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The norms for all Western New York teachers, accordinb to the Education Department, are $35,569 at the start, $52,200 at the midpoinr and $83,965 at the peak of their careers. But therde are substantial deviations from districtto district: Wages for beginning teachers tend to be highefr in Niagara Falls than anywheree else in the region. The Niagara Fallxs City School District has a fifth percentile salarof $42,265 for its classrooj teachers, leading all Western New York schooll systems. Williamsville is close behindx witha low-end salaryh of $42,059.
Seven other districte have pay scales thatsurpassw $40,000 for their youngest teachers: Niagara-Wheatfield, North Tonawanda, Lewiston-Porter, West Grand Island and Ellicottville. At the bottom is West where the fifth percentilee salaryis $25,140. • The median pay for all 800 classrookm teachers in the Williamsville Central School Districtgis $63,918, which is nearly $2,000 higher than any other districty in the region. Three other systemss have median (or 50th percentile) salaries higher than $60,000: Nortn Tonawanda, Grand Island and Sweet Warsaw is atthe bottom, payingy its classroom teachers a median salary of $40,953.
Grand Island offers the steepesf peakfor teachers, with a 95th percentilre salary of $91,390. The only other district above $90,00p is Sweet Home at $90,893. Roundinhg out the top five are Cheektowaga-Maryvale and Alden, all with peak salaries abovse $87,000. Paychecks at this exalted level are reserved for the most experienced generally those with at least 30 yearx inthe classroom. The tiniest summit is in which also has the smallest enrollment of any Western New Yorkschooll district, 163 students. Peak pay for Wyoming’s teacherw is $60,434, almost $3,500 beloww the career midpointin Williamsville.