Ulster County teacher salaries, 2024-25

1,994 classroom teachers taught in Ulster County's 10 school districts and BOCES in the 2024-25 school year. Their average salary was $100,689, $2,272 more than the New York average.1

Average salary
$100,689
classroom teachers, 2024-25
County rank
8th
of 57 New York counties outside New York City
Classroom teachers
1,994
in 10 districts and BOCES
Highest-paying district
$108,166
Ellenville Central School District

Teacher pay in every Ulster 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
Ellenville Central School District$108,166$111,38911565%87%
Onteora Central School District$105,886$111,30612683%94%
New Paltz Central School District$103,950$108,95817581%97%
Kingston City School District$101,890$97,13156055%93%
Saugerties Central School District$101,806$111,19520083%96%
Wallkill Central School District$101,399$102,94324372%93%
Marlboro Central School District$100,132$104,02818145%86%
Rondout Valley Central School District$96,941$97,62717672%90%
Highland Central School District$93,271$94,08113063%94%
Ulster BOCES$84,439$81,5588835%72%

Questions about teacher pay in Ulster County

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

Classroom teachers in Ulster County's 10 school districts and BOCES earned an average of $100,689 in the 2024-25 school year, $2,272 more than the New York average.

Which Ulster County school district pays teachers the most?

Ellenville Central School District, where classroom teachers earned an average of $108,166 in 2024-25.

Sources for the Ulster 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