To the teacher from Swainton: According to Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post, teachers in NJ have a higher salary than teachers in all other states but five. Average salary for teachers in NJ is $68,797. It's not Christie's fault that Senator Menendez and all the Democrats think that it's right for the taxpayers of NJ to pay $1.85 billion a year to educate the children of illegal immigrants.