Teacher Salaries & Regional Disparities

Audited average classroom teacher salaries (MDE Bulletin 1014 Table 7) benchmarked against statewide ($64,700) and regional ISD medians for FY 2025.

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State Benchmark Median

$64,699.50

MDE Bulletin 1014 statewide

Average of Reported

$50,888.27

22 reporting districts

Traditional LEAs

535

Traditional LEA entities

Charter Academies

286

PSA entities

Statewide Teacher Salary Distribution & Benchmark

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MDE Bulletin 1014 (Table 7)

Cohort:

Traditional LEAs 535 Charter Academies 286 All Schools 821

Audited Teacher Compensation & Staffing Ratios (FY 2025)

Showing 2 of 286 districts in bracket $75k–80k [Show Full Cohort]

District & County ↕	Enrollment & Staff ↕	Students / Teacher ↕	Average Teacher Salary ↓	vs. State Median ($64.7k) ↕	vs. ISD Median ↕	Instructional Spend/Pupil ↕
Horizon Science Academy New Bedford Code: 58901 • Monroe Co. (ISD 58) PSA	64.2 pupils 4 teachers	16.04:1	$79,270.00	+$31,435.50 +65.7%	+$0.00 ISD Med: $79K	$10,093.00
Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Code: 63924 • Macomb Co. (ISD 50) PSA	734.6 pupils 56.5 teachers	13.0:1	$76,540.00	+$28,705.50 +60.0%	+$13,867.50 ISD Med: $63K	$9,376.00

Methodology & Data Lineage

Average classroom teacher salary figures are published directly by the Michigan Department of Education (Bulletin 1014: Table 7), calculated as total classroom instructional salaries divided by reported classroom teacher FTEs. Regional medians reflect the median average teacher salary among traditional districts within each Intermediate School District (ISD).

Micro-District Staffing Sample Variance: In very small districts with 3 or fewer reported teacher FTEs (e.g. single-building primary township districts), per-FTE mathematical averages can exhibit extreme variance due to small denominators, shared administrative/teaching duties, or non-recurring severance and retirement adjustments.