Asbury Park Among Highest In NJ In School Administrator Pay

Asbury Park NJ

25 February, 2021

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ASBURY PARK — If you're a principal, superintendent or administrator for one of New Jersey's 655 school districts, you can make as much as $176,367 or as little as $1. In Asbury Park, you're near the high end. After delays caused by the COVID crisis, the state has released new information that shows how much your school district budgeted to pay principals, superintendents and administrators in 2020. Patch put together a list of the median salaries set before the 2020-21 school year, from highest to lowest, as well as the biggest to smallest increases for each school district. Read more: Here's What NJ Schools Paid Principals, Administrators In 2020 The information is part of the state Department of Education's Taxpayer's Guide to Education Spending, which shows the median salary in every New Jersey school district. Here are the top 56 districts. Asbury Park is 56th: Hudson County Vocational, Hudson $176,367Englewood On The Palisades Charter Schoo, Bergen $171,495Lavallette Boro, Ocean $171,275Glen Rock Boro, Bergen $169,169Hackensack City, Bergen $168,192Wyckoff Twp, Bergen $168,177Ridgewood Village, Bergen $165,744Garfield City, Bergen $165,743Gray Cs, Essex $165,000Pascack Valley Regional, Bergen $163,511Morris Hills Regional, Morris $161,443Fair Lawn Public Schools, Bergen $160,972River Edge Boro, Bergen $159,427Paramus Boro, Bergen $158,725Tenafly Boro, Bergen $158,585Passaic County Vocational, Passaic $157,561River Dell Regional, Bergen $157,463Jackson Twp, Ocean $156,893Manasquan Boro, Monmouth $156,451Monmouth Co Vocational, Monmouth $156,150Hillsdale Boro, Bergen $155,917Glen Ridge Boro, Essex $155,297Kearny Town, Hudson $155,167Old Bridge Twp, Middlesex $154,243Hopatcong, Sussex $153,600Allendale Boro, Bergen $152,839Carlstadt-East Rutherford, Bergen $152,662Northern Highlands Reg, Bergen $152,532Upper Saddle River Boro, Bergen $152,229Point Pleasant Boro, Ocean $151,792West Orange Town, Essex $151,503Stow Creek Twp, Cumberland $150,912Sch Dist Of The Chathams, Morris $150,452Ewing Twp, Mercer $150,361Matawan-Aberdeen Regional, Monmouth $150,208Morris County Vocational, Morris $150,178Lenape Regional, Burlington $150,000Woodbridge Twp, Middlesex $149,865Plainfield City, Union $149,815Ramsey Boro, Bergen $149,592Berkeley Heights Twp, Union $149,307Harrison Town, Hudson $149,100Edison Twp, Middlesex $148,652West New York Town, Hudson $148,650Union City, Hudson $148,602Bridgewater-Raritan Reg, Somerset $148,545Shamong Twp, Burlington $148,452Atlantic City, Atlantic $148,315Colts Neck Twp, Monmouth $147,934Park Ridge Boro, Bergen $147,872East Hanover Twp, Morris $147,826Demarest Boro, Bergen $147,635Rutherford Boro, Bergen $147,378New Providence Boro, Union $147,142East Brunswick Twp, Middlesex $146,833Asbury Park City, Monmouth $146,717 Belmar was 83rd, paying $141,692. Point Pleasant Beach was 199th, paying $130,134. Here are the local median rate increase and decreases: (20th highest increase) Point Pleasant Boro: 24.14 percent.(77th highest increase) Manasquan 7.91 percent(273rd highest increase) Asbury Park: 2.88 percent(328th highest increase) Belmar: 2.43 percent(79th lowest decrease) Point Pleasant Beach: -4.46 percent In addition to median salaries, the state's site also shows each district's total spending, average daily enrollment and students from sending districts, the per-pupil costs and the district's total budget spending for 2020. Read more: NJ School Districts That Pay Teachers The Most, Least In 2020 The median statewide administrator salary is $128,052, a 2.25 percent increase over 2019-20. Last year, the median statewide administrator salary was $125,207, a 1 percent increase over the year before.