Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Salary — Trenton, New Jersey

The average Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Trenton, New Jersey earns $81,800 a year.

$81,800 / year, mean
↑ 9.4% above national average 67th percentile in New Jersey

Trenton sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within New Jersey — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's a solid premium over the national average for elementary school teachers, except special education. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within New Jersey

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,830
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.6%
Cost of living 103 #35 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1402 #30 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $446,377 #33 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $96,333 #17 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Trenton ranks #35 for cost of living and #33 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Mount Vernon $106,760 El Centro $105,390 Merced $103,340 San Jose $102,340 Seattle $102,290 Bremerton $101,210 Modesto $99,430 Bellingham $98,520 San Francisco $98,510 Los Angeles $98,150 Visalia $97,060 Riverside $96,990 New York $96,400 Hanford $96,110 Napa $95,140 Kingston $94,700 Vallejo $94,280 Santa Maria $94,060 Kennewick $93,970 Sacramento $93,930 Olympia $93,820 Salinas $93,690 Oxnard $92,780 Santa Cruz $91,820 Walla Walla $91,550 San Diego $91,390 San Luis Obispo $90,780 Yuba City $90,780 Santa Rosa $90,620 Spokane $90,480 Stockton $90,390 Fresno $90,130 Yakima $89,870 Wenatchee $88,670 Chico $87,890 Longview $87,540 Kiryas Joel $86,520 Bakersfield $85,920 Redding $85,800 Portland $84,670 Atlantic City $82,780 Trenton $81,800 Albany $79,170 Chicago $78,800 Philadelphia $78,650 Lexington Park $78,350 Allentown $78,000 Vineland $77,900 Pittsburgh $76,870 Buffalo $76,590 Baltimore $76,570 Reading $76,450 State College $76,160 Lancaster $75,650 Syracuse $74,860 York $74,550 Glens Falls $74,110 Lebanon $73,970 Gettysburg $73,900 Utica $73,750 Bend $73,530 Chambersburg $73,280 Harrisburg $73,090 Detroit $72,730 Salisbury $72,500 Binghamton $72,400 Williamsport $72,270 Grants Pass $72,060 Virginia Beach $72,010 Corvallis $71,910 Scranton $71,690 Salem $71,550 Bloomington $71,320 Harrisonburg $71,260 Ithaca $70,620 Rockford $70,020 Medford $69,870 Eugene $69,710 Dover $69,660 Albany $69,650 Springfield $69,000 Hagerstown $68,580 Ann Arbor $68,450 Saginaw $68,060 Johnstown $67,930 Midland $67,870 Staunton $67,840 Erie $67,520 Bay City $67,510 Lansing $67,300 Flint $67,230 Rochester $67,220 Watertown $67,170 Traverse City $67,070 Louisville $67,030 Muskegon $67,020 Jacksonville $66,850 Jackson $66,570 Odessa $66,460 Midland $66,400 Winchester $66,270 Battle Creek $66,250 Kalamazoo $66,170 Monroe $65,830 Elmira $65,600 Charlottesville $65,510 Dallas $65,400 Grand Rapids $65,310 Weirton $65,250 Niles $65,030 Wildwood $65,020 McAllen $64,040 Richmond $63,780 Sarasota $63,730 Altoona $63,690 Killeen $63,600 Indianapolis $62,940 Lexington $62,910 Houston $62,840 Roanoke $62,830 Wheeling $62,690 El Paso $62,660 Blacksburg $62,450 Brownsville $62,090 Laredo $61,690 Naples $61,060 Champaign $60,820 Fort Wayne $60,690 Kokomo $60,510 San Antonio $60,340 Austin $60,310 Tampa $60,190 Kankakee $60,140 Corpus Christi $59,780 Elkhart $59,640 Lafayette $59,600 Miami $59,550 Amarillo $59,270 Fort Myers $58,960 Owensboro $58,790 Sherman $58,520 Palm Bay $58,480 Michigan City $58,470 South Bend $58,440 Orlando $58,420 Peoria $58,350 Elizabethtown $58,330 Paducah $58,330 Bloomington $58,280 Crestview $58,150 Decatur $58,130 Beaumont $57,910 Longview $57,900 Wichita Falls $57,690 Muncie $57,620 Huntington $57,560 Evansville $57,510 Lubbock $57,270 Terre Haute $57,090 Gainesville $56,820 Tyler $56,670 Bowling Green $56,600 Deltona $56,580 Panama City $56,560 Lynchburg $56,300 Ocala $56,020 College Station $55,790 Waco $55,640 Pensacola $55,470 Charleston $55,150 Parkersburg $54,880 Port St. Lucie $54,840 Abilene $54,740 San Angelo $54,700 Tallahassee $54,400 Lakeland $53,660 Morgantown $53,470 Sebastian $53,320 Beckley $52,940 Sebring $52,630 Texarkana $52,380 Victoria $51,130
