Middle School Teacher salary in New York, NY

Based on 40 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Newark, Bronx, Albertson, Jersey City.

Also listed as: Middle School Math Teacher

Median salary$68,902
Middle 50%$65.6k–$74k
vs. national median+19%comparison median $58,000
Filings40FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $43,793 and $103,418.
PercentileSalary
10th$64,659
25th$65,560
50th (median)$68,902
75th$74,000
90th$88,810

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $64,865 (28 filings) FY2021: median $59,291 (11 filings) FY2022: median $70,334 (16 filings) FY2023: median $61,070 (21 filings) FY2024: median $64,789 (24 filings) FY2025: median $66,733 (24 filings) FY2026: median $68,902 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 28 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 21 filings FY23 FY2024: 24 filings FY24 FY2025: 24 filings FY25 FY2026: 16 filings FY26 28
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$64,865$57,845$72,44628
FY2021$59,291$59,291$74,84311
FY2022$70,334$61,070$74,91016
FY2023$61,070$61,070$71,29021
FY2024$64,789$62,902$73,75224
FY2025$66,733$65,367$73,10024
FY2026$68,902$68,658$77,48016

Cost of living

New York's median Middle School Teacher salary of $68,902 is worth about $61,200 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the New York, NY area earned a median of $96,500 in May 2025 (39,310 employed). The H-1B median here is $68,902, 29% lower.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
New York City Department of Education$66,73317
JSE Musictoo few3
Riverdale Country Schooltoo few3
The Gray Charter Schooltoo few3
International School Of Brooklyntoo few2
Jersey City Global Charter Schooltoo few2
Success Academy Charter Schools - NYCtoo 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 $66,963 16
Mid-level · Level II – 0
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$65,560$66,96316

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.