School administrator pay varies across Washington state

Jody Lawrence-Turner:

School administrator pay is not capped or regulated in Washington and it's not consistent by student population or region, according to an analysis of statewide compensation records obtained by The Spokesman-Review.

Last year, for example, West Valley School District Superintendent Polly Crowley - who oversees a district with about 3,600 students - made about $12,000 more than Superintendent Nancy Stowell of Spokane Public Schools, the state's third-largest district with about 28,100 students. Compensation for 21 Washington public school administrators exceeded that of the governor - $199,038 - in 2010, while 41 top school officials made more than the state's K-12 superintendent, Randy Dorn. His total compensation was $146,751.

Superintendents overseeing similar-size districts in the same county can have salaries that vary by thousands of dollars. And the superintendent of the second-largest school district is not necessarily the second-highest paid in the state.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 1, 2011 1:28 AM
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