Teacher salary spending per teacher, by Colorado school district

Aspen School District spent $101,390 on teacher salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of any Colorado district with 500 or more students; the median across all 161 Colorado districts with a figure, the smaller ones included, is $62,708. It is not the salary a teacher is paid: it is the teacher salaries a district reported spending, divided by the full-time teachers counted in a different federal file, without benefits, so it can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes; a district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Colorado teacher salary at $58,481 in 2021-22 (U.S. $66,397; NCES Digest table 211.60). It is compared within Colorado only because states book salaries and count teachers differently.

NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff 2022-23 · method

Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Colorado, fiscal year 2022-23Aspen School District $101,390; Cherry Creek School District #5 $100,672; Boulder Valley School District $98,395; Adams 12 Five Star Schools $89,579; Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe $88,905; Telluride School District R-1 $87,963; Westminster Public Schools $87,048; Denver Public Schools $84,963; Aurora Public Schools $82,104; Roaring Fork Schools $81,661; State median $62,708.050k100k150kAspen School District$101,390Cherry Creek School District #5$100,672Boulder Valley School District$98,395Adams 12 Five Star Schools$89,579Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of …$88,905Telluride School District R-1$87,963Westminster Public Schools$87,048Denver Public Schools$84,963Aurora Public Schools$82,104Roaring Fork Schools$81,661State median $62,708
Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Colorado, fiscal year 2022-23Aspen School District $101,390; Cherry Creek School District #5 $100,672; Boulder Valley School District $98,395; Adams 12 Five Star Schools $89,579; Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe $88,905; Telluride School District R-1 $87,963; Westminster Public Schools $87,048; Denver Public Schools $84,963; Aurora Public Schools $82,104; Roaring Fork Schools $81,661; State median $62,708.050k100k150kAspen School District$101,390Cherry Creek School District #5$100,672Boulder Valley School District$98,395Adams 12 Five Star Schools$89,579Littleton School District No. 6 in …$88,905Telluride School District R-1$87,963Westminster Public Schools$87,048Denver Public Schools$84,963Aurora Public Schools$82,104Roaring Fork Schools$81,661State median $62,708
Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Colorado, fiscal year 2022-23Aspen School District $101,390; Cherry Creek School District #5 $100,672; Boulder Valley School District $98,395; Adams 12 Five Star Schools $89,579; Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe $88,905; Telluride School District R-1 $87,963; Westminster Public Schools $87,048; Denver Public Schools $84,963; Aurora Public Schools $82,104; Roaring Fork Schools $81,661; State median $62,708.050k100k150kAspen School District$101,390Cherry Creek School District #5$100,672Boulder Valley School District$98,395Adams 12 Five Star Schools$89,579Littleton School District No. 6 in the coun…$88,905Telluride School District R-1$87,963Westminster Public Schools$87,048Denver Public Schools$84,963Aurora Public Schools$82,104Roaring Fork Schools$81,661State median $62,708
Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Colorado, fiscal year 2022-23Aspen School District $101,390; Cherry Creek School District #5 $100,672; Boulder Valley School District $98,395; Adams 12 Five Star Schools $89,579; Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe $88,905; Telluride School District R-1 $87,963; Westminster Public Schools $87,048; Denver Public Schools $84,963; Aurora Public Schools $82,104; Roaring Fork Schools $81,661; State median $62,708.050k100k150kAspen School District$101,390Cherry Creek School District #5$100,672Boulder Valley School District$98,395Adams 12 Five Star Schools$89,579Littleton School District No. 6 in the…$88,905Telluride School District R-1$87,963Westminster Public Schools$87,048Denver Public Schools$84,963Aurora Public Schools$82,104Roaring Fork Schools$81,661State median $62,708

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

All 93 districts with 500 or more students, highest teacher salary spending per teacher first

