Hudson Valley School Superintendents' Salaries 2016 Ranked Highest to Lowest

Ever wonder how much public school superintendents make in the Hudson Valley? Or how yours compares to neighboring districts?

Two superintendents in our region were given salary packages above $400,000, according to data from the New York State Education Department. Forty districts — there are 93 — reported superintendent packages above $300,000. Only two districts had total packages under $200,000.

The data is as of May 2016, so it does not take into account any raises received by schools chiefs over the summer.

Check the list out for yourself below.

As far as comparisons go, Hudson Valley and Long Island districts are much the same. Twenty-nine Long Island superintendents had salaries set at $250,000 and up, compared to 31 in the Hudson Valley. But four LI superintendents had total packages worth more than $400,000, compared to two in the HV.

Compare it all to New Jersey, where three superintendents made more than $300,000 last school year.

The list of Long Island superintendents' salaries can be found here. New Jersey superintendents' salaries can be found here.

School districts throughout New York report their numbers to the NYSED each year as part of the budget process. The data is self-reported and un-audited, and it does “not necessarily represent the whole state as there are districts that are not required to report the data. In addition, some districts may not use certain titles,” NYSED says.

To fully understand the results, clarification from individual districts may be necessary, NYSED says.

Superintendent wages are broken into three categories and then added together for a grand total. The three categories are “salaries,” “fringe” and “other.”

NYSED defines the three categories:

• Salaries: The wages budgeted on an annual basis for the position.
• Fringe: Fringe benefits are allowances and services provided by employers as compensation. The cost of fringe benefits includes employer contributions for social security, employee life, health, unemployment and worker’s compensation insurance, pension plan costs and other similar benefits allowable under established written policies.
• Other: The annualized monetary value of any and all forms of compensation not included under Salaries or Fringe. Examples of this wage could be employer expenses for additional insurance and/or annuities, housing allowance, moving allowance, the personal use of a vehicle and/or residence, professional organization membership fees or dues and other expenses.

Salaries can be read in the following format: (salary); (benefits); (other); (total). Some school districts did not have "other" wages listed.

Check out how your district stacks up below:

