Annual salary
$62,607
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
Scotch Plains-Fanwood 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.
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $62,607 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $98,794 (Ph.D, step 15), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $62,607 and reaches $80,421 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $67,884 to $87,849.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 15.
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District enrolled 5,758 students in 2023-24, the 56th-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+30 | MA | MA+30 | ADVANCED DEGREE | Ph.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $62,607 | $66,092 | $67,884 | $71,243 | $72,914 | $75,357 |
| 2 | $62,929 | $66,666 | $68,460 | $71,818 | $73,487 | $75,930 |
| 3 | $64,698 | $68,438 | $70,238 | $73,603 | $75,269 | $77,718 |
| 4 | $65,310 | $69,053 | $70,854 | $74,214 | $75,883 | $78,331 |
| 5 | $65,936 | $69,676 | $71,478 | $74,838 | $76,509 | $78,957 |
| 6 | $67,929 | $71,760 | $73,596 | $77,035 | $78,744 | $81,251 |
| 7 | $68,760 | $72,596 | $74,539 | $77,864 | $79,574 | $82,087 |
| 8 | $69,673 | $73,487 | $75,325 | $78,757 | $80,480 | $82,994 |
| 9 | $71,117 | $74,974 | $76,830 | $80,298 | $82,034 | $84,573 |
| 10 | $72,859 | $77,351 | $79,658 | $83,821 | $85,870 | $89,020 |
| 11 | $74,986 | $79,958 | $82,533 | $87,060 | $89,299 | $92,692 |
| 12 | $75,615 | $80,638 | $83,238 | $87,811 | $90,072 | $93,499 |
| 13 | $76,249 | $81,336 | $83,970 | $88,602 | $90,893 | $94,364 |
| 14 | $76,708 | $81,844 | $84,506 | $89,184 | $91,498 | $95,004 |
| 15 | $80,421 | $85,075 | $87,849 | $92,726 | $95,138 | $98,794 |
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Per month (12)
$5,217.25
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $62,929 | +$322 |
| 3 | $64,698 | +$2,091 |
| 4 | $65,310 | +$2,703 |
| 5 | $65,936 | +$3,329 |
| 6 | $67,929 | +$5,322 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $62,607 a year, $5,217.25 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: 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2027.
Bargained with Scotch Plains-Fanwood EA.
Read from the text layer of the PDF filed with PERC.
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: 25-26 Scotch Plains - Fanwood Teacher Salary Guide ADVANCED
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $62,607 at step 1 to $80,421 at step 15: 14 step increases worth $1,272 each on average, 28% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,713, between step 14 and step 15.
A master's degree is worth $5,277 more than a bachelor's at the first step (8.4%) and $7,428 more at the top of the column (9.2%).
The highest-paid column, Ph.D, starts at $75,357 and tops out at $98,794, 23% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District's starting pay ranks 99th and its top cell ranks 215th; 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 86th percentile and the top cell at the 59th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $62,607 | $80,421 | 14 | 28% |
| BA+30 | $66,092 | $85,075 | 14 | 29% |
| MA | $67,884 | $87,849 | 14 | 29% |
| MA+30 | $71,243 | $92,726 | 14 | 30% |
| ADVANCED DEGREE | $72,914 | $95,138 | 14 | 30% |
| Ph.D | $75,357 | $98,794 | 14 | 31% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District | 5,758 | 2025-26 | $62,607 | $67,884 | $98,794 |
| Monroe Township Public School District | 5,746 | 2024-25 | $53,008 | $56,008 | $95,495 |
| Howell Township Public School District | 5,716 | 2025-26 | $61,500 | $63,000 | $106,750 |
| Orange Board of Education School District | 5,918 | 2026-27 | $73,289 | $75,451 | $113,853 |
| Fair Lawn Public Schools | 5,567 | 2026-27 | $64,000 | $70,600 | $117,380 |
| Ridgewood Public Schools | 5,544 | 2026-27 | $70,062 | $77,162 | $129,882 |
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 Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District?
$62,607 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 $62,607 (BA).
What is the top of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District salary schedule?
$98,794, at step 15 on Ph.D (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 Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $80,421, is reached at step 15, 14 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District?
$5,277 more at the first step: $67,884 on MA against $62,607 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Monroe Township Public School Districtstarts $53,008
- Howell Township Public School Districtstarts $61,500
- Orange Board of Education School Districtstarts $73,289
- Fair Lawn Public Schoolsstarts $64,000
- Ridgewood Public Schoolsstarts $70,062
- Kearny School Districtstarts $60,855
- Long Branch Public School Districtstarts $57,491
- Bridgeton Board of Educationstarts $64,435
- East Windsor Regional School Districtstarts $70,795
- Atlantic City School Districtstarts $62,443
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