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School district · Massachusetts · LEAID 2503660

Chicopee

Chicopee sits in the lowest third of Massachusetts districts on estimated teacher pay at $79,581 (above only 36% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Chicopee come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$79,581
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$23,963
Per-pupil spending
6,710
Students enrolled
36th
Pct. in MA
$79,581

Chicopee sits in the lowest third of Massachusetts districts on estimated teacher pay at $79,581 (above only 36% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $79,581, above the national average of $70,245, serving 6,710 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Chicopee sits in the lowest third of Massachusetts districts on estimated teacher pay at $79,581 (above only 36% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 36th percentile for Massachusetts
  • 74th percentile nationally
  • 40% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Massachusetts ranks #9 of 49 on the salary estimate and #17 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Chicopee ranks #185 of 288 Massachusetts districts by estimated teacher salary and #171 of 288 by per-pupil spending. Boston pay #1 at $121,260 is not Watertown spending #1 at $60,947 per pupil
  • +23.4% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Massachusetts median

Among 318 Massachusetts districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Chicopee's instructional payroll puts 72.9% into regular program , 6.7 points below the state median of 79.6%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Chicopee MA median Gap
Regular program 72.9% 79.6% -6.7 pp
Special education 23.0% 18.8% +4.3 pp
Vocational programs 4.1% 0.0% +4.1 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 318 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2503660 · FY2023.

LEAID 2503660 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Chicopee F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -6% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P36 in state RANK-NAT-MID P74 national PPE-HIGH $24K/pupil ENR-MID 6,710 students INSTR-MID 40% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Haverhill FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $79,581 estimated average teacher salary · P36 in Massachusetts · P74 nationally · 40% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Haverhill (+$59est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Chicopee

Salary neighbourhood · Chicopee

Chicopee sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Chicopee

Chicopee's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$79,581 Top 26% higher than 74% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). This entry sits in this band. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Chicopee $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Chicopee in Massachusetts's lower-third pay band

Same 288 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Chicopee ranks #185 of 288 Massachusetts districts by estimated teacher salary and #171 of 288 by per-pupil spending. Boston pay #1 at $121,260 is not Watertown spending #1 at $60,947 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Chicopee is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Watertown leads spending at $60,947 per pupil; Boston leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Chicopee

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +23.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Massachusetts's statewide +19.4% by 4.0 points, a growth rate faster than 77% of the 224 Massachusetts districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 7,392 to 6,710 students (9.2% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.

Massachusetts prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$79,581.178

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Massachusetts price level
107.7 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$73,909

-7% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Massachusetts run above the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. Comparing it with a district in a cheaper state without this adjustment overstates its relative value.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Massachusetts compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Chicopee

What the Numbers Say About Chicopee

Chicopee is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Massachusetts, serving 6,710 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $23,963. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $79,581, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2503660 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Massachusetts statewide average of $84,560, teacher pay in Chicopee runs materially below the state benchmark, a 5.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (13.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Massachusetts, it pays more than 36% of them. Massachusetts itself ranks #9 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Chicopee reports $160.8M in total expenditure against $153.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 40% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $34.8M, special-education teacher pay is $11.0M.

How does Chicopee compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Massachusetts average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Chicopee $79,581
Boston $121,260
Massachusetts avg $84,560
National avg $70,245

Chicopee pays -34.4% less than Boston · per-pupil $23,963 vs $45,516

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Massachusetts districts

On pay, Chicopee sits closest to Haverhill; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Haverhill
  2. Longmeadow
  3. Beverly
  4. Dracut
  5. Leominster
  6. Pentucket
  7. Swampscott
  8. Plymouth
  9. Amesbury
  10. Wareham
  11. Melrose
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District
  2. Northampton
  3. Billerica
  4. Scituate
  5. South Hadley
  6. North Reading
  7. Lynnfield
  8. Sudbury
  9. Westborough
  10. Wakefield
  11. Westfield

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts with similar lower pay

Two out-of-state peer sets for Chicopee: closest on enrollment (6,710 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($79,581 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$153.0M
Total Revenue
$160.8M
Total Expenditure
$64.5M
Instruction Salaries
40% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$34.8M
Regular Program
$11.0M
Special Education
$1.9M
Vocational

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Chicopee: the regular program, special education and vocational programs. It reports no separate figure for other programs. Together they are 74% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 26% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Massachusetts Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Massachusetts districts belongs to Boston at $121,260. Chicopee places 176 of 272 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Because Massachusetts prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; New York and Washington are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

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Other Massachusetts Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this Massachusetts sample (including Chicopee). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

Barnstable
$83,842
4,838 students
Westfield
$68,625
4,836 students
Billerica
$101,312
4,822 students
Somerville
$92,368
4,815 students
Marlborough
$82,636
4,765 students
Franklin
$88,219
4,711 students

This is a sample of 6 from 289 Massachusetts districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chicopee
What is the average teacher salary in Chicopee?

The average teacher salary in Chicopee is $79,581 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Chicopee teacher pay compare to the Massachusetts average?

Chicopee pays 5.9% less than the Massachusetts state average of $84,560. The district's average is $79,581.

How does Chicopee teacher pay compare to the national average?

Chicopee pays 13.3% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $79,581.

What is the per-pupil spending in Chicopee?

Chicopee spends approximately $23,963 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Chicopee's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 40% of Chicopee's total expenditure of $160.8M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Chicopee's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.