The teacher's benefits package costs was in the top 10% among Pennsylvania public school educators. The District employed 149 teachers. In 2011, the average teacher salary was $67,452 and a top salary of $140,000. In 2009, the Salisbury Township School District reported employing 161 teachers and administrators with a median salary of $65,898 and a top salary of $133,110. The teacher's work day is 7.5 hours with 180 days in the contract year. Additionally, the teachers receive a defined benefit pension, health insurance, professional development reimbursement, paid personal days, 10 paid sick days, and other benefits. In 2011, teachers in the Salisbury School District agreed to a new contract that included average annual raises of about 2.8 percent through the 2013-14 school year. The new contract adde $250 for single coverage and $500 for multiple-person coverage and teachers will contribute 1% of their salary towards their health insurance policy costs. The prior four-year contract, which expired Aug. 31, 2009, gave average annual pay hikes of 4.25 percent. Per pupil spending Salisbury Township School District administrative costs per pupil in 2008 was $887.79 per pupil which was in the top 20% in the Commonwealth. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association collects and maintains statistics on salaries of public school district employees in Pennsylvania. According to the association's report, the average salary for a superintendent, for the 2007-08 school year, was $122,165. Superintendents and administrators receive a benefit package commensurate with that offered to the district's teachers' union. According to PSBA, the median Superintendent salary rose to over $130,000 in 2011. In 2008, the Salisbury Township School District administration reported that per pupil spending was $14,753 which ranked 68th among Pennsylvania's then 501 public school districts. In 2010, the District's per pupil spending had increased to $17,507.21, which ranked 49th in Pennsylvania. In 2011, Pennsylvania's per pupil spending was $13,467, ranking 6th in the United States. In 2007, the Pennsylvania per pupil total expenditures was reported as $12,759. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Pennsylvania spent $8,191 per pupil in school year 2000-01. In 2007, the Pennsylvania per pupil total expenditures was reported as $12,759. Among the fifty states, Pennsylvania's total per pupil revenue (including all sources) ranked 11th at $15,023 per student, in 2008-09.