Long Branch, Eatontown School Admins. Earning More Than $150K

LONG BRANCH, NJ — Making $150,000 or more is no longer uncommon for New Jersey school administrators. More than 1,500 superintendents and principals made $150,000 or more in 2019 — barely any earned that much a decade ago.

The Department of Education recently released its annual list of superintendents and principals and their salaries before the start of the 2019-20 school year. Last year, fewer than 1,000 principals and superintendents made $150,000 a year.

About 10,000 teachers earn six-figure salaries as well, but none teach at Long Branch or Eatontown schools, according to the Department of Education. And the statewide figure is a small fraction of the more than 100,000 people who are teachers and administrators in public and charter schools in New Jersey.

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.

Here are the top-earning school administrators in the Long Branch and Eatontown school districts, plus where they rank in the state, their years of service and their salaries:

LONG BRANCH

• 28. PETER E. GENOVESE III, District Office, Business Administrator, 23, $213,601
• 47. MICHAEL SALVATORE, District Office, 20, Superintendent, $204,526
• 424. NANCY VALENTI, District Office, Assistant Business Administrator, 18, $171,939
• 470. JANETLYNN DUDICK, District Office, Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Personnel Services, 31, $168,206
• 642. ALVIN L. FREEMAN, District Office, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, 23, $158,471

EATONTOWN

• 408. SCOTT T. MCCUE, District Office, Superintendent, 11, $173,083

Click here for the statewide list.

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