4th highest paid teachers are from WNY

BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) - The Sweet Home school district has the highest paid teachers in Western New York, according to Business First's annual ratings of teacher's pay, which was released Monday.

Sweet Home ranked fourth in teacher pay out of 430 school districts in 48 upstate New York counties.  The study was limited to districts with enrollments of more than 260 students.

You can find the top 100 districts, ranked by highest paid, below.

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Remsen, a small district in Oneida County, had the highest paid teachers overall.  Ramsen pays its teachers a median salary of $89,516.  No other district has a median above $76,000.

Business First analyzed pay levels at the fifth, 25th, 50th, 75th and 95th percentiles in each district.  If a district didn't provide the State Education Department with 2011 salary data, the figures from its most recently reported year have been substituted.

Percentiles indicate the ranking of a given salary on a district's payroll.  A salary at the 25th percentile, for example, is larger than 25 percent of  all teachers' salaries within that district.

Complete details will be printed in Business First's 2012-2013 Guide to Upstate School Districts, an electronic publication that will be available on Friday.

TOP 100 UPSTATE DISTRICTS IN BUSINESS FIRST'S TEACHER PAY RATINGS
(EACH DISTRICT IS FOLLOWED BY ITS COUNTY)

1. Remsen (Oneida County)
2. Albany (Albany County)
3. Greenville (Greene County)
4. Sweet Home (Erie County)
5. South Colonie (Albany County)
6. North Colonie (Albany County)
7. Niskayuna (Schenectady County)
8. Williamsville (Erie County)
9. Lackawanna (Erie County)
10. North Tonawanda (Niagara County)
11. Shenendehowa (Saratoga County)
12. Orchard Park (Erie County)
13. Bethlehem (Albany County)
14. Niagara Falls (Niagara County)
15. Ballston Spa (Saratoga County)
16. Liverpool (Onondaga County)
17. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Saratoga County)
18. Kenmore-Tonawanda (Erie County)
19. Troy (Rensselaer County)
20. Johnsburg (Warren County)
21. Oswego (Oswego County)
22. Averill Park (Rensselaer County)
23. Baldwinsville (Onondaga County)
24. Schalmont (Schenectady County)
25. Germantown (Columbia County)
26. Grand Island (Erie County)
27. Coxsackie-Athens (Greene County)
28. Akron (Erie County)
29. Guilderland (Albany County)
30. East Greenbush (Rensselaer County)
31. Hudson (Columbia County)
32. AuSable Valley (Clinton County)
33. Jamesville-DeWitt (Onondaga County)
34. Fort Plain (Montgomery County)
35. Saratoga Springs (Saratoga County)
36. Pittsford (Monroe County)
37. West Seneca (Erie County)
38. Town of Webb (Herkimer County)
39. Livonia (Livingston County)
40. Niagara-Wheatfield (Niagara County)
41. Scotia-Glenville (Schenectady County)
42. Schuylerville (Saratoga County)
43. Clarence (Erie County)
44. Syracuse (Onondaga County)
45. Rensselaer (Rensselaer County)
46. Phoenix (Oswego County)
47. Windham-Ashland-Jewett (Greene County)
48. Fonda-Fultonville (Montgomery County)
49. Schodack (Rensselaer County)
50. West Genesee (Onondaga County)
51. North Syracuse (Onondaga County)
52. Lockport (Niagara County)
53. Schenectady (Schenectady County)
54. Cassadaga Valley (Chautauqua County)
55. Cheektowaga-Sloan (Erie County)
56. Skaneateles (Onondaga County)
57. Fayetteville-Manlius (Onondaga County)
58. Voorheesville (Albany County)
59. Cheektowaga-Maryvale (Erie County)
60. Rotterdam-Mohonasen (Schenectady County)
61. Middleburgh (Schoharie County)
62. Berlin (Rensselaer County)
63. Weedsport (Cayuga County)
64. Kinderhook (Columbia County)
65. East Syracuse-Minoa (Onondaga County)
66. Alden (Erie County)
67. Catskill (Greene County)
68. Westhill (Onondaga County)
69. Oneida (Madison County)
70. Albion (Orleans County)
71. Union Springs (Cayuga County)
72. Canajoharie (Montgomery County)
73. Saranac (Clinton County)
74. Warrensburg (Warren County)
75. Clinton (Oneida County)
76. Marcellus (Onondaga County)
77. Fabius-Pompey (Onondaga County)
78. Schoharie (Schoharie County)
79. Fulton (Oswego County)
80. Gates Chili (Monroe County)
81. Westfield (Chautauqua County)
82. Fredonia (Chautauqua County)
83. South Glens Falls (Saratoga County)
84. Northern Adirondack (Clinton County)
85. Panama (Chautauqua County)
86. Amherst (Erie County)
87. New Hartford (Oneida County)
88. Glens Falls (Warren County)
89. Webster (Monroe County)
90. Broadalbin-Perth (Fulton County)
91. Mayfield (Fulton County)
92. Chautauqua Lake (Chautauqua County)
93. Ellicottville (Cattaraugus County)
94. Berne-Knox-Westerlo (Albany County)
95. Lansing (Tompkins County)
96. Cairo-Durham (Greene County)
97. Vestal (Broome County)
98. Saint Johnsville (Montgomery County)
99. Hannibal (Oswego County)
100. Plattsburgh (Clinton County)