Mid-level High School Teacher salary in New York, NY

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Bronx, Uniondale, Hempstead, Bound Brook.

Also listed as: Secondary School Teacher, Math Teacher

Median salary$84,525
Middle 50%$82.2k–$93k
vs. all levels here+8%comparison median $78,388
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $61,836 and $103,862.
PercentileSalary
10th$77,176
25th$82,181
50th (median)$84,525
75th$93,000
90th$95,261

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $75k $90k FY2020: median $74,776 (11 filings) FY2023: median $78,500 (12 filings) FY2024: median $80,000 (19 filings) FY2025: median $83,643 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 7 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 19 filings FY24 FY2025: 20 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 20
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$74,776$72,705$75,81011
FY2021–––7
FY2022–––7
FY2023$78,500$77,830$83,61512
FY2024$80,000$79,520$86,84819
FY2025$83,643$82,180$93,00020
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level High School Teacher salary of $84,525 is worth about $75,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the New York, NY area earned a median of $100,800 in May 2025 (75,780 employed). The H-1B median here is $84,525, 16% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academytoo few2
New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventiststoo few2
Staten Island Academytoo few2
The Academy Charter Schooltoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $74,000 33
Mid-level · Level II $84,525 28
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$67,210$74,00033
Mid-level · Level II$82,180$84,52528

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.