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School district · New Jersey · LEAID 3409270

Old Bridge Township School District

Old Bridge Township School District spends $25,483 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable New Jersey districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Old Bridge Township School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$84,804
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$25,483
Per-pupil spending
8,047
Students enrolled
77th
Pct. in NJ
$84,804

Old Bridge Township School District spends $25,483 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable New Jersey districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $84,804, above the national average of $70,245, serving 8,047 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower per-pupil spending: Old Bridge Township School District spends $25,483 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable New Jersey districts with a reliable figure.
  • 77th percentile for New Jersey
  • 79th percentile nationally
  • 31% 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.
  • Old Bridge Township School District ranks #117 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #424 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
  • +3.2% 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, Old Bridge Township School District's instructional payroll puts 8.6% into other programs , 4.5 points above the state median of 4.0%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Old Bridge NJ median Gap
Regular program 71.4% 74.7% -3.3 pp
Special education 20.0% 19.7% +0.4 pp
Other programs 8.6% 4.0% +4.5 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 3409270 · FY2023.

LEAID 3409270 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Old Bridge F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +8% vs state RANK-ST-MID P77 in state RANK-NAT-MID P79 national PPE-HIGH $25K/pupil ENR-MID 8,047 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near South FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $84,804 estimated average teacher salary · P77 in New Jersey · P79 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Township (+$17est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Old Bridge

Salary neighbourhood · Old Bridge

Old Bridge 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).

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

Old Bridge Township School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$84,804 Top 21% higher than 79% 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%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). This entry sits in this band. $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. This district $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

What stands out about Old Bridge Township School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +3.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing New Jersey's statewide +11.0% by 7.8 points, a growth rate faster than 17% of the 375 New Jersey districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $25,483 is among the highest in the nation.

New Jersey prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$84,803.878

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

New Jersey price level
108.9 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$77,844

-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 Old Bridge Township School District

What the Numbers Say About Old Bridge Township School District

Old Bridge Township School District is a small-to-mid-sized school district in New Jersey, serving 8,047 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $25,483. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $84,804, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3409270 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 Old Bridge Township School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 7.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (20.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Jersey, it pays more than 77% 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, Old Bridge Township School District reports $205.1M in total expenditure against $203.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $40.6M, special-education teacher pay is $11.4M.

How does Old Bridge Township School District compare?

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

Old Bridge Township School District $84,804
Newark Public School District $92,614
New Jersey avg $78,597
National avg $70,245

Old Bridge Township School District pays -8.4% less than Newark Public School District · per-pupil $25,483 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, Old Bridge Township School District sits closest to South Orange-Maplewood School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Westfield Public 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. South Orange-Maplewood School District
  2. Township of Union School District
  3. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
  4. North Bergen School District
  5. Hoboken Public School District
  6. Carteret Public School District
  7. Cinnaminson Township School District
  8. Montgomery Township School District
  9. Fair Lawn Public School District
  10. Bergenfield Borough School District
  11. Rahway Public School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Westfield Public School District
  2. Dumont Public School District
  3. Brick Township Public School District
  4. New Providence School District
  5. Lacey Township School District
  6. Middle Township Public School District
  7. West Deptford Township School District
  8. Verona Public School District
  9. Cranford Public School District
  10. Upper Freehold Regional School District
  11. Hackettstown Public School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Nationwide districts with profiles like Old Bridge

Two out-of-state peer sets for Old Bridge Township School District: closest on enrollment (8,047 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($84,804 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

$203.1M
Total Revenue
$205.1M
Total Expenditure
$63.1M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$40.6M
Regular Program
$11.4M
Special Education
$4.9M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Old Bridge Township School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 90% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 10% 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. Old Bridge Township School District places 112 of 422 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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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Other New Jersey Districts

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

Jackson Township School District
$77,636
7,563 students
Egg Harbor Township School District
$80,901
7,473 students
East Orange School District
$93,950
8,653 students
West New York School District
$90,164
7,406 students
Piscataway Township School District
$83,259
7,318 students
Hillsborough Township Public School District
$85,503
7,215 students

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 Old Bridge Township School District
What is the average teacher salary in Old Bridge Township School District?

The average teacher salary in Old Bridge Township School District is $84,804 (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 Old Bridge Township School District teacher pay compare to the New Jersey average?

Old Bridge Township School District pays 7.9% more than the New Jersey state average of $78,597. The district's average is $84,804.

How does Old Bridge Township School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Old Bridge Township School District pays 20.7% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $84,804.

What is the per-pupil spending in Old Bridge Township School District?

Old Bridge Township School District spends approximately $25,483 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Old Bridge Township School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Old Bridge Township School District's total expenditure of $205.1M (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. Old Bridge Township School District'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.