Annual salary
$61,025
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
Waterford Township 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.
- Waterford Township School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $61,025 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $97,092 (MA+30, step 13), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $61,025 and reaches $90,990 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $64,852 to $94,817.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 13.
- Waterford Township School District enrolled 934 students in 2023-24, the 316th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2025-26
Transcribed from imageDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2025-26Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $61,025 | $62,302 | $63,577 | $64,852 | $66,127 | $67,127 |
| 2 | $61,225 | $62,502 | $63,777 | $65,052 | $66,327 | $67,327 |
| 3 | $61,425 | $62,702 | $63,977 | $65,252 | $66,527 | $67,527 |
| 4 | $61,625 | $62,902 | $64,177 | $65,452 | $66,727 | $67,727 |
| 5 | $62,625 | $63,902 | $65,177 | $66,452 | $67,727 | $68,727 |
| 6 | $63,625 | $64,902 | $66,177 | $67,452 | $68,727 | $69,727 |
| 7 | $64,625 | $65,902 | $67,177 | $68,452 | $69,727 | $70,727 |
| 8 | $65,725 | $67,002 | $68,277 | $69,552 | $70,827 | $71,827 |
| 9 | $67,025 | $68,302 | $69,577 | $70,852 | $72,127 | $73,127 |
| 10 | $70,325 | $71,602 | $72,877 | $74,152 | $75,427 | $76,427 |
| 11 | $74,025 | $75,302 | $76,577 | $77,852 | $79,127 | $80,127 |
| 11A | $77,825 | $79,102 | $80,377 | $81,652 | $82,927 | $83,927 |
| 12 | $81,725 | $83,002 | $84,277 | $85,552 | $86,827 | $87,827 |
| 12A | $85,625 | $86,902 | $88,177 | $89,452 | $90,727 | $91,727 |
| 13 | $90,990 | $92,267 | $93,542 | $94,817 | $96,092 | $97,092 |
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Per month (12)
$5,085.42
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $61,225 | +$200 |
| 3 | $61,425 | +$400 |
| 4 | $61,625 | +$600 |
| 5 | $62,625 | +$1,600 |
| 6 | $63,625 | +$2,600 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $61,025 a year, $5,085.42 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: 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2026.
Bargained with Waterford Tp EA.
The guide is printed inside the filed agreement as an image, so it was read off the page as rendered and every figure was then checked against that page.
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.
The salary appendix is filed sideways: one page carries four guides, BASE YEAR 2022-23, YEAR 1 2023-24, YEAR 2 2024-25 and YEAR 3 2025-26. The 2025-26 guide published here is the last year of the 2023-2026 agreement.
Steps 11A and 12A are printed as separate steps between 11 and 12 and between 12 and 13, and are kept as the district prints them.
The same appendix carries a separate hourly table for permanent teacher substitutes, which is not part of this guide.
- Soft spot: The page is filed rotated 90 degrees and every figure on it has a handwritten check mark struck through it, so the text read of the page is unreliable. The page was rotated upright, re-read, and then every figure was checked by eye against the page as rendered.
- Soft spot: Where a correction below reports a text read of 0, the read returned nothing legible for that cell and the figure published is the one printed on the page.
- Soft spot: Step 8 in the BA column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 65,725, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 6 in the BA+15 column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 64,902, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 5 in the BA+30 column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 65,177, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 10 in the BA+30 column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 72,877, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 10 in the MA column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 74,152, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 7 in the MA+30 column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 70,727, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 8 in the MA+30 column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 71,827, and that is the figure published.
- Soft spot: Step 11A in the MA+30 column came back empty from the text read of the page; it is printed there as 83,927, and that is the figure published.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $61,025 at step 1 to $90,990 at step 13: 14 step increases worth $2,140 each on average, 49% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $5,365, between step 12A and step 13.
A master's degree is worth $3,827 more than a bachelor's at the first step (6.3%) and $3,827 more at the top of the column (4.2%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $67,127 and tops out at $97,092, 7% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Waterford Township School District's starting pay ranks 133rd and its top cell ranks 235th; 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 82nd percentile and the top cell at the 56th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $61,025 | $90,990 | 14 | 49% |
| BA+15 | $62,302 | $92,267 | 14 | 48% |
| BA+30 | $63,577 | $93,542 | 14 | 47% |
| MA | $64,852 | $94,817 | 14 | 46% |
| MA+15 | $66,127 | $96,092 | 14 | 45% |
| MA+30 | $67,127 | $97,092 | 14 | 45% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Township School District | 934 | 2025-26 | $61,025 | $64,852 | $97,092 |
| Little Falls Township Public School District | 935 | 2026-27 | $60,985 | $68,805 | $105,220 |
| Absecon Public Schools District | 936 | 2026-27 | $61,021 | $66,465 | $103,122 |
| Northfield City School District | 947 | 2024-25 | $57,630 | $61,408 | $98,899 |
| Monmouth Regional High School District | 950 | 2025-26 | $58,225 | $61,725 | $104,350 |
| Allendale Public School District | 905 | 2025-26 | $64,518 | – | $110,615 |
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 Waterford Township School District?
$61,025 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 $61,025 (BA).
What is the top of the Waterford Township School District salary schedule?
$97,092, at step 13 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 Waterford Township School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $90,990, is reached at step 13, 14 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Waterford Township School District?
$3,827 more at the first step: $64,852 on MA against $61,025 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Little Falls Township Public School Districtstarts $60,985
- Absecon Public Schools Districtstarts $61,021
- Northfield City School Districtstarts $57,630
- Monmouth Regional High School Districtstarts $58,225
- Allendale Public School Districtstarts $64,518
- Midland Park School Districtstarts $51,750
- Stratford School Districtstarts $56,242
- Sterling Regional School Districtstarts $57,124
- Wanaque School Districtstarts $60,245
- Gateway Regional High School Districtstarts $63,043
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