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11th Annual Salary Survey TOP ADMINISTRATORS FEEL THE PINCH Mean of Average Salaries Most salaries have increased every year, but deputy superintendents, assistant superintendents, instructional directors and some school principals have seen reduced salaries on average this past school year compared to the 2009-2010 school year. The wages are compared with annual percentage of change in consumer price index, starting with the 2000-2001 year and skipping every other year until 2009-2010. The percentage change column shows the salary difference from the 2009-2010 school year to the 2010-2011 school year. 2000-2001 2002-03 2004-05 2006-07 2009-10 2010-2011 % change Superintendents . . . . . . . . . . . . . $118,496 . . . . . . . . $126,268. . . . . . . . .$128,770 . . . . . . . . .$141,191 . . . . . . . . $159,634 . . . . . . . $161,992 . . . . . . . 1.5% Deputy/Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . $104,048 . . . . . . . . $112,104 . . . . . . . . .$116,186. . . . . . . . . .$128,307 . . . . . . . $139,463 . . . . . . . $138,061 . . . . . . . -1.0% Superintendents Assistant Superintendents . . . . . . $94,137 . . . . . . . . . $98,623. . . . . . . . . .$103,212 . . . . . . . . .$111,963 . . . . . . . $123,509 . . . . . . . $122,333. . . . . . . -1.0% Directors/Supervisors . . . . . . . . . $82,725 . . . . . . . . . $84,640 . . . . . . . . .$88,950 . . . . . . . . . .$95,025 . . . . . . . . $103,974 . . . . . . . $103,025 . . . . . . . -0.9% of Instructional Services Directors/Supervisors . . . . . . . . . $77,768 . . . . . . . . . $81,451 . . . . . . . . . .$83,678 . . . . . . . . . .$91,718 . . . . . . . . $100,306 . . . . . . . $101,347 . . . . . . . 1.0% of Finance/Business Directors/Supervisors . . . . . . . . . No Data . . . . . . . . . $73,931. . . . . . . . . .$76,308 . . . . . . . . . .$81,809 . . . . . . . . $90,530 . . . . . . . . $90,914 . . . . . . . . 0.4% of Technology Elementary School Principals . . . . $72,587 . . . . . . . . . $75,291. . . . . . . . . .$76,182 . . . . . . . . . .$82,414 . . . . . . . . $89,673 . . . . . . . . $89,951 . . . . . . . . -0.1% Jr. High/Middle School Principals. . $77,382 . . . . . . . . . $80,708. . . . . . . . . .$81,514 . . . . . . . . . .$87,866 . . . . . . . . $95,003 . . . . . . . . $95,426. . . . . . . . 0.4% Sr. High School Principals . . . . . . . $83,367 . . . . . . . . . $86,452. . . . . . . . . .$86,938 . . . . . . . . . .$92,965 . . . . . . . . $102,387 . . . . . . . $102,191 . . . . . . . -0.2% Guidance Counselors . . . . . . . . . . $50,003 . . . . . . . . . $51,706 . . . . . . . . . .$52,500 . . . . . . . . . .$55,930 . . . . . . . . $60,142 . . . . . . . . $60,188 . . . . . . . . 0.1% Library/Media Specialists . . . . . . $49,007 . . . . . . . . . $49,611 . . . . . . . . . .$50,720 . . . . . . . . . .$54,881 . . . . . . . . $59,495 . . . . . . . . $59,093. . . . . . . . -0.7% Data reﬂ ect the mean of average salaries paid by public school systems in Educational Research Service’s 38th national survey of salaries and wages in public schools, “Salaries and Wages Paid Professional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2010-2011.” Copyright © by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved. Used with permission. national survey, “Salaries and Wages Paid Professional and Support Personnel in Public Schools 2010-2011.” Salaries of more than $225,000 were seen in districts with enrollment levels of more than 25,000 students, the salary survey states. “An outlier for a salary may be $300,000 for large city school systems, and there aren’t too many of those,” says Dan Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Superintendents (AASA). “If we’re looking at $300,000 as the high end, that same person in the private sector leading a company of that magnitude would be making well over $1 million—that’s just a fact.” As the AFL-CIO reported in its 2011 Executive Paywatch, CEOs at companies in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index received, on average, $1.09 million in 2010. If you factor in stock options, bonuses, pensions and deferred compensation earnings, their income jumped to $11.4 million—a 23 percent increase from 2009. Cash-strapped school leaders saw, on average, a 1.48 percent increase from the $159,634 earn40 September 2011 Superintendents In general, school chiefs get paid more in larger districts, given enrollment and community type, but if they only consider per-pupil expenditure, they would be better off in districts with per-pupil expenditures between $8,000 and $8,999. This chart shows the mean of maximum scheduled salaries and daily rates in the 2010-2011 school year. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000-24,999 2,500-9,999 300-2,499 Mean of maximum scheduled salaries Mean of average daily rates $226,651 $954.46 $11,000 or more $178,404 $756.79 $10,000-$10,999 $154,874 $642.40 $9,000-$9,999 $8,000-$8,999 $119,613 $498.61 Less than $8,000 SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS Mean of maximum scheduled salaries Mean of average daily rates $159,531 $656.15 Large urban $158,877 $662.98 Medium urban $157,139 $660.44 Suburban $170,896 $723.62 Small town $163,520 $700.43 Rural SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Mean of maximum scheduled salaries Mean of average daily rates $227,690 $957.23 $183,955 $772.82 $185,346 $777.96 $135,145 $564.14 $104,708 $438.61 Large urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000; medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,000; suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town: population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming or agricultural area with less than 2,500 people. Data reﬂ ect the mean of average salaries paid by public school systems in Educational Research Service’s 38th national survey of salaries and wages in public schools, “Salaries and Wages Paid Professional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2010-2011.” Copyright © by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved. Used with permission. District Administration

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - September 2011

District Administration - September 2011
Contents
From the Editor
Letters
News Update
Tech Update
District Profile
Administrator Profile
Conversations
They Work Hard for the Money
The Road to Rigor
District-Charter Collaborations on the Rise
Designing Safe Facilities
Tony Smith Tackles Oakland
Product Focus
New Products
Research Center
Crisis Response
Going Mobile
Professional Opinion
Student Counsel

District Administration - September 2011