Maximum Teacher Salary

Numbers represent the 1997-98 year unless marked with a (*) which is representative of the 1998-99 year.

Rank	Town	Salary	Population
1	Westwood	$ 69,192*	12,935
2	Weston	$ 65,090*	10,448
3	Concord	$ 64,294	17,792
4	Lexington	$ 64,220	29,484
5	Westford	$ 63,500	18,642
6	Sherborn	$ 63,466	4,107
7	Dover	$ 63,466	5,383
8	Norwell	$ 63,274	9,652
9	Wellesley	$ 63,097	26,809
10	Newton	$ 63,074	80,238
11	Brookline	$ 62,853	54,137
12	Acton	$ 62,598	18,851
13	Hingham	$ 62,518	20,265
14	Carlisle	$ 61,853	4,599
15	Sudbury	$ 61,710	15,130
16	Belmont	$ 61,209	24,044
17	Hanover	$ 60,964	12,891
18	Andover	$ 60,878	30,891
19	Needham	$ 60,531	27,828
20	Natick	$ 58,355	31,310
21	Foxborough	$ 58,188	16,011
22	ManchesterbytheSea	$ 57,606	5,357
23	Boston	$ 57,545	558,394
24	Framingham	$ 57,455	64,536
25	Cambridge	$ 57,334	93,707
26	North_Reading	$ 56,905	12,919
27	Duxbury	$ 56,848	15,007
28	Hopkinton	$ 56,663	10,805
29	Scituate	$ 56,650	17,242
30	Hull	$ 56,592	10,472
31	Cohasset	$ 56,488	7,070
32	Marlborough	$ 56,468	32,974
33	Medfield	$ 56,343	11,467
34	Franklin	$ 56,278	26,664
35	Watertown	$ 56,240	32,490
36	Revere	$ 56,078	41,761
37	Danvers	$ 56,077	24,467
38	Bedford	$ 55,141	13,676
39	Braintree	$ 54,918	34,708
40	Berlin	$ 54,866	2,332
41	Maynard	$ 54,807	10,412
42	Dedham	$ 54,802	23,741
43	Walpole	$ 54,760	22,251
44	Easton	$ 54,179	20,970
45	Swampscott	$ 54,166	13,676
46	Brockton	$ 54,110	92,324
47	Hudson	$ 54,105	17,695
48	Everett	$ 53,936	35,006
49	Lynnfield	$ 53,930	11,232
50	East_Bridgewater	$ 53,917	12,133
51	Shrewsbury	$ 53,909	26,771
52	Pembroke	$ 53,632	16,010
53	Canton	$ 53,540	20,314
54	Kingston	$ 53,296	10,447
55	Beverly	$ 53,254	38,596
56	Weymouth	$ 53,178	54,847
57	Reading	$ 53,153	22,956
58	Wakefield	$ 53,052	24,756
59	Wrentham	$ 52,769	10,049
60	Ashland	$ 52,473	12,940
61	Quincy	$ 52,313	85,532
62	West_Bridgewater	$ 52,260	6,647
63	Marshfield	$ 52,244	22,911
64	Medway	$ 52,224	11,391
65	Plympton	$ 52,107	2,614
66	Randolph	$ 51,843	30,554
67	Wilmington	$ 51,814	19,874
68	Littleton	$ 51,805	7,695
69	Stoughton	$ 51,771	27,481
70	Milton	$ 51,669	25,794
71	Burlington	$ 51,639	23,493
72	Arlington	$ 51,369	43,656
73	Mansfield	$ 51,156	18,806
74	Chelmsford	$ 51,053	33,484
75	Holbrook	$ 50,846	11,092
76	Ipswich	$ 50,717	12,352
77	Plymouth	$ 50,707	48,329
78	Carver	$ 50,682	11,289
79	Milford	$ 50,643	25,194
80	Rockland	$ 50,633	17,236
81	Gloucester	$ 50,540	29,267
82	Waltham	$ 50,497	57,214
83	Medford	$ 50,444	56,190
84	Halifax	$ 50,406	6,844
85	Norwood	$ 50,328	28,899
86	Marblehead	$ 50,060	19,973
87	Rockport	$ 49,992	7,580
88	Whitman	$ 49,982	13,743
89	Westborough	$ 49,982	15,005
90	West_Newbury	$ 49,982	3,871
91	Wenham	$ 49,982	4,423
92	Stow	$ 49,982	5,731
93	Salisbury	$ 49,982	7,093
94	Rowley	$ 49,982	5,196
95	Raynham	$ 49,982	10,513
96	Newburyport	$ 49,982	16,558
97	Newbury	$ 49,982	5,985
98	Merrimac	$ 49,982	5,670
99	Hanson	$ 49,982	9,512
100	Hamilton	$ 49,982	7,487
101	Groveland	$ 49,982	5,610
102	Bridgewater	$ 49,982	23,692
103	Bolton	$ 49,982	3,279
104	Dracut	$ 49,884	27,769
105	Stoneham	$ 49,838	22,131
106	Haverhill	$ 49,588	53,952
107	Abington	$ 49,561	14,683
108	Essex	$ 49,333	3,368
109	Lawrence	$ 49,283	68,807
110	Melrose	$ 49,233	27,426
111	Peabody	$ 49,153	48,365
112	Somerville	$ 49,043	74,356
113	Lakeville	$ 48,766	8,596
114	North_Andover	$ 48,405	24,283
115	Methuen	$ 48,353	41,029
116	Amesbury	$ 48,260	15,784
117	Norton	$ 47,730	15,659
118	Saugus	$ 47,657	26,223
119	Middleborough	$ 47,406	19,200
120	Southborough	$ 47,394	7,388
121	Lowell	$ 47,028	100,973
122	Woburn	$ 46,919	36,628
123	Winthrop	$ 46,919	17,305
124	Winchester	$ 46,919	20,318
125	Wayland	$ 46,919	12,041
126	Topsfield	$ 46,919	6,098
127	Tewksbury	$ 46,919	28,644
128	Sharon	$ 46,919	16,684
129	Norfolk	$ 46,919	10,389
130	Millis	$ 46,919	7,965
131	Middleton	$ 46,919	5,624
132	Malden	$ 46,919	52,749
133	Lincoln	$ 46,919	7,899
134	Holliston	$ 46,919	13,381
135	Boxford	$ 46,919	8,550
136	Boxborough	$ 46,919	3,979
137	Billerica	$ 46,919	38,861
138	Avon	$ 46,919	4,611
139	Salem	$ 45,715	38,008
140	Chelsea	$ 45,560	27,608
141	Nahant	$ 44,257	3,782
142	Georgetown	$ 44,183	7,054
143	Northborough	$ 44,134	12,801
144	Lynn	$ 41,334	80,563