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friendliest state for teachers

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New Jersey has the 4th highest average salaries for teachers - and 3rd for starting teachers.

As a starting teacher, you might be ok with a standard education degree and teaching certificates for K-12, but you'll definitely want to get your masters degree to augment your salary as your career progresses.

Different regions vary greatly, but no matter where you are Florida school districts do reward you for having that higher education. Get that degree.

How do salaries grow in New Jersey?

Starting Salary: $38,408
Average Salary: $58,156

Student/Teacher Ratios in New Jersey, 2006

Number of Teachers: 110,905
Number of Students: 1,397,403
Students per Teacher: 12.6

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University of Phoenix Online Campus 
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Grand Canyon University Online Campus 
  • BS in Secondary Education - English
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Talk About Salaries in New Jersey

2 Comments

dawn at 08:58 AM on 08/24/09


With a masters degree and 13 years experience in NY boe how much would you make in Newark, NJ

mfeil at 08:29 AM on 07/29/10


why would you want to? You loose tenure. You are unlikely to get hired at step 14. Most nontenured teachers in Newark were riffed. My advice is to try to transfer within the district.



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