The average Ridgewood classroom teacher's salary was $70,246. That works out to $30 million for teacher salaries. For an experienced teacher with a master's degree plus 30 college credits, the pay was $90,000
And that is for working only 9 months a year, plus 20 days vacation, plus every holiday imaginable, plus carry over sick days, plus no cost health insurance, plus pensions that are 2 to 3 times better than private pensions, plus 1 year long paid sabbaticals, plus tenure (so you can't be fired)...etc.