Highest-Paid Teachers In Westfield 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 Westfield 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.

Westfield School District

• EUGENE AEHRLICH, THOMAS EDISON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, $124,623
• ROBERT BREWSTER, WESTFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, $120,135
• MICHAEL SEILER, WESTFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, $120,135
• DENIS MCMORROW, ROOSEVELT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, $111,578
• JAMES HART, WESTFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, $109,961
• JUDITH A. COLOGNA, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $109,961
• MARYANNE MORRISON, District Office, $107,566
• DIANE EISEN, TAMAQUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $107,476
• MARY DAILEY, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $105,000
• WENDY WOODFIELD, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $103,959
• STACEY STANZEL, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $103,686
• LAURIE SHAUGHNESSY, FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $103,686
• JOELLEN SURACE, LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, $103,686
• LAUREN SMITH PYNE, THOMAS EDISON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, $103,686

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