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Highest paying school districts in New Jersey

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. Orange Board of Education School District2026-27$73,289BA5,918
2. Hopatcong Borough Schools2026-27$72,140BA1,581
3. Lenape Regional High School District2026-27$71,897BA6,593
4. Millburn Township School District2026-27$71,406BA/BS4,737
5. Sea Girt Borough School District2025-26$71,333BA138
6. Kenilworth School District2024-25$71,332BA1,453
7. Marlboro Township School District2026-27$70,995B.A.4,505
8. East Windsor Regional School District2025-26$70,795BA5,194
9. West Deptford Township School District2026-27$70,493BA2,864
10. Trenton Public School District2025-26$70,075BA15,459
11. Ridgewood Public Schools2026-27$70,062BA5,544
12. Newark Public School District2026-27$70,000BA42,791
13. North Plainfield School District2026-27$69,630BA3,701
14. Spring Lake Borough2026-27$69,320BA142
15. Somerset Hills Regional School District2026-27$69,205BA1,699
16. Oakland Public School District2026-27$69,000BA1,348
17. Watchung Hills Regional High School District2026-27$68,825BA1,741
18. Burlington Township School District2026-27$68,794BA3,683
19. Hackettstown Public School District2026-27$68,765BA2,041
20. Deptford Township Public School District2026-27$68,570BA4,247
21. Township of Union School District2024-25$68,197BA7,970
22. Lawrence Township Public School District2026-27$68,136BA3,758
23. Hamilton Township School District2026-27$67,958BA12,377
24. Lebanon Township School District2025-26$67,725BA557
25. Union City School District2026-27$67,500BA12,797

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. Millburn Township School District2026-27$146,189MA/MS4,737
2. North Bergen School District2024-25$139,968Salary7,165
3. Township of Union School District2024-25$132,566MA+327,970
4. Elizabeth Public Schools2026-27$131,822Day/Yr28,334
5. Ridgewood Public Schools2026-27$129,882DR5,544
6. Union City School District2026-27$129,600PHD12,797
7. Passaic Valley Regional High School District2026-27$128,880Class 51,061
8. West Orange Public Schools2024-25$127,384DR7,030
9. Berkeley Heights School District2025-26$126,147MA+602,441
10. Northern Valley Regional High School District2023-24$124,185Scale VI M+452,159
11. Wayne Township Public School District2026-27$123,995MA+307,816
12. Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District2024-25$123,956MA+30862
13. Paramus Public School District2025-26$121,550MA+453,594
14. Lower Cape May Regional School District2025-26$121,288PHD1,164
15. Nutley Public School District2025-26$121,250DR4,284
16. Northern Highlands Regional High School District2025-26$121,136MA+601,301
17. Livingston Public Schools2026-27$120,718PhD/Doc6,489
18. Atlantic City School District2024-25$120,296DOC6,401
19. West Essex Regional School District2026-27$120,272MA+601,694
20. Princeton Public School District2026-27$120,088Doc3,827
21. Watchung Hills Regional High School District2026-27$119,785PHD1,741
22. Somerset Hills Regional School District2026-27$119,620MA+60/DOC1,699
23. Closter Public School District2026-27$118,680MA+601,211
24. Lenape Regional High School District2026-27$118,669PhD6,593
25. East Rutherford School District2023-24$118,474MA+60768

Coverage grows as more New Jersey schedules are parsed. See all 562 New Jersey districts, or the national rankings.