Herkimer County teacher salaries, 2024-25

846 classroom teachers taught in Herkimer County's 11 school districts and BOCES in the 2024-25 school year. Their average salary was $65,408, $33,009 less than the New York average.1

Average salary
$65,408
classroom teachers, 2024-25
County rank
52nd
of 57 New York counties outside New York City
Classroom teachers
846
in 11 districts and BOCES
Highest-paying district
$73,583
Town of Webb Union Free School District

Teacher pay in every Herkimer 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
Town of Webb Union Free School District$73,583$75,6742763%59%
Central Valley Central School District at Ilion-Mohawk$70,728$69,17617766%71%
Poland Central School District$70,320$71,6345062%88%
Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District$68,464$70,1646670%86%
Mount Markham Central School District$68,101$70,7229758%80%
Dolgeville Central School District$65,681$64,7197760%68%
Little Falls City School District$64,744$64,5719766%86%
West Canada Valley Central School District$62,725$58,6086351%74%
Herkimer Central School District$60,009$57,2889750%80%
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES$55,041$53,032680%43%
Van Hornesville-Owen D. Young Central School District$49,491$51,1772725%43%

Questions about teacher pay in Herkimer County

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

Classroom teachers in Herkimer County's 11 school districts and BOCES earned an average of $65,408 in the 2024-25 school year, $33,009 less than the New York average.

Which Herkimer County school district pays teachers the most?

Town of Webb Union Free School District, where classroom teachers earned an average of $73,583 in 2024-25.

Sources for the Herkimer 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