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Educators Receiving $200k+ Doubles in Five Years
Empire Center ^ | 4/15/2025 | Press Release

Posted on 04/15/2025 1:03:57 PM PDT by 1Old Pro

The number of school district employees receiving a total compensation of more than $200,000 have more than doubled since 2019, according to new salary data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s transparency website.

A total of 75,056 school district employees received six figure compensation – representing nearly one-third (31.3%) of NYSTRS educators. Out of these, 81 educators received more than $300,000, and 1,688 received more than $200,000.

Among the upstate regions, Timothy Backus, who recently retired as the Deputy Superintendent at South Colonie Central School District, topped the list with a total pay of $443,517.

(Excerpt) Read more at empirecenter.org ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: belongsinbloggers; educationsalaries; fake
The average for full-time employees – defined here as any employee paid more than the annualized lowest statewide minimum wage – during the 2023-2024 school year was $94,732.

95k a year for 9 months ain't so bad.

1 posted on 04/15/2025 1:03:57 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

“The number of school district employees...”


Although the headline reads ‘educators’, the story says school district employees. Aren’t the custodians in NYC schools paid ridiculously high salaries?

And then there’s the Deputy Superintendent of a school district pulling down more than the President of the United States. And while he works at a school, I doubt he does much ‘educating’.


2 posted on 04/15/2025 1:11:54 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: hanamizu
Although the headline reads ‘educators’, the story says school district employees.

Public schools have lots and lots of "middle management" as well as high paid teachers. Technically they are in "education".

3 posted on 04/15/2025 1:13:32 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

‘Employees’

Not ‘teachers’. A lot of administrators perhaps


4 posted on 04/15/2025 1:16:40 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: 1Old Pro

AND——THE KIDS CANNOT READ OR WRITE CURSIVE OR DO MATH !!!!!


5 posted on 04/15/2025 1:17:00 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: stanne

The records reflect pay during the fiscal year ending June 30 for teachers, administrators and other members of the state Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) and March 31 for employees belonging to the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS).


6 posted on 04/15/2025 1:18:57 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Pay goes up, results go down. Tell where this happens anywhere but in government...


7 posted on 04/15/2025 1:20:02 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: 1Old Pro

And they’re worth every penny!

Just consider the excellent product they’re turning out.


8 posted on 04/15/2025 1:22:13 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rush!)
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To: rottndog
Pay goes up, results go down. Tell where this happens anywhere but in government...

Unions are renowned for this inverse relationship.

9 posted on 04/15/2025 1:23:34 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

NY State is a lot like the old East Germany

Cold, snowy, marxist, controlled elsewhere, people leaving for the West, the only decent jobs are connected to the state and the political regime, while everyone else is falling behind.


10 posted on 04/15/2025 1:24:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 1Old Pro

The term “teacher” has been replaced with “educator.” This allows overpaid / underworked administrators to be lumped in with classroom instructors — teachers — in media reporting. In this case, you can be sure every damn one of the “educators” getting these huge salaries are educational bureaucrats. In fact you can bet most of them have never spent a day in the classroom.


11 posted on 04/15/2025 1:28:20 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: PGR88

NY State is a lot like the old East Germany

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2014/02/14/todays-moment-of-winter-6


12 posted on 04/15/2025 1:28:35 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

bttt


13 posted on 04/15/2025 1:30:41 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: 1Old Pro

But… but… but… teachers are incredibly underpaid and do it only because of their dedication and deep concern for the students. /sarc


14 posted on 04/15/2025 2:20:43 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: 1Old Pro
And THIS is what we've been paying for close to 100 years! Cool, huh??


15 posted on 04/15/2025 2:22:55 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (=)
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To: 1Old Pro

And all that money goes to NEA in union fees which goes back into the demoncRATS coffers.


16 posted on 04/15/2025 7:25:07 PM PDT by gildafarrell (You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.)
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To: Dick Bachert

Yep, public schools are a cancer. I can’t believe we have not seen any reforms.


17 posted on 04/16/2025 8:35:10 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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