DistrictCountyTeachers (FTE)Salary spending per teacher
Aspen School DistrictPitkin County135$101,390
Cherry Creek School District #5Arapahoe County3,177$100,672
Boulder Valley School DistrictBoulder County1,683$98,395
Adams 12 Five Star SchoolsAdams County2,016$89,579
Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of ArapahoeArapahoe County791$88,905
Telluride School District R-1San Miguel County69$87,963
Westminster Public SchoolsAdams County472$87,048
Denver Public SchoolsDenver County5,947$84,963
Aurora Public SchoolsArapahoe County2,361$82,104
Roaring Fork SchoolsGarfield County397$81,661
Mapleton Public SchoolsAdams County403$80,753
Sheridan School District No. 2Arapahoe County76$79,984
Summit School DistrictSummit County276$79,029
The Colorado Springs Schools District 11El Paso County1,438$78,940
Jeffco Public SchoolsJefferson County4,551$78,435
The other 78 on the list
DistrictCountyTeachers (FTE)Salary spending per teacher
Douglas County School DistrictDouglas County3,539$78,029
Weld County School District No. Re-7Weld County80$76,840
Adams County School District 14Adams County329$76,815
Steamboat Springs School DistrictRoutt County191$76,622
Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt. of the countSaguache County45$75,895
Poudre School DistrictLarimer County1,850$74,783
Thompson School DistrictLarimer County919$73,985
Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of EEl Paso County252$73,743
St. Vrain Valley SchoolsBoulder County1,931$73,410
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8El Paso County510$73,384
East Otero School DistrictOtero County93$72,961
Englewood SchoolsArapahoe County180$72,120
Weld County School District No. Re-5JWeld County224$71,588
Eagle County School District Re-50JEagle County514$71,577
Wiggins School DistrictMorgan County46$70,032
Greeley-Evans School District 6Weld County1,261$68,981
Gunnison Watershed School District Re1JGunnison County142$68,853
Lake County School DistrictLake County65$68,601
Estes Park School DistrictLarimer County76$68,453
Academy District 20El Paso County1,612$68,349
Montrose County School DistrictMontrose County340$67,757
Garfield School District Re-2Garfield County292$67,041
School District No. Re-1 ValleyLogan County100$67,027
School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State ofEl Paso County583$66,915
Platte Canyon, School District No. 1Park County54$66,255
East Grand School District No. 2Grand County104$65,963
Weld re-8 schoolsWeld County140$65,899
Pueblo County School District 70Pueblo County567$65,695
27J SchoolsAdams County1,159$65,472
Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of ElEl Paso County102$65,465
Las Animas School DistrictBent County40$65,280
Meeker School District Re1Rio Blanco County48$65,200
Pueblo School District 60Pueblo County863$64,689
Weld County School District RE-3JWeld County180$64,056
Moffat County School District RE: No. 1Moffat County127$63,753
Fremont Re-1Fremont County222$63,334
Trinidad School District 1 in the county of Las Animas andLas Animas County47$63,277
Alamosa School District Re-11JAlamosa County136$63,265
Park County School District Re-2Park County44$63,245
Salida School DistrictChaffee County99$62,955
Delta County Joint District No. 50Delta County270$62,902
Woodland Park School DistrictTeller County150$62,892
Weld RE-4 School DistrictWeld County475$62,708
Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of GarfiGarfield County75$62,352
El Paso County Colorado School District 49El Paso County1,262$62,144
Clear Creek School District No. Re-1Clear Creek County54$61,985
Archuleta County School District No. 50 JtArchuleta County113$61,611
Fremont RE-2 School DistrictFremont County79$61,512
Elizabeth School DistrictElbert County150$61,383
Harrison School District 2El Paso County809$61,195
Lamar School District RE-2Prowers County96$61,174
Mesa County Valley School District 51Mesa County1,294$60,634
Lewis-Palmer School District 38El Paso County377$60,444
Weld County School District No. RE-1Weld County147$59,701
Bennett School District No. 29JAdams County72$59,544
Buena Vista School District No. R-31Chaffee County71$59,145
Mancos School District Re-6Montezuma County34$59,054
Brush School DistrictMorgan County96$58,640
Weld County School District No. Re-2Weld County123$58,551
Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1Montezuma County147$57,245
North Conejos School District No. Re1JConejos County71$56,549
Durango School District No. 9-RLa Plata County389$56,158
State Charter School InstituteDenver County1,130$55,665
Julesburg School DistrictSedgwick County39$55,561
Ellicott School District 22El Paso County68$55,273
Morgan County School District Re-3Morgan County214$54,971
Strasburg School District 31JAdams County69$54,721
Rocky Ford School DistrictOtero County52$54,516
Dolores School DistrictMontezuma County49$54,435
Monte Vista School District No. C-8Rio Grande County80$54,351
Yuma School DistrictYuma County60$53,149
Peyton School DistrictEl Paso County46$53,125
Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-RLa Plata County106$52,819
Ignacio School District No. 11JtLa Plata County60$52,019
Weld County School District No. Re-9Weld County68$51,589
Burlington School District RE-6JKit Carson County45$51,560
Wray School DistrictYuma County48$51,248
Holyoke School District No. Re-1JPhillips County42$48,811

Source: NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff 2022-23: teachers (full-time equivalent). Districts with 500 or more students (V33).

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Sources

Source: NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics) Estimated average annual salary of teachers, by state · 2021-22

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District teacher salaries (Z35-Z38) and membership · FY 2022-23

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