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Waterbury School District

Waterbury School District sits in the lowest third of Connecticut districts on estimated teacher pay at $64,687 (above only 2% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Waterbury School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$64,687
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$24,427
Per-pupil spending
17,131
Students enrolled
2nd
Pct. in CT
$64,687

Waterbury School District sits in the lowest third of Connecticut districts on estimated teacher pay at $64,687 (above only 2% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $64,687, below the national average of $70,245, serving 17,131 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Waterbury School District sits in the lowest third of Connecticut districts on estimated teacher pay at $64,687 (above only 2% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 2nd percentile for Connecticut
  • 48th percentile nationally
  • 25% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Connecticut ranks #8 of 49 on the salary estimate and #31 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Waterbury School District ranks #148 of 151 Connecticut districts by estimated teacher salary and #129 of 151 by per-pupil spending. Regional School District 09 pay #1 at $127,454 is not Winchester School District spending #1 at $51,510 per pupil
  • -7.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Connecticut median

Among 171 Connecticut districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Waterbury School District's instructional payroll puts 13.5% into special education , 2.8 points below the state median of 16.3%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Connecticut district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Waterbury School CT median Gap
Regular program 75.2% 75.1% +0.1 pp
Special education 13.5% 16.3% -2.8 pp
Vocational programs 1.4% 0.0% +1.4 pp
Other programs 10.0% 7.7% +2.2 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 171 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 0904830 · FY2023.

LEAID 0904830 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Waterbury School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -25% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P2 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P48 national PPE-HIGH $24K/pupil ENR-LARGE 17.1K students INSTR-LOW 25% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Manchester FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $64,687 estimated average teacher salary · P2 in Connecticut · P48 nationally · 25% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Manchester ($2,558est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Waterbury School

Salary neighbourhood · Waterbury School

Waterbury School trails 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 Waterbury School

Waterbury School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$64,687 48th percentile higher than 48% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $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. Waterbury School 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

Waterbury School in Connecticut's lower-third pay band

Same 151 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Waterbury School District ranks #148 of 151 Connecticut districts by estimated teacher salary and #129 of 151 by per-pupil spending. Regional School District 09 pay #1 at $127,454 is not Winchester School District spending #1 at $51,510 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Waterbury School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Winchester School District leads spending at $51,510 per pupil; Regional School District 09 leads pay.

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

What stands out about Waterbury School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved -7.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Connecticut's statewide +10.9% by 18.1 points, a growth rate faster than 2% of the 87 Connecticut districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

Connecticut prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$64,687.29

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Connecticut price level
104.2 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$62,079

-4% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Connecticut 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 Connecticut 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 Waterbury School District

What the Numbers Say About Waterbury School District

Waterbury School District is a mid-sized school district in Connecticut, serving 17,131 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,427. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $64,687, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 0904830 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Connecticut statewide average of $86,015, teacher pay in Waterbury School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 24.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (7.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Connecticut, it pays more than 2% of them. Connecticut itself ranks #8 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Waterbury School District reports $418.5M in total expenditure against $423.5M 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 $65.2M, special-education teacher pay is $11.7M.

How does Waterbury School District compare?

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

Waterbury School District $64,687
Bridgeport School District $75,369
Connecticut avg $86,015
National avg $70,245

Waterbury School District pays -14.2% less than Bridgeport School District · per-pupil $24,427 vs $24,161

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 Connecticut districts

On pay, Waterbury School District sits closest to Manchester School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is West Haven 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. Manchester School District
  2. Hamden School District
  3. Stratford School District
  4. Bridgeport School District
  5. New Haven School District
  6. Capitol Region Education Council
  7. Bristol School District
  8. Danbury School District
  9. Middletown School District
  10. Hartford School District
  11. Enfield School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. West Haven School District
  2. Bridgeport School District
  3. Trumbull School District
  4. South Windsor School District
  5. Meriden School District
  6. Shelton School District
  7. Southington School District
  8. Danbury School District
  9. Glastonbury School District
  10. New Haven School District
  11. Bristol School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Waterbury School District's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Waterbury School District: closest on enrollment (17,131 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($64,687 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

$423.5M
Total Revenue
$418.5M
Total Expenditure
$105.8M
Instruction Salaries
25% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$65.2M
Regular Program
$11.7M
Special Education
$1.2M
Vocational
$8.6M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Waterbury School District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 82% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 18% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Connecticut Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Connecticut districts belongs to Regional School District 09 at $127,454. At the other end, Waterbury School District anchors the bottom of the 131-district field, so the gap between it and the state's ceiling is close to the full spread the state average is drawn from. Because Connecticut prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Maryland and Florida are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

View all Connecticut districts →

Other Connecticut Districts

Large-district sample from 153 Connecticut peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

New Britain School District
$91,123
8,841 students
Capitol Region Education Council
$77,616
8,630 students
Greenwich School District
$99,300
8,469 students
Meriden School District
$84,824
8,028 students
Bristol School District
$78,522
7,404 students
Trumbull School District
$95,703
6,613 students

This is a sample of 6 from 153 Connecticut districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Waterbury School District
What is the average teacher salary in Waterbury School District?

The average teacher salary in Waterbury School District is $64,687 (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 Waterbury School District teacher pay compare to the Connecticut average?

Waterbury School District pays 24.8% less than the Connecticut state average of $86,015. The district's average is $64,687.

How does Waterbury School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Waterbury School District pays 7.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $64,687.

What is the per-pupil spending in Waterbury School District?

Waterbury School District spends approximately $24,427 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Waterbury School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 25% of Waterbury School District's total expenditure of $418.5M (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. Waterbury 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.