Green Bay Area School District employee salaries, 2009-2011

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Green Bay Area School District employee salaries are public records under the Wisconsin Open Records Law.

Salaries

In the 2010-2011 annual budget provided by Green Bay Area Public Schools, salaries accounted for $129,019,359 (55.4%) of the total budget and benefits accounted for $64,696,010 (27.8%) of the total budget. The total operating budget for 2010-2011 was $233,092,461.

The district expected 70 staff, including teachers, counselors, social workers and administrators, to retire on January 20, 2012.

Year	Operating budget
FY 2009-10 (actual)	$238,859,193
FY 2010-11 (adopted)	$244,237,901

Salary information

A searchable database provided by DataMine provides access to Wisconsin teacher salaries from various counties and districts and is searchable by name. Of the 103 positions listed, one position receives over $150,000 and twenty-four positions receive over $100,000 annually.

Title	Degree	School	Salary
Superintendent	N/A	N/A	$186,000
Assistant Superintendent	N/A	N/A	$123,524
Assistant Superintendent	N/A	N/A	$116,113
Assistant Superintendent	N/A	N/A	$123,524
Associate Director	N/A	N/A	$99,607
Coordinator Attendance	N/A	N/A	$41,058
Principal	6-year Specialist’s degree	Elementary school	$90,261
Assistant Principal	Master’s degree	High school	$92,896
Principal	Master’s degree	Elementary	$83,040
School Psychologist	N/A	Elementary	$62,675
Teacher	Bachelor’s	Elementary school	$44,215*
Teacher	Bachelor’s	High school	$45,225*
Teacher	Master’s	Elementary school	$61,185*
Teacher	Master’s	High school	$57,195*

(*) Salary numbers represent random selections from a vast database. High volumes of data prevent determining averages and make all-inclusive lists difficult to produce.

Top 10 highest paid workers

Top ten school administrator salaries, provided by The Green Bay Press Gazette:

Title	Annual salary (maximum)
Superintendent	$186,000
Assistant Superintendent	$123,524
Assistant Superintendent	$123,524
Assistant Superintendent	$116,113
Executive Director	$113,705*
Principal (High School)	$110,428*
Executive Director	$110,428**
Executive Director, Southwest	$109,157
Associate Principal	$108,263
Principal (Middle school)	$108,263

(*)Two additional similar positions receive the same salary. (**) One additional similar position receives the same salary.

Projected pension cost

The Green Bay Area School District agreement between the Board of Education of the Green Bay Area School District and the Green Bay Education Association (modified April 21, 2010) provides cursory information regarding benefits.

Districts with updated teacher contracts - July 2011

District	Health contribution	Pension contribution	Projected savings
Green Bay	12.60%	5.80%	$11,000,000
Ripon	12.0%	5.80%	$600,000
Eau Claire	12.60%	5.80%	$3,500,000
Columbus	12.60%	5.80%	$375,000
Madison	up to 5% in 2011-12 and 10% in 2012-13	5.80%	$15,500,000
Racine	Switch to high deductible plan	5.80%	$19,200,000
Sheboygan	12.60%	5.80%	$6,600,000
Wausau	15.0%	5.80%	$3,354,900
Kaukauna	12.60%	5.80%	$1,900,000

With the passage of Act 10 in Wisconsin, public employees are required to pay an increased percentage of earnings towards health care and pension, usually about one-half of the Wisconsin Retirement System's required contributions. Though the plan was still in the beginning phases of implementation in 2011, the results have led to a projected $154 million in savings to offset Wisconsin state and school district debt.

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 -- Wisconsin