Broward County Public Schools employee salaries, 2009-2011

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Broward County Public Schools employee salaries are a matter of public record under the Florida Sunshine Law.

Salaries

According to The News-Press, former Broward County Public Schools superintendent James Notter earned an annual salary of $290,000 in budget year 2009-2010. His total compensation for the same period was $367,800.00.

The district's website provides a salary schedule for district teachers. The following table applies to teachers with a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Years of experience	Level	Salary
0-3	1	$39,000
4	2	$39,180
5-6	4	$39,475
7	5	$39,775
8	6	$40,075
9	7	$40,375
10	8	$40,714
11-12	10	$41,110
13	11	$42,150
14	12	$42,881
15	13 & 14	$43,440
16-17	15	$44,859
18	16	$45,820
19	17	$46,940
20	18	$48,081
21	19	$49,877
22	20	$53,377
23	21	$62,677
24 +	22	$71,250

As of 2011, newly hired or rehired teachers were eligible for extra pay for holding advanced degrees in their subject area.

Degree	Extra pay
Master's Degree	$3,650
Specialist Degree	$6,800
Doctorate Degress	$8,000

National Board Certified Teachers were eligible for both a state and district bonus as of 2011. The state annual certification bonus was $4,529.60. The district supplement was $2,438.00, plus a one time bonus of $1,000.00.

Benefits

The following benefits are offered to Broward County Public School employees:

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Wellness
• Leaves
• Disability
• Financial planning
• Cafeteria plan
• Retirement
• Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental insurances
• Employee discounts

Broward County employees make a 3% contribution based on their annual pay to the Florida Retirement System.

Salary records project

In 2011, Sunshine Review chose 152 local governments as the focus of research on public employee salaries. The editors of Sunshine Review selected eight states with relevant political contexts (listed alphabetically):

1. California
2. Florida
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Pennsylvania
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin

Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments. The purpose of this selection method was to develop articles on governments affecting the most citizens.

The salary information garnered from these states were a combination of existing online resources and state Freedom of Information Act requests sent out to the governments.

A study published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia said the city of Philadelphia faced challenges owing to the cost of public employee pensions. The report claimed the amount that Philadelphia paid to pension recipients limited the city’s ability to use its budget effectively.

The report said there were more individuals receiving pension benefits—33,907 claimants in 2006—than workers in the city—28,701. The authors recommended three steps towards addressing the problem of high costs in pensions: improved data collection, expanded transparency initiatives, and reductions to the city's overall budget.

Salary schedules can be published as ranges, not as specific compensation figures, and may leave out compensation received through health and retirement benefits, as well as benefits such as commuter allowances and cell phone reimbursements. This project aimed to close the gap and provide a more accurate picture of public employee salaries for the sake of public education and transparency.

See also

• Public employee salaries

External links

• State Budget Solutions -- Florida