CityMean salaryvs. Trenton
Abilene, Texas$54,740-33.1%
Albany, Oregon$69,650-14.9%
Albany, New York$79,170-3.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$78,000-4.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$63,690-22.1%
Amarillo, Texas$59,270-27.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$68,450-16.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$82,780+1.2%
Austin, Texas$60,310-26.3%
Bakersfield, California$85,920+5.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$76,570-6.4%
Battle Creek, Michigan$66,250-19.0%
Bay City, Michigan$67,510-17.5%
Beaumont, Texas$57,910-29.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$52,940-35.3%
Bellingham, Washington$98,520+20.4%
Bend, Oregon$73,530-10.1%
Binghamton, New York$72,400-11.5%
Blacksburg, Virginia$62,450-23.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$71,320-12.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$58,280-28.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$56,600-30.8%
Bremerton, Washington$101,210+23.7%
Brownsville, Texas$62,090-24.1%
Buffalo, New York$76,590-6.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$58,960-27.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$73,280-10.4%
Champaign, Illinois$60,820-25.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$55,150-32.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$65,510-19.9%
Chicago, Illinois$78,800-3.7%
Chico, California$87,890+7.4%
College Station, Texas$55,790-31.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$59,780-26.9%
Corvallis, Oregon$71,910-12.1%
Crestview, Florida$58,150-28.9%
Dallas, Texas$65,400-20.0%
Decatur, Illinois$58,130-28.9%
Deltona, Florida$56,580-30.8%
Detroit, Michigan$72,730-11.1%
Dover, Delaware$69,660-14.8%
El Centro, California$105,390+28.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$58,330-28.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$59,640-27.1%
Elmira, New York$65,600-19.8%
El Paso, Texas$62,660-23.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$67,520-17.5%
Eugene, Oregon$69,710-14.8%
Evansville, Indiana$57,510-29.7%
Flint, Michigan$67,230-17.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$60,690-25.8%
Fresno, California$90,130+10.2%
Gainesville, Florida$56,820-30.5%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$73,900-9.7%
Glens Falls, New York$74,110-9.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$65,310-20.2%
Grants Pass, Oregon$72,060-11.9%
Hagerstown, Maryland$68,580-16.2%
Hanford, California$96,110+17.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$73,090-10.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$71,260-12.9%
Houston, Texas$62,840-23.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$57,560-29.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$62,940-23.1%
Ithaca, New York$70,620-13.7%
Jackson, Michigan$66,570-18.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$66,850-18.3%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$67,930-17.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$66,170-19.1%
Kankakee, Illinois$60,140-26.5%
Kennewick, Washington$93,970+14.9%
Killeen, Texas$63,600-22.2%
Kingston, New York$94,700+15.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$86,520+5.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$60,510-26.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$59,600-27.1%
Lakeland, Florida$53,660-34.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$75,650-7.5%
Lansing, Michigan$67,300-17.7%
Laredo, Texas$61,690-24.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$73,970-9.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$62,910-23.1%
Lexington Park, Maryland$78,350-4.2%
Longview, Texas$57,900-29.2%
Longview, Washington$87,540+7.0%
Los Angeles, California$98,150+20.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$67,030-18.1%
Lubbock, Texas$57,270-30.0%
