Teaching Schools In New Jersey
New Jersey has 32 accredited teaching schools where teaching faculty who teach teaching classes can find employment. The trends in New Jersey's teaching academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in teaching includes teaching training at the following levels:
- Teaching Certificate
- Associates degree in Teaching
- Bachelors degree in Teaching
- Masters degree in Teaching
- PhD degree in Teaching
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Professional Trends
New Jersey Vs. National Teaching Employment
| New Jersey | 138,430 |
| National | 4,078,490 |
Of all of the teaching professionals that work in the US, approximately 3% work in New Jersey state.
Employment Growth for Teaching professionals In New Jersey
| 136,430 | 135,630 | 135,490 | 138,360 | 128,260 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In New Jersey, the field of teaching is shrinking. There were 8,170 less teaching professionals working in New Jersey in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in New Jersey, this field has shrunk by 6% in four years. This is slower than the trend for teaching professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of teaching professionals has shrunk by 6% between 2006 and 2010.
Teaching VS. All Professions salaries in New Jersey
| $65,398 | $68,035 | $71,886 | $74,727 | $75,983 |
| $50,031 | $52,191 | $53,328 | $54,026 | $55,877 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Teaching
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by teaching professionals is increasing in New Jersey. The mean salary for teaching professionals in 2006 was $65,398 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $75,983 per year.
Salary percentiles for Teaching professionals in New Jersey
10th percentile |
$43,494 |
25th percentile |
$55,620 |
50th percentile |
$71,404 |
75th percentile |
$93,004 |
90th percentile |
$105,711 |
Thus, there was a 14% growth in teaching professionals' salaries. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. There is a 143% pay differential between the highest paid teaching professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of teaching in New Jersey.
Average Salaries for Teaching professionals and related professions in New Jersey
Early Childhood Education |
$53,375 |
Educational Leadership |
$92,102 |
Elementary Education |
$75,332 |
Special Education |
$63,917 |
Teaching |
$74,803 |
In New Jersey, teaching professionals earn, on average, more than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Teaching programs available for each degree type for all schools in New Jersey
associate |
12 |
bachelor |
41 |
master |
52 |
doctor |
7 |
Certificate |
17 |
| Total | 129 |
The number of students graduating from the 32 accredited teaching schools in New Jersey is decreasing. In 2006, 3,195 students graduated from teaching courses in New Jersey. And in 2010, 2,870 students graduated.
This represents a 10% decrease in the number of teaching degree or certificate school graduates in New Jersey state. Most of these graduates, or 40%, earned a master's degree in teaching.