1. Harrison 334,228 91,062 52,000; total $477,290
2. Scarsdale 308,649 53,997 43,956; total $416,249
3. Bronxville 293,789 94,737; total $388,526
4. Rye Neck 310,198 72,272; total $382,470
5. Yorktown 285,569 94,257; total $379,826
6. Nanuet 268,392 90,393 10,000; total $368,785
7. Byram Hills 275,000 66,546 3,600; total $345,146
8. Mamaroneck 271,922 72,289; total $344,222
9. Somers 263,356 63,644 12,500; total $339,500
10. Mount Pleasant 270,788 67,466; total $338,254
11. New Rochelle 268,600 65,836 3,600; total $337,436
12. Valhalla 260,100 63,896 10,951; total $334,947
13. Bedford 268,000 66,319; total $334,319
14. Lakeland 264,782 68,396; total $333,178
15. Rye City 253,470 67,095 12,425; total $332,990
16. Middletown 267,168 62,049 7,200; total $331,917
17. Chappaqua 271,054 53,858 6,000; total $330,912
18. Ardsley 260,000 65,029 5,000; total $330,029
19. Ramapo Central 241,600 67,456 20,000; total $329,056
20. Irvington 264,372 62,168; total $326,540
21. Hastings-on-Hudson 251,829 67,820 4,800; total $324,449
22. Blind Brook 252,125 62,722 9,597; total $324,444
23. North Salem 260,805 47,188 16,000; total $323,993
24. Katonah-Lewisboro 250,000 62,301 10,300; total $322,601
25. East Ramapo 265,000 46,802 10,000; total $321,802
26. Briarcliff Manor 243,600 63,438 12,000; total $319,038
27. Mahopac 255,000, 60,793; total $315,793
28. South Orangetown 244,800 63,743 6,000; total $314,543
29. Mount Vernon 255,000 47,992 11,100; total $314,092
30. Pleasantville 247,791 62,013 4,155; total $313,959
31. Port Chester 256,055 57,664; total $313,719
32. Greenburgh 239,500 73,517; total $313,017
33. Edgemont 250,000 47,841 15,122; total $312,963
34. White Plains 275,000 31,820 6,000; total $312,820
35. Brewster 250,081 61,422; total $311,503
36. Tarrytowns 250,000 59,649; total $309,649
37. Elmsford 237,930 55,481 13,000; total $306,411
38. Eastchester 244,007 62,058; total $306,065
39. New Paltz 214,100 63,129; total $304,229
40. Hendrick Hudson 242,102 58,839; total $300,941
41. Clarkstown 240,600 42,672 15,000; total $298,272
42. Pine Bush 232,761 59,495 6,000; total $298,256
43. Pelham 240,000 57,788; total $297,788
44. Pearl River 246,875 43,490 5,500; total $295,865
45. Millbrook 193,408 66,158; total $295,566
46. Monroe-Woodbury 228,000 66,983; total $294,983
47. Ossining 235,467 58,447; total $293,914
48. Dobbs Ferry 250,239 42,167; total $292,406
49. Croton-Harmon 241,000 49,025; total $290,025
50. Peekskill 230,000 53,047; total $283,047
51. Pocantico Hills 215,000 58,345 8,332; total $281,677
52. Tuckahoe 235,000 45,047; total $280,047
53. Nyack 250,667 2,481 23,400; total $276,548
54. Goshen 203,656 63,360 8,486; total $275,502
55. Haldane: 218,225 53,092 2,200; total $273,517
56. Carmel: 220,000, 40,849, 11,000; total $271,849
57. Putnam Valley 260,000 10,827; total $270,827
58. Kiryas Joel 207,510 62,448; total $269,958
59. Rhinebeck 204,945 57,179 6,142; total $268,266
60. Cornwall 207,166 54,036; total $261,202
61. Spackenkill 202,529 58,132; total $260,661
62. Montgomery 210,000 50,258; total $260,258
63. North Rockland 197,925 39,032 21,800; total $258,757
64. Newburgh 200,000 58,527; total $258,527
65. Arlington 202,000 54,030; total $256,030
66. Kingston 194,000 59,957 1,500; total $255,457
67. Wappingers 202,980 50,606; total $253,586
68. Minisink Valley 193,800 57,843; total $251,643
69. Chester 189,297 60,415 1,000; total $250,712
70. Beacon 185,000 60,789 2,600; total $248,289
71. Highland Falls 184,000 54,196 8,150; total $246,346
72. Dover 181,030 54,205 9,500; total $244,735
73. Rondout Valley 187,574 53,469; total $241,043
74. Florida 175,000 63,162; total $238,162
75. Red Hook 194,636 42,721; total $237,357
76. Hyde Park 190,754 46,050; total $236,804
77. Ellenville 182,670 53,766: total $236,436
78. Saugerties 178,046 47,361 9,927; total $235,334
79. Wallkill 173,422 49,833 9,500; total $232,755
80. Warwick Valley 188,000 42,744 1,688; total $232,432
81. Marlboro 185,000 45,765; total $230,765
82. Onetora 170,000 44,915 7,000; total $221,915
83. Pawling 156,000 56,901 7,560; total $220,461
84. Webutuck 156,000 56,901 7,560; total $220,461
85. Washingtonville 190,000 25,000 3,500; total $218,500
86. Garrison 176,868 38,659 2,500; total $218,027
87. Highland 165,000 44,334 3,500; total $212,834
88. Port Jervis 174,720 42,559; total $217,279
89. Greenwood Lake 185,640 22,899; total $208,539
90. Tuxedo 150,000 57,032; total $207,032
91. Poughkeepsie 182,000 50,178; total $202,132
92. Pine Plains 169,844 19,888 10,000; total $199,732
93. Taconic Hills 142,500 28,885 1,247; total $172,632

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Paige McAtee (Patch Staff) contributed to this report.