Comparing Connecticut's superintendents: Who makes how much and where
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Connecticut’s top educators make more than $29 million combined, with three Fairfield County superintendents bringing in more than $300,000 each per year.
Staff at Hearst Connecticut compared 153 superintendent contracts received under Freedom of Information requests in February, March, April and May, specifically looking at salary, mileage reimbursements and vacation, sick and personal time for the 2020-21 school year.
Seventy-one public school superintendents in Connecticut make more than $200,000 per year in salary, with tax sheltered annuities and bonuses for doctorate degrees included.
Salaries range from $150,000 to $315,000 for full-time superintendents and from $40,000 to $125,000 for part-time superintendents. The average salary for a superintendent in Connecticut is $191,000 per year; among full-time superintendents, it’s $209,000 annually, or nearly $60,000 more than the salary for the Connecticut governor, which is set at $150,000 by state statute (although Gov. Ned Lamont has declined to take the salary).