This study examined compensation and work environment as determinants of teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in North Central, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 44,342 teachers from 1,656 public secondary schools in North Central Nigeria. The sample size was 381 respondents using Gleen Formula for determining sample size. The study was guided by two research questions which were answered using mean and standard deviation. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire titled “Compensation and work environment as determinants of teachers’ job performance questionnaire (CWEDTJPQ)”. The instrument was validated by one expert in measurement and evaluation and two experts in educational management, all of Benue State University, Makurdi. The reliability of the instrument was determined by Cronbach Alpha Formula and it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.95. The study revealed that compensation and work environment were positive determinants of teachers’ job performance in the public schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that and school administrators should ensure that teachers are well compensated in terms of paying their medical expenses, salaries, and allowances regularly, promptly and adequately; and government should provide enough finance to the school management to provide enough infrastructure for teachers and also create conducive work environment for the teachers.

Keywords: Compensation, Work Environment, Determinants, Teachers Job Performance