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2006-07 New York Teacher Salaries

Updated 03 May 2008

Source: New York State Education Department
Earlier data: 2005-06 NY Teacher Salaries
  2003-04 NY Teacher Salaries
35% of NY teachers currently retire from school districts paying teacher salaries exceeding $100,000.
When searching for teacher salaries in other states, I've found that many school districts post their salary schedules online.  Some states even post the salary schedules for every district in the state and the salary for every teacher in the state.  Not New York.

Well, it doesn't matter anymore.  In response to a FOIL request, NYSED sent me a database of over 270,000 teacher and administrator salaries, listed by district and employee name.  You can download it here.  A summary of the data appears below, in alphabetical order, followed by a table of county and regional averages.

You can see more graphs and analysis of this data at 2005-06 NY Teacher & Admin Salaries in School Talk.

Related Resources at myshortpencil:

The Truth About Teacher Salaries (with Lifetime Earnings Calculator)

Parsing the NEA's Average Teacher Salaries: NY Teachers paid $8,500 more than national average adjusted for living costs and household income.

Educator Salary Resource Links

Teacher & Administrator Salaries in NY

Salary Reform

Teachers' Unions & Salaries

The Rise of the Six-Figure Teacher

How to read the table:  5th, 25th, . . . 95th refer to percentiles.  In a district of 100 teachers, the 5th percentile salary is the salary earned by the teacher whose pay is 5th from the bottom.  In a district of 200 teachers, the 5th percentile salary is the salary earned by the teacher whose pay is 10th from the bottom.  Teachers earning salaries at or below the 5th percentile typically have less than two years of teaching experience.

The 50th percentile salary is the same as the median salary (not the average salary).  It is the salary earned by the teacher whose salary is exactly in the middle, between the lowest and highest salaries.  Teachers near the 50th percentile typically have 8 to 13 years of experience, but it really depends on the distribution of teacher experience and the number of steps on the salary schedule in each school district.

Count refers to the number of teachers in the school district.  Code is NY's district code.  The first 2 digits of the 6-digit district code equates to the county code.  "01" is Albany and the rest follow sequentially in alphabetical order.

College is the average number of years of college the teachers in the district have.  4 is equivalent to a Bachelors degree and 5 a Masters degree.  NY teachers are required to have Masters degrees, with exceptions for the first few years of teaching and for teachers grandfathered in after the change.

A_Exp is the average number of years of teaching experience of teachers in the district.

Avg_Sal is the average salary earned by teachers in the district.  The average is affected by the distribution of teachers on each step of the salary schedule.  A school district with a relatively inexperienced faculty will have a lower average salary than another school district with the identical salary schedule and more experienced faculty.

Top_Sal is the highest salary earned by a teacher in the district.  Sometimes this teacher may also have administrative duties.

ASP is the district's average salary percentile.  An ASP of 99 means that the district's average salary is higher than 98% of all other districts.

Out of state teachers are welcome to stop by anytime, scan the numbers and dream of a life with salaries like these.  However, I cannot be responsible for any adverse consequences including pathological envy, depression, labor unrest, job dissatisfaction, or firings for wasting time or misusing computers at work.  NY teachers who feel under-appreciated are welcome to scan the salaries of Louisiana teachers

Code Name Count 5th 25th 50th 75th 95th College A_Exp Avg_Sal Top_Sal ASP
660413 Abbott Union Free School District                      
570101 Addison Central School District 101 41107 46055 47940 57284 71347 5.18 15.16 51379 79549 41
410401 Adirondack Central School District 116 37148 40948 46335 57523 67580 5.07 15.33 49482 70410 30
080101 Afton Central School District 64 34461 37826 44333 51938 66223 4.98 16.16 46183 68526 11
142101 Akron Central School District 119 34500 44652 47669 81003 83503 5.03 16.74 57022 84007 61
010100 Albany City School District                      
019000 Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga Boces                      
450101 Albion Central School District 185 35422 39024 45391 70045 79940 4.95 14.74 52669 82105 47
140101 Alden Central School District 163 32050 44720 47655 61312 87925 5.00 15.28 53555 90470 52
180202 Alexander Central School District                      
220202 Alexandria Central School District 57 33475 41637 52892 64104 68771 5.00 20.33 51968 71436 44
020101 Alfred-Almond Central School District 64 34000 39306 44160 50583 64911 5.03 13.63 45135 69500 7
040302 Allegany - Limestone Central School District 120 32853 41545 49213 58278 72262 5.11 18.32 50804 74638 38
460102 Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District 140 41614 47194 50352 55473 68609 5.02 14.15 51810 74056 44
580303 Amagansett Union Free School District 21 27725 56095 84007 95696 97556 5.33 16.10 73182 97556 80
140201 Amherst Central School District 262 36136 43296 50696 63101 83872 5.05 12.39 54243 89618 55
580106 Amityville Union Free School District 240 46521 57166 70624 86313 97104 5.35 14.18 71347 102349 78
270100 Amsterdam City School District 289 36251 39771 48204 67227 71156 5.08 17.58 51859 77756 44
120102 Andes Central School District 26 7573 32897 37311 44022 53359 4.92 12.54 36872 53711 0
020601 Andover Central School District 42 34799 37626 40841 55899 66199 4.98 13.05 45080 68779 7
660405 Ardsley Union Free School District 195 55808 70158 81366 102091 113330 5.47 13.56 83751 115516 94
640101 Argyle Central School District 59 35820 42126 46101 52920 70230 5.00 14.10 49269 72161 29
571901 Arkport Central School District 50 31232 41520 46166 55256 67153 5.04 15.54 47791 71773 20
131601 Arlington Central School District 711 44327 51570 58887 72888 93752 5.00 13.22 63242 98817 71
670201 Attica Central School District 134 32975 35926 40571 67140 68057 4.91 13.96 47689 68880 19
050100 Auburn City School District 379 43142 47445 51000 52945 70665 5.04 14.93 51529 82000 42
090201 Ausable Valley Central School District   . . . . .          
491302 Averill Park Central School District 279 36502 42469 48649 59553 79366 5.20 12.62 51623 86435 43
570201 Avoca Central School District 54 38213 41915 47213 56075 64316 5.06 14.17 48818 66408 27
240101 Avon Central School District 96 31750 35450 46050 53898 75118 5.01 16.98 47536 80163 19
580101 Babylon Union Free School District 156 46056 67315 81043 98314 106578 5.65 14.74 81221 195592 92
080201 Bainbridge-Guilford Central School District 91 33431 38758 44214 54309 64055 5.01 16.45 46304 70602 12
280210 Baldwin Union Free School District 435 53207 64852 80193 96598 110219 5.36 12.15 80724 116126 91
420901 Baldwinsville Central School District 426 44149 51197 55583 64410 77730 5.13 16.41 57996 92991 62
521301 Ballston Spa Central School District 334 39847 43877 49887 65948 81495 5.16 13.18 55306 86725 57
401301 Barker Central School District 100 34641 43815 54741 80504 83013 5.30 17.09 59999 83838 66
180300 Batavia City School District 230 34842 41682 50612 66148 75523 5.16 15.64 53546 77729 52
570302 Bath Central School District 140 36400 40687 45019 50865 70005 4.91 14.05 46914 79342 14
580501 Bay Shore Union Free School District 462 46579 60128 71985 86805 106707 5.38 11.69 74100 112638 82
580505 Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District 225 19858 55642 71236 91898 107959 5.41 12.72 71970 111957 79
130200 Beacon City School District 247 41760