The median teacher salary in one district is more than $100,000.
TRENTON -- The median salary among New Jersey teachers is $66,117 this school year, about a 2.4 percent increase from last year, according to new state data.
The statistic reflects a wide range of teacher salaries that vary from district to district based on regional cost of living, grade levels offered in the district, faculty experience and other factors.
Northern Valley, a regional high school district in an affluent part of Bergen County, has the highest median teacher salary, $105,650. That's more than twice the $43,911 median salary in East Newark Borough, a tiny K-8 district in a low-income area.
Use the tool at the bottom of this story to lookup any district or charter school and compare it to other districts.
The data was released Thursday as part of the state's annual Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending, an overview of how every district spends taxpayer money. It includes information on revenue sources, per-pupil spending and administrative costs, among other categories.
Unlike superintendent pay, New Jersey has no restrictions on teachers' salaries. The median salary is the figure that splits the middle of the payroll, meaning that half of the teachers in a district make more than that number and the other half make less.
A district's median salary can be a volatile statistic. A rash of retirements, mass layoffs or an influx of new teachers can lead to a district seeing a large swing up or down in median teacher salary in any given year.
Some districts saw their median salary rise or fall by more than $10,000 this year.
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