The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-06-17

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the greater average for men is due to
the fact that they are in the larger cities.
where salaries are relatively high.
The average salary Of the teachers in
the elementary schools was SU61, women
separately $3.50 and men 81 1,l61. More
than one-half Of the men in this class
we're IN the three largest citf where sal
aries are relatively high
OF the 2.s74 male teachers (not includ-
ing principals in high schools in. IA
cities. who receive an average salary of
$1,303 1888 per cent. received $1,000
Or over, and 1927 per cent. receited less
rnan $1,000
Of the ;,,149 female teachers in high
schools receiving an average salary Of
s903, only GS per cent. received as much
as $1,000, while 6l.o3 per cent. received
less than $1,000, and 1898 per cent. re-
ceived less than $3.50.
OF the 2.37S male principals Of eie-
mentary schools in the 476 cities reeeiv-
ing an average salary Of 81 .542, 24.sl
per cent. received $2,0o0 or over. and
29.11 per cent. less than 81 600 OF the
1885 women principals receiving an av-
erage salary Of 1910. s.13 per cent. re-
ceived $1,000 Or over. while 65.s6 per
cent. received less than $1,000, and 1850
per cent received less than $3.50; the
group containing the largest percentage
Of all was $600 or under 500. with 1s. 10
per cent
OF the 1892 male teachers in element.
ary schools in ACT cities receiving an av-
erage salary of $1,161. 21.9s per cent.
received $1,000, while 1884 per cent re-
ceived less than $500. OF the 1854
women teachers in elementary schools in
the same number of cities receiving an
average salary Of $500 only 81 per cent.
received as much as S1,6O0 a year, while
A per cent received less than S600. and
I.13 per cent. less than 500: while 20.55
per cent. received 5000 Or under 500.
Although Of the three cities having a
population of over 100000 Chicago
pays the Highest salary. $1,000 10 its
superintendent New York. which pays
s2.G0o, less has eight associates at
$5.500 each, and twenty-six district sup.
erintendents at 5000 each. while Chi
cago has only six district superintendenls
at $1,000. Philadelphia pays its super
intenGent S6G00 and six assistants
s3.Go9 each. In all other classes New
York leads. while in high school salaries
Philadelphia ranks Chicago, while IN ele-
mentary salaries the reverse is true.
Newark IS reported as having one
high school principal at $500, forty-six
teachers at an average salary Of 81, ,493,
forty y-seven principals and teachers at an
average salary Of S1.536 forty-two eIe-
mentary school principals at an average
salary Of s.. 1896 and I54 teachers at an
average salary of 1876 principals
and teachers in all. at an average salary
Of s77s.
Jersey City has one high school prin-
cipal at a salary of $4,000 and nineteen
teachers at an average salary of S1.2s4,
a total of twenty principals and teachers
at an average salary Of s1,36a: forty
four prime pals Of elementary schools at
an average salary of S1,754, and $40
teachers at an average salary Of $3.50, a
total of 593 principals and teachers at
an average salary Of 1892.
Reports in regard to the salaries paid
teachers in typical ungraded schools in
New Jersey are given for twentysone
towns. salaries of men teachers being re-
ported from six towns only. The lowest
salary paid was to a woman teacher for
a school year Of thirty-six weeks in
Sandystone, Sussex County. while the
highest was $500 for year Of forty
weeks in Neshanic Somerset County.
One male teacher in Alm9nessen. Glou-
eester County. was paid at high as $3.50.
The salaries reported as medium ranged
from $3.50 to s4o5, the school yeas being
Of forty weeks. except in one case max
ing the monthly rate in these schools
from $50 to $40.
The relative cost of living in the sev-
eral geographical divisions Of the coun-
try as revealed by the Investigation is
set forth in another elaborate table The
Investigation covered 11.156 families Of
workingmen whose annual income was
reported at s051 .s3 per family for the
South Atlantic States, so75 50 for the
North Central States. S59o.2T for the
South Central States, $s19.54 for the
Western States. or $G5o.9s per family
for the entire II s156 families. The Az
erage cost for food, rent, fuel, lighting.