LADY BUDGETDOWN'S SOCIETY PAPERS
The Administration Edition
Dearest Readers,
They say education is an investment.
And indeed it is.
But today, Lady Budgetdown is not examining classroom supplies, textbooks, or teacher salaries.
Today, we are examining administrative compensation. Just for superintendents and assistant superintendents.
The figures below come directly from publicly reported school district salary information. Where two figures are available, the first represents base pay and the second represents total compensation.
And as always, Lady Budgetdown shall allow the numbers to speak for themselves. 🪶
🏫 FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $270,169.40
Total Compensation: $415,789.71
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $178,476.26
Total Compensation: $290,051.04
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $177,651.69
Total Compensation: $267,151.51
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $157,688.09
Total Compensation: $262,190.73
🏫 HOLLY AREA SCHOOLS
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $185,000
Total Compensation: $312,475
• Asst. Supt. – Curriculum
Base Pay: $126,300
Total Compensation: $187,347
• Asst. Supt. – Business Office
Base Pay: $138,800
Total Compensation: $149,956
🏫 HURON VALLEY
• Superintendent — $291,687.47
• Assistant Superintendent — $98,614.66
• Assistant Superintendent — $136,008.63
• Assistant Superintendent — $173,581.74
🏫 LAKE ORION
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $234,531.77
Total Compensation: $387,916.99
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $162,144.52
Total Compensation: $292,340.99
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $156,173.91
Total Compensation: $283,844.64
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $165,664.63
Total Compensation: $299,248.94
🏫 SOUTH LYON
• Superintendent — $255,047.61
• Asst. Superintendent — $162,430.64
• Asst. Superintendent — $151,203.15
• Asst. Superintendent — $143,749.05
🏫 OAK PARK
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $247,956.03
Total Compensation: $391,273.16
• Director Teaching and Learning
Base Pay: $143,951.05
Total Compensation: $243,919.77
• Director Safety & Security
Base Pay: $133,582.47
Total Compensation: $212,252.44
• Director Teaching and Learning
Base Pay: $133,147.96
Total Compensation: $212,398.85
🏫 ROCHESTER
• District Superintendent
Base Pay: $234,762.61
Total Compensation: $389,229.19
• Deputy Superintendent
Base Pay: $166,979.96
Total Compensation: $285,971.24
• Assistant Supt. Business Ops
Base Pay: $161,629.17
Total Compensation: $273,373.42
• Assistant Superintendent HR
Base Pay: $155,471.56
Total Compensation: $268,654.94
• Assistant Supt. Curriculum
Base Pay: $154,563.46
Total Compensation: $267,257.90
🏫 CLAWSON
• Administrative Position
Base Pay: $142,667
Total Compensation: $235,851
🏫 LAMPHERE
• Superintendent — $190,368
• Deputy Superintendent — $156,395
• Assistant Superintendent — $154,260
🏫 WALLED LAKE
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $247,781.98
Total Compensation: $381,167.23
🏫 WATERFORD
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $145,132.74
Total Compensation: $225,867.40
• Assistant Superintendent, Business & Operations
Base Pay: $131,999.29
Total Compensation: $186,012.34
• Assistant Superintendent, Pre K–5
Base Pay: $166,419.12
Total Compensation: $256,317.10
🏫 TROY
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $317,620.04
Total Compensation: $474,549.20
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $182,941.36
Total Compensation: $264,512.89
• Assistant Superintendent
Base Pay: $180,831.43
Total Compensation: $283,843.85
🏫 WEST BLOOMFIELD
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $210,573.84
Total Compensation: $362,817.37
• Assist. Supt. Admin/Innovation
Base Pay: $177,736.44
Total Compensation: $276,174.01
• Assistant Superintendent Curriculum
Base Pay: $149,337.53
Total Compensation: $263,169.15
🏫 BRANDON SCHOOL
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $164,355.54
Total Compensation: $282,403.85
• Executive Director of Business & Operations
Base Pay: $148,831.93
Total Compensation: $244,708.70
🏫 CLARKSTON
• Superintendent
Base Pay: $218,675.00
Total Compensation: $390,312.69
• Assistant Superintendent of Instruction
Base Pay: $167,290.00
Total Compensation: $286,700.46
• Assistant Superintendent of Administrative
Base Pay: $165,280.00
Total Compensation: $280,060.96
🪶 And there you have it, Dear Readers.
These are not rumors.
They are not estimates invented for social media.
They are the numbers reported for administrative pay and compensation.
Whether taxpayers believe these compensation packages are reasonable is, of course, a question each community may answer for itself.
Lady Budgetdown merely believes taxpayers should know the numbers before being asked for more of theirs.
After all...
Budgets speak louder than talking points.
— Lady Budgetdown 🪶
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One important note: the source lists Clawson's two numbers without a position title, so I did not invent one. It also provides only a single figure for Huron Valley, South Lyon, and Lamphere, so I kept those exactly as reported.