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Substitute Teacher, Short-Term Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of short-term substitute teachers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short-term substitute teachers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Short-Term Substitute Teachers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$29,730
25th Percentile Wage	$30,700
50th Percentile Wage	$37,420
75th Percentile Wage	$47,790
90th Percentile Wage	$60,460

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short-term substitute teachers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,730.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short-term substitute teachers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	3-Year Growth
2022	$37,420	7.11%	9.81%
2021	$34,760	2.73%	-
2020	$33,810	0.18%	-
2019	$33,750	-	-

Table 2. Compare Substitute Teacher, Short-Term Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $37,420, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for short-term substitute teachers in state of New York, following the highest paying city Buffalo-Niagara Falls (median annual salary of $38,030). Compared with Buffalo-Niagara Falls, the median annual salary of short-term substitute teachers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 1.6 percent (1.6%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$38,030
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$37,420
Ithaca	$37,270
Binghamton	$37,100
Kingston	$37,090
Syracuse	$36,590
Rochester	$36,090
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$35,480
Elmira	$31,400
Glens Falls	$31,000
Watertown-Fort Drum	$30,600
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,590
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,250
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,230
Utica-Rome	$30,150