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Seaside Heights School District salary schedule, 2024-25
Teacher salary guide, 2024-25. 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.
- Seaside Heights School District's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $58,784 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $92,809 (PHD, step 18), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $58,784 and reaches $89,309 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $60,384 to $90,909.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 18 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 18.
- Seaside Heights School District enrolled 174 students in 2023-24, the 506th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2024-25
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+30 | MA | MA+30 | PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $58,784 | $59,784 | $60,384 | $61,284 | $62,284 |
| 2 | $59,284 | $60,284 | $60,884 | $61,784 | $62,784 |
| 3 | $59,784 | $60,784 | $61,384 | $62,284 | $63,284 |
| 4 | $60,534 | $61,534 | $62,134 | $63,034 | $64,034 |
| 5 | $61,734 | $62,734 | $63,334 | $64,234 | $65,234 |
| 6 | $63,434 | $64,434 | $65,034 | $65,934 | $66,934 |
| 7 | $65,284 | $66,284 | $66,884 | $67,784 | $68,784 |
| 8 | $67,184 | $68,184 | $68,784 | $69,684 | $70,684 |
| 9 | $69,134 | $70,134 | $70,734 | $71,634 | $72,634 |
| 10 | $71,134 | $72,134 | $72,734 | $73,634 | $74,634 |
| 11 | $73,134 | $74,134 | $74,734 | $75,634 | $76,634 |
| 12 | $75,134 | $76,134 | $76,734 | $77,634 | $78,634 |
| 13 | $77,134 | $78,134 | $78,734 | $79,634 | $80,634 |
| 14 | $79,234 | $80,234 | $80,834 | $81,734 | $82,734 |
| 15 | $81,509 | $82,509 | $83,109 | $84,009 | $85,009 |
| 16 | $84,009 | $85,009 | $85,609 | $86,509 | $87,509 |
| 17 | $86,609 | $87,609 | $88,209 | $89,109 | $90,109 |
| 18 | $89,309 | $90,309 | $90,909 | $91,809 | $92,809 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $59,284 | +$500 |
| 3 | $59,784 | +$1,000 |
| 4 | $60,534 | +$1,750 |
| 5 | $61,734 | +$2,950 |
| 6 | $63,434 | +$4,650 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $58,784 a year, $4,898.67 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: 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2025.
Bargained with Seaside Hgts 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 2024-25. A multi-year agreement prints one guide per year of its term; a successor agreement may already be in force locally.
The 2024-2025 guide, the last of the three the agreement prints (its term runs 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2025).
Service increments are paid on top of the guide: $200 at five years, $300 at ten, $400 at fifteen, $500 at twenty, $600 at twenty-five and $700 at thirty.
- Soft spot: Step 1 in the BA+30 column reads 59,784 on the page; the text read of it returned 39,784. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $58,784 at step 1 to $89,309 at step 18: 17 step increases worth $1,796 each on average, 52% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,700, between step 17 and step 18.
A master's degree is worth $1,600 more than a bachelor's at the first step (2.7%) and $1,600 more at the top of the column (1.8%).
The highest-paid column, PHD, starts at $62,284 and tops out at $92,809, 4% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Seaside Heights School District's starting pay ranks 229th and its top cell ranks 285th; 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 74th percentile and the top cell at the 51st percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $58,784 | $89,309 | 17 | 52% |
| BA+30 | $59,784 | $90,309 | 17 | 51% |
| MA | $60,384 | $90,909 | 17 | 51% |
| MA+30 | $61,284 | $91,809 | 17 | 50% |
| PHD | $62,284 | $92,809 | 17 | 49% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Heights School District | 174 | 2024-25 | $58,784 | $60,384 | $92,809 |
| North Wildwood School District | 173 | 2025-26 | $60,000 | $62,825 | $77,910 |
| Mannington Township School District | 163 | 2025-26 | $63,709 | $65,709 | $84,153 |
| Wenonah Boro School District | 163 | 2026-27 | $57,593 | $60,193 | $86,046 |
| Fredon Township School District | 187 | 2025-26 | $60,143 | $62,943 | $93,028 |
| Cape May City School District | 160 | 2024-25 | $59,500 | $61,800 | $80,800 |
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 Seaside Heights School District?
$58,784 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2024-25 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $58,784 (BA).
What is the top of the Seaside Heights School District salary schedule?
$92,809, at step 18 on PHD (2024-25). 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 Seaside Heights School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $89,309, is reached at step 18, 17 step increases after step 1 (2024-25 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Seaside Heights School District?
$1,600 more at the first step: $60,384 on MA against $58,784 on BA (2024-25 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- North Wildwood School Districtstarts $60,000
- Mannington Township School Districtstarts $63,709
- Wenonah Boro School Districtstarts $57,593
- Fredon Township School Districtstarts $60,143
- Cape May City School Districtstarts $59,500
- Estell Manor School Districtstarts $59,282
- Deal Boro School Districtstarts $60,215
- New Hanover Township School Districtstarts $58,756
- Spring Lake Boroughstarts $69,320
- Sea Girt Borough School Districtstarts $71,333
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