OSBA annual survey of teacher salaries and benefits
Since 1969 OSBA has compiled information on teacher salaries and related benefits. Information is reported by district size (student population). We continue to prepare the report because of expressed interest by local school officials in having comparative information for recruitment and retenstion of teachers as well as collective bargaining purposes. Some districts have not concluded bargaining by the time the report is prepared and are therefore not included.
While this particular report is restricted to information relating to teachers, a companion volume on salaries and fringe benefits for administrators is published by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators (COSA).
2016-17 Survey
For the 2016-17 collection year, 197 districts representing 68% of the student population reported. Based on the data in this publication, the Oregon average salary for beginning teachers is $36,097.
2015-16 Survey
For the 2015-16 collection year, 215 districts representing 70% of the student population reported. Based on the data in this publication, the Oregon average salary for beginning teachers is $35,252.
2014-15 Survey
For the 2014-15 collection year, 215 districts representing 83% of the student population reported. Based on the data in this publication, the Oregon average salary for beginning teachers is $34,302.
2013-14 Survey
For the 2013-14 collection year, 216 districts representing 68% of the student population reported. Based on the data in this publication, the Oregon average salary for beginning teachers is $33,533.
Other resources
Current settlement data – While collecting information for the next publication, a small subset of the next publication’s data is posted here.
School Personnel Online Tools (SPOT) – a subscription service providing online access to labor contracts from 1973 to the present and an online tool for comparing salary and benefit information gathered from 1989 to the present.
Three-year comparisons
- Average teacher salaries - breakdown of average teacher salaries.
- Calendar and workdays - minimums, maximums and averages for number of teacher contract days, inservice days, paid holidays and student contact days.
- Increases to base salaries - a breakdown of increases to the BA Step 0 teacher salary schedule.
- Insurance contributions - the lowest, highest and average insurance contributions for teachers.
- Salary schedule descriptions - the highest and lowest teacher salaries for the most common columns on a teacher salary schedule.
- Terms of contracts - a breakdown of the lengths of teacher collective bargaining agreements.
- Who pays the PERS - a comparison of the districts and ESDs who pay the 6% employee PERS "pick-up."