School district · New Jersey · LEAID 3407830
Jersey City Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (25,395 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Jersey City Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $93,662
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $35,851
- Per-pupil spending
- 25,395
- Students enrolled
- 94th
- Pct. in NJ
Well above benchmark
Jersey City Public Schools is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (25,395 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $93,662, above the national average of $70,245, serving 25,395 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Large enrollment scale: Jersey City Public Schools is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (25,395 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
- 94th percentile for New Jersey
- 87th percentile nationally
- 25% of spending reaches instructional salaries
- New Jersey ranks #15 of 49 on the salary estimate and #9 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
- Jersey City Public Schools ranks #30 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #102 of 510 by per-pupil spending. Perth Amboy Public School District pay #1 at $159,259 is not Asbury Park School District spending #1 at $62,321 per pupil
- -2.3% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)
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Instructional payroll mix vs New Jersey median
Among 577 New Jersey districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Jersey City Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 70.9% into regular program , 3.8 points below the state median of 74.7%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.
| Program | Jersey City | NJ median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 70.9% | 74.7% | -3.8 pp |
| Special education | 23.2% | 19.7% | +3.6 pp |
| Other programs | 5.8% | 4.0% | +1.8 pp |
Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 577 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3407830 · FY2023.
LEAID 3407830 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Jersey City F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $93,662 estimated average teacher salary · P94 in New Jersey · P87 nationally · 25% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: East (+$289est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Jersey City
Salary neighbourhood · Jersey City
Jersey City already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).
- Toms · low pole
Toms · low pole
$70,980 est. salary
- Passaic · near
Passaic · near
$93,238 est. salary
- Jersey · this district
Jersey · this district
$93,662 est. salary
- East · near
East · near
$93,950 est. salary
- Wayne · near
Wayne · near
$94,514 est. salary
- Perth · top pay
Perth · top pay
$159,259 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Jersey City
Jersey City Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$93,662 Top 13% higher than 87% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Jersey City in New Jersey's upper-third pay band
Same 510 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Perth Amboy Public School District
Perth Amboy Public School District
$159,259 est. avg salary
- Asbury Park School District
Asbury Park School District
$98,778 est. avg salary
- Jersey City Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools
$93,662 est. avg salary
What this shows Jersey City Public Schools ranks #30 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #102 of 510 by per-pupil spending. Perth Amboy Public School District pay #1 at $159,259 is not Asbury Park School District spending #1 at $62,321 per pupil
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Jersey City Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Asbury Park School District
Asbury Park School District
$62,321 per pupil
- Perth Amboy Public School District
Perth Amboy Public School District
$46,538 per pupil
- Jersey City Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools
$35,851 per pupil
What this shows Asbury Park School District leads spending at $62,321 per pupil; Perth Amboy Public School District leads pay.
What stands out about Jersey City Public Schools
- Estimated teacher pay here moved -2.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing New Jersey's statewide +11.0% by 13.3 points, a growth rate faster than 7% of the 375 New Jersey districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- This is a contracting district: 26,785 students in FY2019 down to 25,395 in FY2023, a 5.2% decline. Enrolment drives most state funding formulas, so the finance figures below describe a budget under downward pressure rather than a steady state.
- Its per-pupil spending of $35,851 is among the highest in the nation.
New Jersey prices absorb part of this salary
- Nominal district estimate
- $93,661.891
- New Jersey price level
- 108.9 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $85,975
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
-8% versus the nominal figure.
Prices in New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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 Jersey City Public Schools
What the Numbers Say About Jersey City Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools is a mid-sized school district in New Jersey, serving 25,395 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $35,851. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $93,662, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3407830 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the New Jersey statewide average of $78,597, teacher pay in Jersey City Public Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 19.2% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (33.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Jersey, it pays more than 94% of them. New Jersey itself ranks #15 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.
On the budget side, Jersey City Public Schools reports $910.4M in total expenditure against $1071.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 25% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $139.1M, special-education teacher pay is $45.6M.
How does Jersey City Public Schools compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the New Jersey average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Jersey City Public Schools pays +1.1% more than Newark Public School District · per-pupil $35,851 vs $44,682
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 New Jersey districts
On pay, Jersey City Public Schools sits closest to East Orange School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is West Orange Public Schools. 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.
- East Orange School District
- Lenape Regional High School District
- Passaic City School District
- Wayne Township Public School District
- Newark Public School District
- Elizabeth Public Schools
- West New York School District
- Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
- Freehold Regional High School District
- Union City School District
- Edison Township School District
- West Orange Public Schools
- Irvington Public School District
- South Orange-Maplewood School District
- Paterson Public School District
- Trenton Public School District
- Lenape Regional High School District
- New Brunswick School District
- Passaic City School District
- Union City School District
- Franklin Township Public School District
- East Orange School District
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
- West Orange Public Schools$35,816 per pupil-0.1% versus this district · $99,766 estimated salary
- Irvington Public School District$35,779 per pupil-0.2% versus this district · $86,061 estimated salary
- South Orange-Maplewood School District$35,364 per pupil-1.4% versus this district · $84,792 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near Jersey City Public Schools's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for Jersey City Public Schools: closest on enrollment (25,395 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($93,662 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Jersey City Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 87% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 13% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.
New Jersey Teacher Pay Overview
The highest average among comparably sized New Jersey districts belongs to Perth Amboy Public School District at $159,259. Jersey City Public Schools sits in the upper quarter of that field at 29 of 422, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Because New Jersey prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Washington and Hawaii are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.
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Large-district sample from 522 New Jersey peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.
This is a sample of 6 from 522 New Jersey districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.
Frequently Asked Questions about Jersey City Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Jersey City Public Schools?
The average teacher salary in Jersey City Public Schools is $93,662 (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 Jersey City Public Schools teacher pay compare to the New Jersey average?
Jersey City Public Schools pays 19.2% more than the New Jersey state average of $78,597. The district's average is $93,662.
How does Jersey City Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?
Jersey City Public Schools pays 33.3% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $93,662.
What is the per-pupil spending in Jersey City Public Schools?
Jersey City Public Schools spends approximately $35,851 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Jersey City Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 25% of Jersey City Public Schools's total expenditure of $910.4M (NCES FY2023).
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