When they did the same thing to
BOCES superintendent salaries it only resulted in those positions being filled by interims (you know, double dippers) for years while they tried to find someone to take the job for that «low» a salary, compared to salaries leading up to it.
Superintendent salaries for the top paying public school districts with 600 - 1,200 students ranged from $ 101,000 to $ 125,000 with one outlier at $ 235,000.
Cuomo subsequently proposed
a superintendents salary cap linked to student enrollment and topping out at $ 175,000 (except for the NYC schools chancellor, who at $ 212,614, earns considerably more than that).
The average
superintendent salary this year is $ 166,500; So a 5 percent cut in superintendent salaries would save $ 8,325.
Those salaries are pushing up Assistant Principal, Principal, Assistant Superintendent and
Superintendent salaries.
If you cap
superintendent salaries, it's going to be harder to get people to take these jobs.»
The average salary without benefits for a superintendent is about $ 150,000 nationally, but some states, like New York, have
superintendent salaries that exceed $ 400,000.
Superintendent salaries in the state also vary, but range from below $ 100,000 to more than $ 180,000 each year.
If nothing else, all of those contracts will likely need the state's approval if they exceed
the superintendent salary caps, almost a certainly given the size of the districts.
Among those concerned are Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, both of whom have recently pushed for upper limits to
superintendent salaries.