How much does a NYC private school teacher get paid?”
The a public school teacher in NYC is http://jd2718.wordpress.com/the-new-uft-contract/new-uft-nyc-doe-teacher-pay-scale-salary-charts/ as low as 42512 and as high as 93416, going up to as high as 100,049 by 2009 Private teachers will range widely to below that low pay for certain teachers in Christian schools working as a ministry to well above the higher level – but mostly, somewhat under their public school colleagues.
Every private school sets their own salaries. Some pay more to keep their teachers, others feel that the conditions are so much better in the private sector that they don’t need to offer overly competitive salaries. You can consult the above link for a list of the public sector salaries. Then if you’re considering a private sector job you’ll be able to make an informed decision by comparing the salaries, benefits, and work conditions between the two schools.
The actual numbers are rarely released, so we have to use a lot of estimation. According to this Manhattan Institute report: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_nypost_teacher_pay_myth.htm “New York City’s teachers are especially well paid. According to the state’s school district profile, the median teacher in the city earns $53,017 a year. Unfortunately, information on the number of hours worked by the average teacher in the City is not readily available. But, if we make the generous assumption that the average teacher in New York works the maximum 6.6 hours a day allowed by the union contract for the full 181 school days, that works out to $44.38 an hour.” And then according to this report: http://www.calnews.com/Archives/1YB_II_sal.htm “While private schools operate with significantly smaller overhead cost
