Here's How Much Princeton Superintendents, Principals Earn

PRINCETON, NJ — Some of the highest paid superintendents and principals in New Jersey work in Princeton.

The Department of Education recently released its annual list of New Jersey superintendents and principals and their salaries before the start of the 2018-19 school year. And the list of educators making $150,000 or more — a list that barely had any educators on it two decades ago — has grown in recent years.

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. But the highest earners also come from all different schools — not just the so-called "wealthy" districts that routinely rank highly on national and state lists for best schools.

Superintendents, including years of service and New Jersey rank:

No. 50: Stephen Cochrane, Superintendent, Princeton Public Schools, 27 years, $196,584

Principals, including years of service and New Jersey rank:

No. 6: Gary Snyder, High School Principal, Princeton High School, 31 years, $198,565

No. 7: Robert Ginsberg, Elementary School Principal, Johnson Park School, 40 years, $197,216

No. 120: Jaosn Burr, Middle School Principal, John Witherspoon Middle School, 21 years, $170,459

No. 288: Dineen Gruchacz, Elementary School Principal, Community Park School, 12 years, $160,196

• Those making under $150K:

No. 334: Valerie Ulrich, Elementary School Principal, Riverside School, 33 years, $147,413

No. 935: Luis Ramirez, Elementary School Principal, Littlebrook School, 16 years, $140,000

In 2017-2018, the median salary for administrators totaled $123,906, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 1 percent higher than the previous year.

To view the entire statewide list, click here.

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