Lynchburg, Virginia$56,300-31.2%
McAllen, Texas$64,040-21.7%
Medford, Oregon$69,870-14.6%
Merced, California$103,340+26.3%
Miami, Florida$59,550-27.2%
Michigan City, Indiana$58,470-28.5%
Midland, Michigan$66,400-18.8%
Midland, Texas$67,870-17.0%
Modesto, California$99,430+21.6%
Monroe, Michigan$65,830-19.5%
Morgantown, West Virginia$53,470-34.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$106,760+30.5%
Muncie, Indiana$57,620-29.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$67,020-18.1%
Napa, California$95,140+16.3%
Naples, Florida$61,060-25.4%
New York, New York$96,400+17.8%
Niles, Michigan$65,030-20.5%
Sarasota, Florida$63,730-22.1%
Ocala, Florida$56,020-31.5%
Odessa, Texas$66,460-18.8%
Olympia, Washington$93,820+14.7%
Orlando, Florida$58,420-28.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$58,790-28.1%
Oxnard, California$92,780+13.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$58,330-28.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$58,480-28.5%
Panama City, Florida$56,560-30.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$54,880-32.9%
Pensacola, Florida$55,470-32.2%
Peoria, Illinois$58,350-28.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$78,650-3.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$76,870-6.0%
Portland, Oregon$84,670+3.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$54,840-33.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$76,450-6.5%
Redding, California$85,800+4.9%
Richmond, Virginia$63,780-22.0%
Riverside, California$96,990+18.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$62,830-23.2%
Rochester, New York$67,220-17.8%
Rockford, Illinois$70,020-14.4%
Sacramento, California$93,930+14.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$68,060-16.8%
Salem, Oregon$71,550-12.5%
Salinas, California$93,690+14.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$72,500-11.4%
San Angelo, Texas$54,700-33.1%
San Antonio, Texas$60,340-26.2%
San Diego, California$91,390+11.7%
San Francisco, California$98,510+20.4%
San Jose, California$102,340+25.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$90,780+11.0%
Santa Cruz, California$91,820+12.2%
Santa Maria, California$94,060+15.0%
Santa Rosa, California$90,620+10.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$71,690-12.4%
Seattle, Washington$102,290+25.0%
Sebastian, Florida$53,320-34.8%
Sebring, Florida$52,630-35.7%
Sherman, Texas$58,520-28.5%
South Bend, Indiana$58,440-28.6%
Spokane, Washington$90,480+10.6%
Springfield, Illinois$69,000-15.6%
State College, Pennsylvania$76,160-6.9%
Staunton, Virginia$67,840-17.1%
Stockton, California$90,390+10.5%
Syracuse, New York$74,860-8.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$54,400-33.5%
Tampa, Florida$60,190-26.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$57,090-30.2%
Texarkana, Texas$52,380-36.0%
Traverse City, Michigan$67,070-18.0%
Tyler, Texas$56,670-30.7%
Utica, New York$73,750-9.8%
Vallejo, California$94,280+15.3%
Victoria, Texas$51,130-37.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$77,900-4.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$72,010-12.0%
Visalia, California$97,060+18.7%
Waco, Texas$55,640-32.0%
Walla Walla, Washington$91,550+11.9%
Watertown, New York$67,170-17.9%
Weirton, West Virginia$65,250-20.2%
Wenatchee, Washington$88,670+8.4%
Wheeling, West Virginia$62,690-23.4%
Wichita Falls, Texas$57,690-29.5%
Wildwood, Florida$65,020-20.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$72,270-11.7%
Winchester, Virginia$66,270-19.0%
Yakima, Washington$89,870+9.9%
York, Pennsylvania$74,550-8.9%
Yuba City, California$90,780+11.0%
Gross salary
81,800/yr
Estimated take-home
63,356/yr
Est. total withheld
22.5%

Single filer, federal + New Jersey state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-2021 SOC code
Official area Trenton-Princeton, NJ BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 45940 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: nj_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Princeton
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
383,286