Verona Teachers Are Among The Highest Paid In New Jersey

VERONA/CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The average East Hanover teacher makes less than the median New Jersey teacher salary, new data from the state shows.

The state has released information that shows how much your school district, special services district, vocational district and charter school will pay teachers in the 2019-20 school year.

Patch put together a list of the median salaries set before the 2019-20 school year, from highest to lowest.

The median salary for Verona teachers is $70,468, a 0.44 percent increase from last year, good for 195th highest out of 649 districts.

The media salary in Cedar Grove is $61,222, a 5.24 percent increase from last year, which is 439th in the state.

Overall, 232 school districts make more than the state median of $68,985, a 1.6 percent increase over last year. And it's not just the big towns or the regional districts that pay the most: Indeed, Millburn is a great place to get a teaching job, where the median salary is $92,784. So is Brigantine, which has a median salary of $93,649.

Here is the whole list of New Jersey school districts and charter schools, and their median teacher salaries, from highest to lowest.

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com