Highest-Paid Teachers In Belleville-Nutley Area 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 Belleville-Nutley area 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:

Belleville

1. JOY ALFANO Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $145,798
2. KAREN ANN ANDROS Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $115,476
3. GENEVIEVE TROCOLOR Belleville PS5 BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $99,351
4. DEBRA FARRAND Belleville PS9 BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $99,351
5. SHERI LYNN JAMISON Belleville PS3 BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $99,351
6. JAMES RUSSOMANNO Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $99,351
7. MICHELE ROBSON Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $98,553
8. DEBRA MCDONAGH Belleville PS3 BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
9. JOANNE DELANGE-RUSSO Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
10. CHERYL ZENOBI Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
11. RENEE DIGIOACCHINO Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
12. GABRIEL NAZZIOLA Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
13. EUGENE MORRIELLO Belleville High School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
14. SARAH OFARRELL Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
15. CAROLYN LOWACK Belleville PS3 BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,976
16. LORI WHITTOM Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,726
17. DOREEN MOLINARO Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE TOWN ESSEX $97,726

Nutley

1. Maryann Woods-Murphy LINCOLN SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,250
2. Susan Quigley Radcliffe School NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
3. Jainine Gambaro Radcliffe School NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
4. Kerry Bowes YANTACAW SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
5. Pamela Batchelder-Mitchel YANTACAW SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
6. Michele Cristantiello Radcliffe School NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
7. Mary Balitsos YANTACAW SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
8. Kathleen Cullity WASHINGTON SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
9. Sharon Larcara NUTLEY HIGH SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
10. Thomas Gargiulo LINCOLN SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
11. Marita Dow YANTACAW SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
12. Lawrence Tuorto JOHN H. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $113,000
13. Ellen Napoli Radcliffe School NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
14. Jenifer Elkas YANTACAW SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
15. Kevin Smyth WASHINGTON SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
16. Eileen O'Mara YANTACAW SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
17. Lori Ann Cassie Spring Garden School NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
18. Maureen Lazur JOHN H. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
19. Laura Love JOHN H. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
20. Diane LaPierre NUTLEY HIGH SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
21. Christopher Chern JOHN H. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600
22. Phillip Siculietano JOHN H. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL NUTLEY TOWN ESSEX $111,600

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