In 2011, the average teacher salary in Milton Area School District was $54,073 a year, while the cost of the benefits teachers received was $14,957 per employee, for a total annual average teacher compensation of $69,031. In May 2011, the board and teachers union agreed to a one-year salary freeze, as well as, reduced tuition reimbursement plus a 20 percent reduction in salary for all extracurricular and athletic coaches salaries for 2011-12 school year that is projected to save the district $545,000. Additionally, the board eliminated the curriculum director position saving $109,000. Administration salaries were also frozen for one year. Other teacher positions were eliminated when the teachers retire at the end of this school year.