Teacher salaries by state and school district

What public school teachers earn, district by district: the full salary schedule, with what it pays at the start, on average and at the top. So far the site covers every reporting school district in California, New York, Kentucky and Georgia. More states follow as we collect their data.

2024-25 dataCalifornia$103,552average salary on teacher schedules1828 districts reporting56 county pages661 district pagesCompare every California district2024-25 dataNew York$98,417average salary of classroom teachers2721 districts and BOCES, plus New York City57 county pages703 district pagesCompare every New York district2025-26 dataKentucky$59,855average classroom teacher salary, across districts3171 school districts169 district pages with salary schedulesCompare every Kentucky district2024-25 dataGeorgia$74,141median pay of teachers who worked the whole year4180 school districts5 metro Atlanta salary schedulesCompare every Georgia district

Work in progress

Teacher pay in more states, as we collect the data

This page will compare teacher pay across states. For now it covers every reporting school district in California, New York, Kentucky and Georgia. Each state publishes its teacher pay records differently, so we add states one at a time, after checking their files.

Until then, each state's page has everything we've published so far.

Sources for the state figures

California: the annual amounts on each district's certificated salary schedule, averaged over full-time equivalents. New York: actual salaries of classroom teachers in every school district, New York City included. Kentucky: each district's average classroom teacher salary, extra days and extra duties included, averaged across districts by the state. Georgia: what each district actually paid teachers who worked the whole school year, supplements included.

  1. California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: statewide average salary paid.
  2. New York State Education Department, Personnel Master File statistical run 2024-25: classroom teachers' pay, years of experience and degrees in each school district.
  3. Kentucky Department of Education, School District Personnel Information, 2025-26: Average Classroom Teacher Salaries.
  4. Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, Open Georgia, salaries and travel, fiscal years 2024 and 2025: title and total pay of every school district employee, July 2024 to June 2025, and the year before to see who worked the full year.

How we read the data