New Jersey public school teachers differ from other full-time employees on pay, education level, and other demographic and work characteristics: Compensation, hours and weeks worked, and demographic characteristics of New Jersey public school teachers compared with other full-time New Jersey employees, 2012–2014
| Other full-time employees in NJ | NJ public school teachers | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual wage | $82,223 | $68,301 | -16.9% |
| Total annual compensation | $106,912 | $95,703 | -10.5% |
| Usual weekly hours | 43.5 | 41.7 | -4.1% |
| Annual weeks worked | 51.2 | 47.5 | -7.2% |
| All college graduates | 46.9% | 98.7% | 51.8 ppt. |
| Bachelor’s degree | 29.5% | 46.8% | 17.4 ppt. |
| Master’s degree | 12.4% | 49.0% | 36.6 ppt. |
| Professional degree | 3.0% | 1.8% | -1.2 ppt. |
| Doctorate | 2.0% | 1.0% | -1.0 ppt. |
| Age | 45.1 yrs. | 43.5 yrs. | 1.5 yrs. |
| Female | 42.7% | 75.4% | 32.8 ppt. |
| Black | 9.7% | 6.8% | -2.9 ppt. |
| Hispanic | 12.7% | 6.8% | -6.0 ppt. |
| Asian | 11.3% | 1.9% | -9.4 ppt. |
| Married | 65.4% | 69.4% | 4.1 ppt. |
| U.S. citizen | 90.4% | 99.4% | 9.0 ppt. |
| Observations | 97,612 | 4,989 |
Notes: Differences are for New Jersey public school teachers relative to other full-time employees in New Jersey, and are measured as percentage point differences where the characteristic is a percentage (i.e., share female) and as percent differences for other characteristics (i.e., salary). Due to rounding, numbers may not always add up to the precise totals.
Sources: Author’s analysis of American Community Survey 2012–2014 data (Flood et al. 2015) and Employer Costs for Employee Compensation survey 2013 data (U.S. BLS 2013)