Hillsdale Superintendents, Principals Earn Over $150K

HILLSDALE, 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.

Read more here: The 1,552 NJ Superintendents, Principals Earning $150K Or More

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.

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.

To view the entire statewide list click here.

Here are the top-earning school administrators and principals in the Hillsdale and Pascack Valley Regional school districts, plus where they rank in the state, their years of service and their salaries.

Hillsdale administrators

• 201. Lirca Garcia, 22 years, $186,285
• 445. Robert Lombardy, 13 years, $169,689

Hillsdale principals

• 352. Angela Iskenderian, Anne Blanche Smith School, 33 years, $161,586

Pascack Valley Regional administrators

• 88. P. Erik Gunderson, 24 years, $196,877
• 307. Pamela Baxley, 20 years, $176,714

Pascack Valley Regional principals

• 19. Glenn deMarrais Pascack Valley, 34 years, $189,693
• 290. John Puccio Pascack Valley, 25 years, $189,693
• 427. Philip Paspalas Pascack Hills, 22 years, $163,772
• 428. Debra Squiccimarri, Pascack Valley 34 years, $159,381
• 701. Timothy Wieland, Pascack Hills, 29 years, $159,381
• 20. Thomas DeMaio, Pascack Valley, 25 years, $189,693