This July 18, 2018, photo shows a display of back to school backpacks in a Target store in Pittsburgh.
Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press
This July 18, 2018, photo shows a display of back to school backpacks in a Target store in Pittsburgh.
Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press
Classroom teachers in Council Rock School District in Bucks County, on average, had the highest salary among classroom teachers in the state last year.
The average classroom teacher there earned a salary of $99,707 in the 2017-18 school year, according to Pennsylvania Department of Education data.
Statewide, the average classroom teacher had a salary of $67,535.
In the interactive map below, you can click on a district to see what the average classroom teacher salary is. (Students in Bryn Athyn School District in Montgomery County attend school elsewhere, and the district has no salary information.)
And in the database below, you can see the average salary for classroom teachers in Pennsylvania public school districts, charter schools, career technical centers, and state juvenile correctional institutes.
The database also notes the years of service in education for the average classroom teacher in a district — that is a common factor for determining salary in educator contracts.
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