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Highest paying school districts in Connecticut

Ranked from the districts' own published salary schedules, not from survey averages or self-reported figures. Every row links to that district's full step-and-lane grid and the document it was read from.

Highest starting salary on the bachelor's column

DistrictYearStartingColumnEnrollment
1. Avon School District2026-27$68,104BA3,125
2. Monroe School District2025-26$63,226BA3,470
3. Waterbury Public Schools2026-27$61,497BA18,956
4. Marlborough School District2026-27$61,273BA445
5. Madison School District2026-27$61,000BA2,434
6. Mansfield School District2026-27$60,973BA1,002
7. Ansonia School District2025-26$60,900BA2,397
8. Sherman School District2026-27$60,391BA246
9. Lisbon School District2026-27$60,316BA442
10. Preston School District2026-27$59,884BA450
11. Ellington School District2027-28$59,405BA2,547
12. Stafford School District2026-27$59,105BA1,318
13. Brookfield School District2025-26$58,948BA2,582
14. Shelton School District2025-26$58,715BA4,513
15. Bethany School District2026-27$57,934BA445
16. Wethersfield School District2026-27$57,847BA3,584
17. Westbrook School District2026-27$57,607BA597
18. Fairfield School District2026-27$57,515BA9,355
19. Colchester School District2026-27$57,311BA2,161
20. Rocky Hill School District2026-27$57,155BA2,530
21. Branford School District2026-27$56,974BA2,625
22. Glastonbury School District2026-27$56,795BA5,674
23. Vernon School District2026-27$56,621BA3,226
24. Westport School District2026-27$56,592BA5,333
25. East Hartford School District2025-26$56,564BA6,410

Highest cell anywhere on the schedule

The top of a schedule is normally the most senior step of the highest education column, so this is what a long-serving teacher with the most credits can reach, not a typical salary.

DistrictYearTop cellColumnEnrollment
1. Norwalk School District2025-26$140,744PHD (GF)11,520
2. Wilton School District2025-26$139,581PhD3,809
3. Westport School District2026-27$138,885MA+605,333
4. New Canaan School District2025-26$138,270BA+904,109
5. Stamford Public Schools2026-27$132,824PH.D16,339
6. Darien School District2025-26$132,491PHD4,681
7. Redding School District2026-27$131,806PHD865
8. Fairfield School District2026-27$130,984PHD9,355
9. Monroe School District2025-26$130,790PhD3,470
10. Trumbull School District2025-26$127,0816TH+156,940
11. Avon School District2026-27$126,2086TH YR3,125
12. Glastonbury School District2026-27$126,130PHD5,674
13. Rocky Hill School District2026-27$124,9846TH+30/PHD2,530
14. Newington School District2026-27$124,120PHD3,893
15. Stratford School District2026-27$122,9216TH YR6,743
16. West Hartford School District2026-27$122,496PHD9,261
17. Danbury Public Schools2026-27$121,691PHD12,126
18. Shelton School District2025-26$120,715PHD4,513
19. Bethel School District2025-26$119,860PHD3,249
20. Bristol School District2026-27$119,520PHD7,774
21. New Britain School District2026-27$118,050PHD9,900
22. Marlborough School District2026-27$117,8206TH YR445
23. Easton School District2025-26$117,423PHD904
24. Simsbury School District2025-26$116,4737TH YR4,165
25. East Hartford School District2025-26$116,353PHD6,410

Coverage grows as more Connecticut schedules are parsed. See all 169 Connecticut districts, or the national rankings.