Best-Paid Barnegat, Stafford, Southern RegionaI Teachers In 2018

Teachers' salaries continue to rise, and six-figure salaries are no longer uncommon for educators in New Jersey. In fact, nearly 10,000 teachers make $100,000 or more. Patch has the list of top-earning teachers and their salaries in the Barnegat, Southern Regional and Stafford districts below.

The Department of Education has released its annual list of teachers and their salaries for 2018. And the list of educators making $100,000 or more — a list that barely had any teachers on it more than a decade ago — has grown in recent years.

Patch has the list of the 10,000 teachers in New Jersey who make the most money. Read more: The 10,000 NJ Teachers Who Make $98K Or More In 2018

In 2017-2018, the median salary for teachers totaled $67,812, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 2.5 percent higher than the previous year

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

Here are the top 10 highest-earning teachers in your area, with their school, and their salaries:

Southern Regional

1. GERALD TABBACCHINO Southern Regional High School $108,304
2. WILLIAM BEERS Southern Regional Middle School $108,051
3. THOMAS ZALINSKY Southern Regional High School $107,665
4. KAREN FOGLIA Southern Regional High School $107,665
5. JEAN HAYES Southern Regional High School $106,665
6. GREGORY PHILLIPS Southern Regional Middle School $105,706
7. BARBETTE LOVAS Southern Regional Middle School $105,665
8. SUSAN SHARKEY Southern Regional High School $105,482
9. JOSEPH BEGONIA Southern Regional High School $105,222
10. RUTH TUMMEY Southern Regional High School $104,665

Barnegat

1. JUDITH CHADWICK Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School $94,939
2. MARIE KOZLOWSKI Russell O. Brackman Middle School $92,249
3. DANIEL GUNDERSEN Russell O. Brackman Middle School $88,375
4. ERIC GEDDES Barnegat High School $87,989
5. SHANNON SMITH Barnegat High School $86,608
6. THERESA FOLEY Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary $85,839
7. PATRICIA MC CABE Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary $82,939
8. MARGARET AFTANIS Cecil S Collins Elementary $82,939
9. DIANNE STACK Russell O. Brackman Middle School $82,189
10. GRACE BUCK Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary $79,499

Stafford

1. MARGARET COPPOLA Oxycocus Elementary School $101,036
2. PAMELA HAWES McKinley Avenue Elementary School $91,197
3. ELLEN KUNA Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center $90,922
4. JUDITH HIGGINS Oxycocus Elementary School $90,197
5. NANCY ALTMAN McKinley Avenue Elementary School $89,297
6. CARRIE SKEIE Ocean Acres Elementary School $89,297
7. NANCY ADAIR Stafford Intermediate School $89,297
8. ROBERT BRUMMER McKinley Avenue Elementary School $89,297
9. SUSAN MALMSTROM McKinley Avenue Elementary School $89,297
10. GARY FARQUHAR McKinley Avenue Elementary School $89,297

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