NJ Spotlight published the following article on August 15, 2014. To read the full article, click here.
INTERACTIVE MAP: SALARIES FOR NJ TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS DIP SLIGHTLY
COLLEEN O’DEA | AUGUST 15, 2014
Departure of long-time educators and supervisors – and hiring less-experienced replacements – is responsible in large part for drop in average pay
The average salary of New Jersey teachers, administrators and superintendents dropped slightly last year, largely due to the retirement of experienced educators who were replaced by younger staff at lower salaries, an analysis of state school-salary data shows.
Teachers and other non-administrative professional staff received a base salary on average of $68,302 in 2013-14, a fraction of a percent less than in the prior year, an NJ Spotlight analysis of salary data for more than 140,000 professional school employees found.
The average salary for administrators dropped by about the same amount, to $117,181.
Mirroring the salary drops were declines in the number of years the average teacher and administrator had worked — to 11.8 years for teachers and 17 years for administrators.