Barnegat, Stafford, Southern School Admins. Earning Over $150K

BARNEGAT, NJ — Making $150,000 or more is no longer uncommon for New Jersey school administrators. More than 1,500 superintendents and principals made $150,000 or more in 2019 — barely any earned that much a decade ago.

The Department of Education recently released its annual list of superintendents and principals and their salaries before the start of the 2019-20 school year. Last year, fewer than 1,000 principals and superintendents made $150,000 a year.

About 10,000 teachers earn six-figure salaries as well. But it's also a small fraction of the more than 100,000 people who are teachers and administrators in public and charter schools in this state.

In 2018-2019, the median salary for administrators $123,923, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was less than 1 percent above the previous year's median salary.

The Department of Education has said the department double-checks the data before delivering it to the media.

Here are the top-earning school administrators in the Barnegat, Stafford and Southern Regional school districts, plus where they rank in the state, their years of service and their salaries:

BARNEGAT

Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents:

• 647. BRIAN LATWIS, District Office, 2, $158,000

STAFFORD

Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents:

• 323. GEORGE CHIDIAC, District Office, 5, $176,544

SOUTHERN REGIONAL

Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents:

• 242. CRAIG HENRY, District Office, 41, $181,746
• 461. STEVEN TERHUNE, District Office, 13, $168,850
• 755. MEGAN VILE, District Office, 7, $150,500

Principals and Assistant Principals

• 82. ERIC WILHELM, Southern Regional High School, 29, $177,118

Click here for the statewide list.

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