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Open district comparison / 2023

School district teacher salary dataset

According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ FY2023 F-33 finance survey and CCD Staff Universe Survey, this reusable release covers 10,684 comparison-ready districts across 49 state and D.C. jurisdictions. It pairs PlainTeacher’s documented estimated teacher-salary figure with enrollment and public finance measures.

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Comparison-ready records

10,684

Districts meeting the stated enrollment and salary plausibility rule.

Geographic coverage

49

States and the District of Columbia represented in the release.

Highest included estimate

$178,519

Calaveras County Office of Education, CA; see the method limits before comparing payroll decisions.

Method and limits

The release includes districts with enrollment of at least 200 and an estimated average teacher salary between $30,000 and $200,000. That published comparison rule removes small-enrollment and service-agency artifacts that can make an enrollment-based ratio misleading. Each record identifies whether its salary figure uses a reported teacher headcount or the documented estimate.

These are comparative public-data measures, not a payroll file, contract schedule, take-home-pay estimate, or a claim about any individual teacher. Review the source and methodology before making consequential employment, budget, or policy decisions.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey and CCD Staff Universe Survey, 2023. PlainTeacher publishes a source-bounded district comparison release from public-use records.

This portal is rendered directly from its public source data, no number is typed in by an editor. The downloadable comparison release applies the same reliability rule as PlainTeacher's district rankings. It is a documented public-data summary, not a district payroll or teacher contract database. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page.