The highest paid superintendent is Sean McKenna of Griswold, with a current annual salary of $190,974.
On the lower end is Kenneth Di Pietro of Plainfield, at $175,000 a year.
“There are many factors in determining the salary of a superintendent,” Robert Rader, the executive director of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, said in an email. “Generally, the Board (and the superintendent) will look at comparisons in the regional area, the experience and qualifications of the superintendent, the school district’s size, the district’s ability to pay, and the salary of the superintendent the year before.”
Of those factors, district size seems less significant than the others.