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Here's How Much Warren Superintendents, Principals Earn
3 of the Warren and Watchung Hills school leaders earn more than $150,000. See where they rank.
WARREN, NJ — Some of the highest paid superintendents and principals in New Jersey work in Warren.
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.
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In Somerset County, Harold Dunsavage, Superintendent of the Somerset County Education Service Commissio was the highest paid and ranked at number 16 in the state. He has 37 years and makes $210,562. Bridgewater followed with Russell Lazovick, Superintendent of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional ranked at number 81 in the state, has 1 year of service and makes $191,584.
Superintendents, including years of service and New Jersey rank:
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No. 185: Elizabeth Jewett, Superintendent, Watchung Hills Regional High School, 16 years, $174,689
No. 276: Matthew Mingle, Superintendent, Warren Township, 1 year, $162,345
Principals, including years of service and New Jersey rank:
No. 191: Geroge Alexis, High School Principal, Watchung Hills Regional High School, Watchung Hills Regional, 37 years, $165,765
- Those making under $150K:
No. 1277: Scott Cook, Elementary School Principal, Mt. Horeb School, Warren Township, 8 years, $132,128
No. 1,416: Jeffrey Heaney, Elementary School Principal, Woodland School, Warren Township, 19 years, $128,621
No. 1,417: Christine Smith, Elementary School Principal, Angelo L. Tomaso School, Warren Township, 1 year, $128,621
No. 1,611: Alison Tugya, Elementary School Principal, Central School, Warren Township, 2 years, $123,750
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.
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