Find Summit On The List: Highest-Paid School Administrators

NEW JERSEY – Superintendent and principal salaries continue to rise, and making at least $150,000 a year is no longer uncommon for administrators in New Jersey. In fact, more than 1,500 superintendents and principals made $150,000 or more in 2019, even if their district had only one school.

Patch lists the top-earning superintendents and principals and their salaries below.
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.
More teachers are earning six-figure salaries, too. Read more: The 10,000 NJ Teachers Who Make $99K Or More In 2019
SubscribeIt'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.
(If you want to see if principals and superintendents from your district are on the list, scroll through the list below).
Some of the principals and superintendents listed may no longer be with their schools; this list was developed in 2019.
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 1,552 principals and superintendents with their school, their school district, their years of service (which is surely a factor in their pay) and, finally, their salaries:
Superintendents and assistant superintendents

1. Leigh Byron, Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School, TRENTON STEM-TO-CIVICS CS, CHARTERS, 39, $300,000
2. MARK FINKELSTEIN, Bright Beginnings Learning Center, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES COMMISSION OF NEW JERSEY, MIDDLESEX, 20, $299,735
3. FRANK GARGIULO, District Office, HUDSON COUNTY VOCATIONAL, HUDSON, 28, $279,494
4. DIANA LOBOSCO, Passaic County Technical Institute, PASSAIC COUNTY VOCATIONAL, PASSAIC, 33, $269,622
5. HOWARD LERNER, District Office, BERGEN COUNTY VOCATIONAL, BERGEN, 24, $269,487
6. Roger Leon, District Office, NEWARK CITY, ESSEX, 27, $260,000
7. Timothy Mantz, Pohatcong Township School, POHATCONG TWP, WARREN, 14, $248,700
8. Teresa Segarra, Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School, MARIA L. VARISCO-ROGERS CS, CHARTERS, 18, $243,100
9. EILEEN F SHAFER, District Office, PATERSON CITY, PASSAIC, 26, $239,975
10. HAROLD KENNEDY JR, District Office, ELIZABETH CITY, UNION, 18, $236,993
11. RICHARD J GIGLIO, Passaic County Technical Institute, PASSAIC COUNTY VOCATIONAL, PASSAIC, 42, $236,665
12. NICHOLAS FARGO, District Office, HUDSON COUNTY VOCATIONAL, HUDSON, 12, $232,514
13. Aubrey Johnson, District Office, NEW BRUNSWICK CITY, MIDDLESEX, 1, $231,072
14. MARCIA LYLES, District Office, JERSEY CITY, HUDSON, , $231,000
15. Richard Jannarone, District Office, NEW BRUNSWICK CITY, MIDDLESEX, 20, $225,024
16. Pablo Munoz, District Office, PASSAIC CITY, PASSAIC, 9, $225,000
17. Anthony Dragona, District Office, UNION CITY, HUDSON, 43, $222,759
18. Janet Fike, District Office, MORRIS-UNION JOINTURE COM, UNION, 37, $221,899
19. MICHAEL RINDERKNECHT, District Office, GLEN ROCK BORO, BERGEN, 22, $219,441
20. ANDREA SHERIDAN, Applied Technology High School, BERGEN COUNTY VOCATIONAL, BERGEN, 36, $217,546
21. JOHN SUSINO, District Office, BERGEN COUNTY VOCATIONAL, BERGEN, 14, $215,694
22. Angelo Vilardi, District Office, EDUC SERV COMM MORRIS CO, MORRIS, 40, $215,000
23. HAROLD DUNSAVAGE, District Office, SOMERSET CO ED SERV COMM, SOMERSET, 38, $214,773
24. RHONDA WILSON, New Horizons Community Charter School, NEW HORIZONS COMM. CS, CHARTERS, 12, $214,631
25. TIMOTHY MCCORKELL, District Office, MONMOUTH CO VOCATIONAL, MONMOUTH, 40, $214,607
26. MICHAEL ROMAGNINO, District Office, CLIFFSIDE PARK BORO, BERGEN, 47, $214,240
27. Raymond Brosel, District Office, VOORHEES TWP, CAMDEN, 51, $213,747
28. PETER GENOVESE III, District Office, LONG BRANCH CITY, MONMOUTH, 23, $213,601
29. Steven Robinson, District Office, LIVINGSTON TWP, ESSEX, 26, $212,383
30. SCOTT MOFFITT, District Office, MORRIS COUNTY VOCATIONAL, MORRIS, 17, $211,916
31. Philip Nisonoff, District Office, EMERSON BORO, BERGEN, 32, $211,137
32. Silvia Abbato, District Office, UNION CITY, HUDSON, 38, $210,945
33. OLGA HUGELMEYER, District Office, ELIZABETH CITY, UNION, 24, $210,000
34. DANIEL FISHBEIN, District Office, RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE, BERGEN, 23, $209,728
35. DANIEL MICHAUD, District Office, EDISON TWP, MIDDLESEX, 32, $208,524
36. RICHARD TOMKO, District Office, BELLEVILLE TOWN, ESSEX, 4, $208,016
37. DAVID ROMAN, District Office, PERTH AMBOY CITY, MIDDLESEX, 3, $207,500
38. PATRICK MORAN, Bright Beginnings Learning Center, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES COMMISSION OF NEW JERSEY, MIDDLESEX, 28, $206,830
39. DANIEL BORGO, District Office, MOUNTAIN LAKES BORO, MORRIS, 35, $206,689
40. FRANK CEURVELS, Indian Hills High School, RAMAPO-INDIAN HILL REG, BERGEN, 14, $205,209
41. Jose Segarra, Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School, MARIA L. VARISCO-ROGERS CS, CHARTERS, 10, $205,010
42. LOUIS PEPE, District Office, SUMMIT CITY, UNION, 10, $204,975
43. FRANK QUATRONE, District Office, LODI BOROUGH, BERGEN, 35, $204,526
44. HENRY POTEAT, District Office, WINSLOW TWP, CAMDEN, 10, $204,526
45. BRIAN ZYCHOWSKI, District Office, NORTH BRUNSWICK TWP, MIDDLESEX, 11, $204,526
46. Robert Zega, District Office, WOODBRIDGE TWP, MIDDLESEX, 30, $204,526
47. MICHAEL SALVATORE, District Office, LONG BRANCH CITY, MONMOUTH, 20, $204,526
48. RICHARD TARDALO, District Office, CLIFTON CITY, PASSAIC, 32, $204,526
49. JORDEN SCHIFF, District Office, HILLSBOROUGH TWP, SOMERSET, 28, $204,526
50. MARGARET HAYES, District Office, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION, 34, $204,526