Nassau County teacher salaries, 2024-25

17,326 classroom teachers taught in Nassau County's 57 school districts and BOCES in the 2024-25 school year. Their average salary was $118,525, $20,108 more than the New York average.1

Average salary
$118,525
classroom teachers, 2024-25
County rank
3rd
of 57 New York counties outside New York City
Classroom teachers
17,326
in 57 districts and BOCES
Highest-paying district
$142,481
Jericho Union Free School District

Teacher pay in every Nassau 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
Jericho Union Free School District$142,481$148,42626867%77%
Uniondale Union Free School District$133,103$142,70453672%93%
Syosset Central School District$132,905$149,09569872%97%
North Shore Central School District$130,431$139,01727856%96%
Merrick Union Free School District$129,016$139,81516273%96%
Bellmore Union Free School District$128,906$135,8627281%94%
Rockville Centre Union Free School District$127,082$133,48232680%96%
Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District$126,021$139,20629473%95%
Roslyn Union Free School District$125,779$137,41729174%98%
Plainedge Union Free School District$125,215$138,63424169%95%
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District$124,846$141,38048470%93%
Great Neck Union Free School District$123,763$138,99868273%98%
Port Washington Union Free School District$123,654$132,65044880%98%
Herricks Union Free School District$122,447$136,55235771%94%
Garden City Union Free School District$121,056$129,93631273%96%
Valley Stream 24 Union Free School District$120,719$132,4609572%93%
Sewanhaka Central High School District$120,423$135,49560269%96%
Bethpage Union Free School District$120,128$135,63426673%98%
Levittown Union Free School District$120,004$136,79962670%90%
Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District$119,912$129,99643971%97%
East Williston Union Free School District$119,883$123,36217759%98%
Westbury Union Free School District$119,804$126,46835363%85%
Locust Valley Central School District$119,333$124,87219963%88%
Oceanside Union Free School District$118,651$135,39441067%94%
Valley Stream Central High School District$118,526$130,24239866%93%
Lynbrook Union Free School District$118,374$128,78127876%95%
Baldwin Union Free School District$117,633$130,32738478%97%
Hicksville Union Free School District$117,621$118,85242276%93%
Long Beach City School District$117,407$127,35836574%92%
North Merrick Union Free School District$117,403$136,4157875%85%
Massapequa Union Free School District$117,248$131,63961273%92%
Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District$116,282$121,35216261%91%
Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District$115,788$113,94411769%82%
Mineola Union Free School District$115,538$116,30325247%99%
Manhasset Union Free School District$115,532$122,51024364%97%
Seaford Union Free School District$115,462$129,92222160%94%
Carle Place Union Free School District$115,176$120,13013459%75%
Valley Stream 13 Union Free School District$113,701$112,28219059%71%
Malverne Union Free School District$113,530$121,79617070%89%
Wantagh Union Free School District$113,162$127,60624371%96%
Island Trees Union Free School District$111,636$123,06120969%96%
Island Park Union Free School District$111,333$109,0168069%96%
East Rockaway Union Free School District$111,176$117,43812155%100%
East Meadow Union Free School District$111,045$115,28373955%93%
Freeport Union Free School District$111,045$119,49054764%94%
Lawrence Union Free School District$110,984$124,91417071%88%
North Bellmore Union Free School District$110,899$117,69715765%97%
West Hempstead Union Free School District$110,693$115,19612581%94%
Hempstead Union Free School District$109,776$113,02328372%76%
Farmingdale Union Free School District$109,525$118,89149560%77%
Glen Cove City School District$109,112$116,19728761%94%
Nassau BOCES$106,654$102,56625059%75%
Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District$105,068$109,20610378%97%
Elmont Union Free School District$102,590$99,10831161%90%
Roosevelt Union Free School District$100,283$95,61328152%93%
New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District$98,859$109,76413157%83%
Franklin Square Union Free School District$98,398$100,40215264%69%

Questions about teacher pay in Nassau County

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

Classroom teachers in Nassau County's 57 school districts and BOCES earned an average of $118,525 in the 2024-25 school year, $20,108 more than the New York average.

Which Nassau County school district pays teachers the most?

Jericho Union Free School District, where classroom teachers earned an average of $142,481 in 2024-25.

Sources for the Nassau 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