65,280 | +$2,105 |
| 6-7 | $66,280 | +$3,105 |
| 8 | $67,280 | +$4,105 |
Worked example as rendered: Class 1, step 1 = $63,175 a year, $5,264.58 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A, Schedule A of the contract between the Passaic Valley Education Association and the Passaic Valley Regional High School District Board of Education covering 2024-2025 through 2026-2027; this is Year 3, 2026-2027. The district's own site publishes no agreement, so this comes from the association. The contract's cover names Passaic Valley Regional High School, 100 East Main Street, Little Falls.
The district labels its columns Class 1 to Class 5, defined in the appendix as a bachelor's degree, 30 graduate credits beyond the bachelor's, 60 credits plus an earned master's, 90 credits plus an earned master's, and an earned doctorate from an accredited American university.
Steps 4-5, 6-7 and 9-10 are the district's own frozen-pair labels.
Longevity is paid outside the guide: 1,884 starting in year 16, 2,696 in year 21, 3,508 in year 26 and 4,318 in year 31.
Checked against the 2025-2026 guide printed on the previous page: within each step row all five classes rise by the same year-over-year factor to five decimal places (1.02391 at step 1 falling smoothly to 1.00785 at step 23), which no OCR-style digit error would reproduce.
The three cells that break that pattern were re-read off the rendered page image and are printed as recorded: Class 2 at steps 20 and 21, and Class 4 at step 23.
- Soft spot: Class 2 at steps 20 and 21 and Class 4 at step 23 do not follow the year-over-year factor the rest of the guide obeys; they were confirmed visually against the printed page and are published exactly as issued.
How this schedule moves
On the Class 1 column a teacher moves from $63,175 at step 1 to $103,935 at step 23: 19 step increases worth $2,145 each on average, 65% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,805, between step 22 and step 23.
The highest-paid column, Class 5, starts at $78,335 and tops out at $128,880, 24% above the top of the Class 1 column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Passaic Valley Regional High School District's starting pay ranks 89th and its top cell ranks 7th; 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 87th percentile and the top cell at the 89th percentile.
Column by column
| Class | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | $63,175 | $103,935 | 19 | 65% |
| Class 2 | $68,230 | $112,250 | 19 | 65% |
| Class 3 | $74,545 | $122,645 | 19 | 65% |
| Class 4 | $76,440 | $125,950 | 19 | 65% |
| Class 5 | $78,335 | $128,880 | 19 | 65% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passaic Valley Regional High School District | 1,061 | 2026-27 | $63,175 | – | $128,880 |
| Sussex-Wantage Regional School District | 1,080 | 2025-26 | $62,521 | $66,271 | $100,441 |
| Emerson Public School District | 1,088 | 2026-27 | $59,950 | $65,200 | $109,950 |
| Eatontown Public School District | 1,019 | 2026-27 | $64,129 | $68,229 | $106,489 |
| Keyport School District | 1,004 | 2024-25 | $60,002 | $63,714 | $101,732 |
| Colts Neck Township School District | 984 | 2023-24 | $58,881 | $65,481 | $104,681 |
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 salary on the Passaic Valley Regional High School District schedule?
$63,175 at step 1 on Class 1, per the 2026-27 schedule (Passaic Valley Education Association).
What is the top of the Passaic Valley Regional High School District salary schedule?
$128,880, at step 23 on Class 5 (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 Passaic Valley Regional High School District salary schedule?
On the Class 1 column the top figure, $103,935, is reached at step 23, 19 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Sussex-Wantage Regional School Districtstarts $62,521
- Emerson Public School Districtstarts $59,950
- Eatontown Public School Districtstarts $64,129
- Keyport School Districtstarts $60,002
- Colts Neck Township School Districtstarts $58,881
- Pitman Boro School Districtstarts $49,027
- Hillsdale School Districtstarts $55,070
- Plumsted Township School Districtstarts $62,119
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