120,000 INDIVIDUAL TEACHER SALARIES ACCESSIBLE BELOW Public employee salaries are a matter of public record. Pennsylvania's public school employee names, salaries, and job-related information are a matter of public record under Pennsylvania's Open Records Act (Right To Know Law).  The Right-to-Know law was recently improved and designed to shed into more light into how govt. agencies spend public money.  The improved law which can read via the aforementioned link goes into effect on January 1, 2009.  Private information is not released by the govt. agency - only job-related information and financial disbursements are public record.  The Right-to-Know law does not distinguish between different categories of public employees such as politicians, legislative staffers, superintendents, administrators, teachers, etc.

Additional compensation Teachers have access to additional incomes shown here. The contribution towards health care insurance is typically less than the average 25% - 30% in the private sector. A job for life (tenure), a guaranteed defined benefit plan in retirement, plus 2-3 months vacation round out the typical package. A defined contribution retirement plan such as a 401(K) is more typical in the private sector. DISTRICT TO DISTRICT: SALARY COMPARISON The PA Dept. of Education publishes average teacher salaries for every school district. The statewide average full-time teacher salary for 2006-2007 was $54,977. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that in 2006 the median full time earnings for Pennsylvania's male and female workers was $43,402 and $32,190 respectively. LINK TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE DATABASE The database published by the NJ-based Asbury Park Press newspaper contains the individual names, salaries and job-related information of 151,858 Pennsylvania school employees.  This includes teachers, support staff, and administrators from the school year 2006-2007.  [ Note: it is the responsbility of the government to keep accurate public records - not this website. See disclaimer below]. To review all employees in a school district, enter only the county and school district name and leave all other fields blank. To review the detailed job information for any school employee click their identifer number to the left of the table. Link to the database HERE. Read a Pittsburgh news story here. SUPERINTENDENT SALARIES / CONTRACTS A listing of PA Superintendent employment contracts is here.  A related news story is here. FAQ:  CLICK QUESTION TO SHOW/HIDE ANSWER

Q1. My profile contains inaccurate data - can you correct it? (ACCURACY DISCLAIMER) No. It is the responsibility of the government to keep accurate public records. The data is from 2006-2007 not the current school year. StopTeacherStrikes, Inc. does not guarantee the accuracy of any data collated by any government agency or published by third parties. Given the large amount of information gathered by the PDE for the 2006-2007 school year - being published by the Asbury Park Press - it is possible that some information is either inaccurate or outdated. With the government collecting over 150,000 records it is perhaps unsurprising that some records might contain omissions or errors. Any school employee who wanted to correct inaccurate information could try contacting their school district or PDE. Q2. I don't like my name being associated with my salary - can you remove it? No. StopTeacherStrikes has no ability to control what any third party media outlet publishes. It is also a matter of law that public employee names are associated with salaries. Anyone can get this information from the relevant govt. agency. Q3. Are you saying that teachers make too much money? We are profiling public information for people to decide for themselves what they think is reasonable. The teachers' union claims that teachers are underpaid and that this is the reason for striking. We believe that the needs of children to attend school and the needs of taxpayers who are required to finance public education - should also be considered. We pose a simple question: do teacher strikes enhance the quality of public education in PA? If not, then why must they be legal? In other words, for whom does public education exist? Q7. Is the "Strike-Free Education Act" (HB 1369) good for teachers? Yes. Please read the Proposed Law webpage. The union do not like this proposed legislation because it bans strikes. But independent-minded teachers are reading the detail of the bill to understand how the contract negotiations process would be improved. There are many teachers who quietly oppose strikes. We encourage such teachers to contact their state lawmakers in confidence to express their support for HB 1369.