Annual salary
$60,000
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
Ridgefield 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.
- Ridgefield School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $60,000 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $115,153 (MA+30, step 22), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $60,000 and reaches $93,453 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $62,000 to $106,998.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 19 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 22.
- Ridgefield School District enrolled 1,438 students in 2023-24, the 249th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2025-26
Official sourceDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2025-26Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $63,247 | $66,281 |
| 2-3 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $64,417 | $67,622 |
| 4-5 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $65,588 | $68,965 |
| 6-7 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $66,832 | $70,381 |
| 8 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $66,000 | $68,342 | $72,062 |
| 9 | $65,000 | $66,000 | $67,000 | $69,657 | $73,549 |
| 10 | $66,000 | $67,000 | $68,000 | $70,971 | $75,035 |
| 11 | $67,000 | $68,000 | $69,836 | $72,841 | $77,421 |
| 12 | $68,000 | $69,000 | $71,380 | $74,328 | $79,422 |
| 13 | $69,000 | $70,000 | $72,839 | $75,729 | $81,338 |
| 14 | $70,000 | $71,174 | $73,933 | $76,823 | $82,865 |
| 15 | $71,000 | $72,824 | $75,380 | $78,776 | $84,193 |
| 16 | $72,000 | $74,624 | $77,000 | $80,961 | $85,671 |
| 17 | $73,000 | $77,475 | $79,422 | $83,019 | $87,950 |
| 18 | $77,453 | $82,375 | $82,893 | $86,126 | $91,278 |
| 19 | $82,353 | $87,475 | $88,852 | $91,626 | $96,478 |
| 20 | $87,653 | $92,975 | $94,322 | $97,526 | $102,078 |
| 21 | $93,453 | $99,548 | $100,182 | $103,440 | $107,692 |
| 22 | $106,998 | $110,737 | $115,153 |
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Per month (12)
$5,000.00
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $61,000 | +$1,000 |
| 4-5 | $62,000 | +$2,000 |
| 6-7 | $63,000 | +$3,000 |
| 8 | $64,000 | +$4,000 |
| 9 | $65,000 | +$5,000 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $60,000 a year, $5,000.00 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: 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2028.
Bargained with Ridgefield EA.
Read from PERC's own searchable copy of the agreement, where the guide is stored as a table rather than as an image.
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.
Table caption in the agreement: SCHEDULE A-2 2025-2026 TEN MONTH GUIDE
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $60,000 at step 1 to $93,453 at step 21: 17 step increases worth $1,968 each on average, 56% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $5,800, between step 20 and step 21.
A master's degree is worth $2,000 more than a bachelor's at the first step (3.3%) and $13,545 more at the top of the column (14.5%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $66,281 and tops out at $115,153, 23% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Ridgefield School District's starting pay ranks 187th and its top cell ranks 43rd; 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 78th percentile and the top cell at the 79th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $60,000 | $93,453 | 17 | 56% |
| BA+15 | $61,000 | $99,548 | 17 | 63% |
| MA | $62,000 | $106,998 | 18 | 73% |
| MA+15 | $63,247 | $110,737 | 18 | 75% |
| MA+30 | $66,281 | $115,153 | 18 | 74% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield School District | 1,438 | 2025-26 | $60,000 | $62,000 | $115,153 |
| Kenilworth School District | 1,453 | 2024-25 | $71,332 | $79,437 | $106,280 |
| Asbury Park School District | 1,456 | 2024-25 | $63,085 | $65,985 | $102,735 |
| Haddon Heights School District | 1,461 | 2026-27 | $58,351 | $62,121 | $99,146 |
| Bogota Public School District | 1,411 | 2025-26 | $52,700 | $60,700 | $112,200 |
| Manasquan School District | 1,466 | 2026-27 | $65,570 | $67,570 | $102,350 |
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 Ridgefield School District?
$60,000 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 $60,000 (BA).
What is the top of the Ridgefield School District salary schedule?
$115,153, at step 22 on MA+30 (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 Ridgefield School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $93,453, is reached at step 21, 17 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Ridgefield School District?
$2,000 more at the first step: $62,000 on MA against $60,000 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Kenilworth School Districtstarts $71,332
- Asbury Park School Districtstarts $63,085
- Haddon Heights School Districtstarts $58,351
- Bogota Public School Districtstarts $52,700
- Manasquan School Districtstarts $65,570
- Florence Township School Districtstarts $63,575
- Readington Township School Districtstarts $61,440
- Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School Districtstarts $62,838
- Upper Township School Districtstarts $59,288
- Branchburg Township School Districtstarts $64,489
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