Rankings · New York

Highest paying school districts in New York

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.

• The highest starting bachelor's salary among the 349 indexed New York district schedules is Bedford Central School District at $77,878 (2026-27).
• The highest single cell on any indexed New York grid is Central Islip Union Free School District at $185,530.
• This ranks the 349 New York districts whose published schedule is indexed here, out of 719 districts in the state. A district that is not indexed is not ranked.

Highest starting salary on the bachelor's column

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.

Coverage grows as more New York schedules are parsed. See all 719 New York districts, or the national rankings.