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Atlantic City's median teacher pay secondhighest in New Jersey
DIANE D’AMICO, Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, April 9, 2016 8:00 am
The median salary of a teacher in the Atlantic City
School District is the second-highest in the state
this year, likely due to the elimination of more than
100 teaching positions this year, all coming from
the lower end of the salary guide.
The median teacher salary in the district rose from
$80,378 in 2014-15, to $94,135 in 2015-16,
according to the 2016 Taxpayer Guide to
icon education costs
Education Spending released by the state
Department of Education on Thursday. That ranks
the district second behind Northern Valley Regional School District, which has a median salary of
$95,418 this year.
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The median salary is the salary that falls in the middle of all salaries, so that half of all teachers
make less and half make more.
Atlantic City Education Association President Marcia Genova was surprised the increase was so
large, but she said most of the teachers who lost their jobs in the reduction in force this year were
in the first three steps of the salary guide and that could have affected the median. The district lost
73 elementary positions and 33 high school positions, including 32 tenured staff.
Genova said there are a large number of retirements coming this year, with 29 filed so far, so that
could lower the median salary next year, as those teachers are replaced by new teachers at the low
end of the pay scale.
According to the ACEA salary guide, the starting salary for new teachers this year is $48,836.
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Other districts with large increases this year included Buena Regional, where the median teacher
salary rose from $68,396 to $80.496. At the Atlantic County Special Services School, the median
rose from $70,940 to $83,226. In Egg Harbor Township, the median rose from $59,829 to
$65,142.
In addition to Atlantic City, seven South Jersey school districts ranked in the top 25 districts in
median teacher salaries.
They are Margate, ranked sixth at $89,766; Ocean City, ranked ninth at $88,354; Stone Harbor,
ranked 12th at $86,776; Mainland Regional, ranked 13th at $86,230; Brigantine, ranked 16th at
$84,212, Atlantic County Special Services ranked 23rd; and Ventnor, ranked 25th at $82,196.
Median salaries tend to be high in districts that have little teacher turnover, a comparatively high
top salary, plus benefits such as longevity pay. Ocean City has been phasing out longevity pay,
which awarded teachers as much as $8,000 a year in additional salary. Teachers hired after 2013
are no longer eligible for the longevity payment.
On the lower end of the pay scale are many charter schools, which typically are newer and have
younger staff. The median salary for most charter schools in Atlantic and Cumberland counties is
between $44,000 and $47,000 this year. Other districts at the lower end of the scale include
Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Tuckerton, West Cape May, Dennis Township and
Lacey Township, which all have median teacher salaries of between $50,000 and $52,000.
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