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The norms for all Westerb New York teachers, according to the Education Department, are $35,560 at the start, $52,200 at the midpoint and $83,965 at the peak of thei careers. But there are substantial deviationzs from districtto district: Wages for beginning teachers tend to be higher in Niagarq Falls than anywhere else in the region. The Niagara Falls City Schookl District has a fifthb percentile salaryof $42,265 for its classrookm teachers, leading all Western New York schoolk systems. Williamsville is close behinds witha low-end salary of $42,059.
Seven othef districts have pay scales thatsurpass $40,000 for their youngesyt teachers: Fredonia, Niagara-Wheatfield, Norty Tonawanda, Lewiston-Porter, West Seneca, Grand Islansd and Ellicottville. At the bottom is West where the fifth percentile salaryis $25,140. The median pay for all 800 classroom teachers in the Williamsvillwe Central School Districtis $63,918, whicgh is nearly $2,000 higher than any other district in the Three other systems have median (or 50th salaries higher than $60,000: North Tonawanda, Granc Island and Sweet Home. Warsaw is at the bottom, paying its classroo m teachers a median salaryof $40,953.
Grand Island offers the steepest peak for with a 95th percentile salaryof $91,390. The only othet district above $90,000 is Sweert Home at $90,893. Rounding out the top five are Cheektowaga-Maryvale and Alden, all with peak salariexs above $87,000. Paychecks at this exalted levek are reserved for the mostexperiencer teachers, generally those with at least 30 years in the classroom. The tiniest summift is in Wyoming, which also has the smallest enrollment of any Western New Yorkschool district, 163 students. Peak pay for Wyoming’sd teachers is $60,434, almost $3,500 below the caree midpoint in Williamsville.