Schools
These Jersey City Educators Earn $150K Or More
One administrator earns $231,000, records show.
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Several Jersey City School District administrators earn more than $150,000, information released by the New Jersey Department of Education shows.
The administrators are among the 1,552 on the department's list of superintendents and principals and their salaries released annually.
The local administrators, their salaries, years of service, and their rank on the list, are:
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Superintendents and assistant superintendents:
14. Marcia Lyles, $231,000, years of service not provided
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220. Franklin Walker, $182,789, years of service not provided
244. Ellen Ruane, $181,744, years of service not provided
402. Regina Robinson, $173,400, years of service not provided
426. Aldo Sanchez-Abreu, $171,781, years of service not provided
Principals and assistant principals:
383. Frederick Williams, district office, four years, $160,500
384. Jaime Morales Jr., district office, 28 years, $160,500
389. Diane Pistilli, district office, 42 years, $160,400
390. Glenda Jennings, district office, 41 years, $160,400
391. Joanna Veloz, district office, 37 years, $160,400
392. Frank Piccillo, district office, 43 years, $160,400
393. Marisa Migliozzi, district office, 37 years, $160,400
394. Dawn Reynolds, district office, 42 years, $160,400
402. Janet Elder, district office, 28 years, $160,400
457. Nicholas Capodice, district office, 30 years, $158,400
458. Sandra Jones-Legay, district office, 31, $158,400
494. Yvonne Waller, district office, four years, $157,200
499. Ann Beirne, district office, 38 years, $157,100
507. John Riveron, district office, 25 years, $156,800
508. Terry Watkins-Williams, district office, 26 years, $156,800
545. Joseph Galano, district office, 29 years, $156,200
579. Edwin Rivera, district office, 23 years, $155,200
580. Thomas Macagnano, Julia A. Barnes School, 22 years, $155,200
588. Sharon Abbruscato, district office, 34 years, $155,100
603. Gary Gentile, James J. Ferris High School, 19 years, $154,500
651. Ruth Cummings-Hypolite, 20 years, $153,100
652. Vincent Castro, Frank R. Conwell School, 28 years, $153,100
655. Kathleen Lynch-McCabe, Dr. Ronald McNair High School, two years, $153,000
664. Jeanette McRae-Braswell, district office, 49 years, $152,800
665. Margaret Critelli, district office, Joseph H. Brensinger, 40 years, $152,800
698. Treniere Dobson, district office, 11 years, $152,200
739. Iguana Leftwich, Henry Snyder High School, 17 years, $151,200
762. Donald Howard Jr., Henry Snyder High School, 26 years, $150,200
777. Cynthia Small, Mahatma K. Gandhi School, 37 years, $150,100
787. Nadira Raghunandan-Jack, Jersey City Global Charter School, 10 years, $150,000
The list has grown recently. Last year, fewer than 1,000 principals and superintendents made $150,000 annually.
More teachers are earning six-figure salaries, too. Read more: The 10,000 NJ Teachers Who Make $99K Or More 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.
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