Highest-Paid Teachers In Summit 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 Summit 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.

Summit School District

• CYNTHIA VITALE, Summit High School, $123,086
• GILDA SPIOTTA, Summit High School, $117,082
• ANNA GOMEZ, Washington Elementary School, $114,187
• MARIAN WALKER FURDA, Washington Elementary School, $113,704
• KATHRYN KNECHT, Jefferson Elementary School, $112,854
• JANET GIBNEY, Jefferson Elementary School, $112,854
• WILLIAM HOGAN JR., Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School, $112,854
• ANNE HAMMOND-ALBERT, Washington Elementary School, $112,354
• MEREDITH JANE WARMINGTON, Washington Elementary School, $112,354
• WENDY DONAT, Summit High School, $112,354
• DORY MARCUS, Brayton Elementary School, $111,754
• SUANNE ACKERMAN, Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School, $111,754
• AURORA HERMO, Summit High School, $111,004

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