Orange County teacher salaries, 2024-25

4,950 classroom teachers taught in Orange County's 18 school districts and BOCES in the 2024-25 school year. Their average salary was $102,795, $4,378 more than the New York average.1

Average salary
$102,795
classroom teachers, 2024-25
County rank
6th
of 57 New York counties outside New York City
Classroom teachers
4,950
in 18 districts and BOCES
Highest-paying district
$117,438
Monroe-Woodbury Central School District

Teacher pay in every Orange County school district

Average and median salary of classroom teachers, 2024-25, highest first. Districts with fewer than 20 classroom teachers have no page of their own.1

DistrictAverage salaryMedianTeachersOver 10 yearsMaster's or more
Monroe-Woodbury Central School District$117,438$131,48251465%96%
Goshen Central School District$110,568$109,19523459%88%
Warwick Valley Central School District$109,180$121,79227961%72%
Newburgh City School District$105,958$108,33189560%86%
Valley Central School District (Montgomery)$105,501$103,18736066%93%
Cornwall Central School District$105,035$110,88622266%92%
Middletown City School District$103,064$102,30566245%86%
Port Jervis City School District$97,200$98,08521867%88%
Chester Union Free School District$96,549$102,2669073%74%
Orange-Ulster BOCES$96,421$92,54523856%71%
Florida Union Free School District$96,196$95,6656973%90%
Pine Bush Central School District$95,352$92,80034756%95%
Greenwood Lake Union Free School District$94,984$97,4915070%82%
Minisink Valley Central School District$94,798$92,52929167%91%
Tuxedo Union Free School District$94,499$96,2603762%86%
Highland Falls Central School District$91,100$89,58710164%93%
Washingtonville Central School District$88,566$91,17831659%88%
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District$81,747$79,8302741%100%

Questions about teacher pay in Orange County

How much do teachers make in Orange County, New York?

Classroom teachers in Orange County's 18 school districts and BOCES earned an average of $102,795 in the 2024-25 school year, $4,378 more than the New York average.

Which Orange County school district pays teachers the most?

Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, where classroom teachers earned an average of $117,438 in 2024-25.

Average teacher salaries in Orange County compared to nearby counties

Average classroom teacher salary in each county that borders Orange County, and how much more or less it pays.1

Orange County Shades match the state map.

Sources for the Orange County figures

Actual salaries of classroom teachers, teachers assigned to at least one course, as counted by the State Education Department. Every figure covers at least 5 teachers.

  1. New York State Education Department, Personnel Master File statistical run 2024-25: classroom teachers' pay, years of experience and degrees in each school district.

How we read the data