More than 18,000 people work for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, according to a Charlotte Observer analysis of the district’s payroll. Each year, the Observer updates its public pay database with the salaries for all CMS employees.
The school district is the second largest in the state, and the 16th biggest in the nation. It serves nearly 142,000 students across 186 schools, according to the district’s website.
The district would not specify who is full-time because it said that detail isn’t open to public inspection per state law. The district also provided only hourly wages for some employees and annual pay for others, hence the two separate pay columns in our database.
CMS salary database range
Charlotte-Mecklenburg teachers are leaving their jobs at a higher rate than the state average, resulting in a nearly 15% attrition rate during the 2024-25 school year, the Observer reported Monday. A district spokesperson told The Observer that teachers mainly say they leave because of retirement and career changes. If they’re leaving for a career change, they usually cite inadequate compensation…