Highest-Paid Teachers In South Orange-Maplewood 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 South Orange-Maplewood 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.

South Orange-Maplewood School District

• TARA D'ALESSIO, Columbia High School, $108,730
• MAZIN ABDELHADI, Columbia High School, $99,653
• SUZANNE CICOLELLO, Tuscan Elementary, $97,342
• GAYLE SCHAEFER-GELO, SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $97,342
• ELIZABETH MEHL, SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $97,342
• STACEY PADALINO, Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School, $97,342
• THERESA MURPHY, Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School, $97,342
• ELISABETH SCHWARTZ, Columbia High School, $97,342
• KEVIN TESTA, Columbia High School, $97,342
• DEBRA GOMER, Columbia High School, $97,342
• VIOLA DELUCA, Columbia High School, $97,342
• MARGUERITE DEMPSEY, Maplewood Middle School, $97,342
• BORIS GALPERIN, Marshall Elementary School, $97,342
• GERARD PARADISO, South Orange Middle School, $97,342
• HANNAH EDELMAN, Columbia High School, $97,342
• LISA RINGLER LESS, SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $97,342

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