QA school board releases salaries
A study of Queen Anne's County Board of Education employee compensation indicates pay is more evenly distributed between rank and file employees and management, with a smaller gap when compared to individuals employed in other branches of county government.
While administrators, principals, assistant principals and other supervisors still rank among the highest paid professionals on the county payroll, once an individual's years of service are taken into account, the pay gap between management level and other employees is less dramatic than has been found in other county departments.
At the top of the pay list is the position of superintendent of schools, currently held by Dr. Carol Williamson, with the highest level of remuneration at $129,800. Williamson was named interim superintendent following the December 2007 retirement of Dr. Bernard J. Sadusky, who received at least $132,000 in his last contract.
The next highest pay group includes 13 school principals who each earn between $91,201 and $108,807, with the higher pay going to the longest serving individuals and those managing schools with the largest numbers of students.
The three professional exempt administrative positions of chief financial officer, director of human resources and the director of operations each earn $108,700. Five instructional supervisors make up the next highest paid group of individuals within the system, earning between $95,865 and $110,485.
Assistant principals, psychological personnel, specialists and teachers with the longest service records make up the remaining staff earning over $77,000.
In all, the public school system employs 93 individuals who will earn more than $75,000 this year.
Documents detailing salaries for more than 960 employees were released by Board of Education Human Resources Director James "Jim" Jennings last week.
The area of greatest departure for Board of Education employees when compared to workers in other areas of county government is the fact that of all full-time regular employees, upwards of 85 percent of the teaching staff earn between $40,000 (starting salary) and $76,495 annually.
The widening income gap between the two groups in other areas of county government has been noted in studies conducted recently by The Bay Times, but the gap is not as extreme when looking at teachers in Queen Anne's County.
The findings regarding pay rates were developed in connection with a larger study of pay levels and income inequality throughout county government where it was first determined that a number of mid- and lower-level positions had not experienced pay increases as dramatic as individuals in the so-called "professional exempt" level.
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