What teachers in New York state make the most money?
The Scarsdale School District in Westchester County pays a median salary of $137,017, according to state Education Department data for the 2012-13 school year.
In Central New York, the highest paid teachers, based on median salaries, work for the Oswego County BOCES at $69,065, followed by Baldwinsville School District at $65,943.
We obtained the state Education Department salary data courtesy of Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany-based think tank that issued a report Monday on the cost of education in New York state schools.
We created a searchable database for the entire state so you can look up and compare salaries paid at any districts. We also created rankings so you can see how each district compares to others in the state.
The Empire Center for Public Policy found among other things:
Median salaries up 10 percent. From 2008-09 to 2012-13, the statewide median teacher salary rose by 10 percent and the median for downstate suburban districts increased almost twice as much.
Salaries vary. The highest median salaries were paid to teachers on Long Island, $101,692. The median in Central New York? $59,042.
Enrollment down, staff not as much. Schools in 2012-13 were still employing almost as many professional staffers as they did in 2000-01–when there were 284,335 more pupils.
The online database is available HERE.
© 2014, Syracuse Post-Standard
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