Teacher Pay Scale – Darien CT
As I find them, I will post teacher pay scales, concentrating on communities not so far from NYC. For the New York City Department of Education salary schedule, click current or future.
Darien, Connecticut is an affluent town on Long Island Sound, just east of Stamford, south of New Canaan, and west of Norwalk. It is very white (96%) and very rich (average family income is over $150,000).
Darien’s salary schedule is below the fold ———–>
I don’t understand this salary chart completely. In particular, I don’t know why the first line is blank (is there a separate probationary schedule that I missed??) Note the note at the bottom. It will take some teachers 18 years, not 16, to reach maximum.
As you review the numbers below, notice how closely they match New York City. Somewhere mid-career, however, Darien gets ahead. This is partially due to annual raises, as opposed to less frequent longevities in NYC. (These are current salaries, and should be compared against current, not future numbers.)
For comparison, Westport CT’s scale is less generous. Click to see Westport’s teacher pay scale.
TEACHERS SALARY SCHEDULE for 2006 – 2007
STEP |
BA |
MA |
MA+15 |
MA+30 |
MA+60 |
PhD |
1 |
||||||
2 |
45871 |
47558 |
49451 |
54080 |
57666 |
|
3 |
40187 |
47772 |
49357 |
51422 |
55912 |
59737 |
4 |
41996 |
49772 |
51411 |
53425 |
57962 |
61803 |
5 |
43866 |
52035 |
54291 |
55517 |
60125 |
63902 |
6 |
45852 |
54672 |
56291 |
57544 |
62202 |
66168 |
7 |
47577 |
57594 |
58894 |
60785 |
64786 |
68589 |
8 |
49525 |
59961 |
61657 |
63240 |
67576 |
71817 |
9 |
51474 |
63039 |
64408 |
65969 |
70385 |
74126 |
10 |
54575 |
65693 |
66818 |
69183 |
73295 |
76435 |
11 |
67660 |
68823 |
71150 |
75360 |
78472 |
|
12 |
70065 |
71064 |
73449 |
77712 |
80964 |
|
13 |
72344 |
73355 |
75586 |
79901 |
83276 |
|
14 |
74875 |
76175 |
78026 |
82353 |
85973 |
|
15 |
81735 |
82809 |
84759 |
88810 |
90766 |
|
16 |
85004 |
86121 |
88149 |
92362 |
94397 |
Subsequent to July 1, 2006 any teacher advancing from the BA track shall be placed two steps below their then-current placement when placed on the MA track.
Share links, or e-mail me, and I will post more salary schedules. The six I have posted? Five I stumbled on; one a reader sent in. Send more, I’ll post more (and more people will send more, and more people will read them, and more people ….)
Thought you would get a kick out of this link…it lists the salaries of almost all districts on long island….but is about 1 year behind…notice how much more teachers make out there….
http://www.lischooltax.com/Liferpg10.html
As a graduate of Darien High School I can tell you the Darien school system is very good. Many of my classmates went to top colleges. In fact, about 90% of my class attended college and probably close to 50% graduated. Recent DHS graduating classes have outperformed mine.
The teaching environment is pretty good. Student behavior is far better in Darien compared with NYC.
Local residents pay plenty of dollars in property taxes to support the school system.
I am considering two jobs, one in Long Island and one in Connecticut (hopefully Darien) since it is close to the NYC. Please help with a comparison on teacher’s salary in Nassau LI to Darien CT. I would like to make an informed decision.
You have the Darien scale, above. We have a link to summaries of 2 year old salary scales in Angela’s comments above. The summaries are in PDF’s. If you have trouble reading them, let me know.
It seems to me that the Nassau salaries in general are the highest in the region, but that varies district to district. Is salary your only consideration? Commute? “Culture” of the district (I hate the phrase, but you probably know what I mean)