Highest-paid superintendents
Superintendent total compensation (salary + benefits + other) for 2025-26, from NYSED's official Administrator Salary Disclosure. A district can run lean or heavy at the very top — this is the single most-searched number in school budgets.
Ranked districts (Total compensation)
- Baldwin UFSD — $489,122
- Freeport UFSD — $488,299
- Mineola UFSD — $483,500
- Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD — $480,242
- Great Neck UFSD — $466,708
- Roslyn UFSD — $462,365
- Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD — $457,939
- Jericho UFSD — $454,196
- Plainedge UFSD — $441,448
- Copiague UFSD — $440,616
- Oceanside UFSD — $438,097
- Westbury UFSD — $428,458
- Three Village CSD — $428,254
- Glen Cove City School District — $426,964
- Port Washington UFSD — $422,240
- Bellmore UFSD — $420,137
- Longwood CSD — $416,470
- Middle Country CSD — $413,564
- Rocky Point UFSD — $411,605
- Central Islip UFSD — $411,291
- Shoreham-Wading River CSD — $406,548
- Syosset CSD — $404,640
- Massapequa UFSD — $402,256
- Uniondale UFSD — $401,157
- William Floyd UFSD — $399,792
- Valley Stream Central Hs District — $397,603
- Seaford UFSD — $396,455
- Bellmore-Merrick Central Hs District — $394,296
- Bethpage UFSD — $392,366
- West Babylon UFSD — $391,211
- Rockville Centre UFSD — $391,160
- Garden City UFSD — $390,342
- Eastport-South Manor CSD — $389,381
- Farmingdale UFSD — $387,238
- Miller Place UFSD — $386,999
- Sachem CSD — $386,755
- Sag Harbor UFSD — $380,977
- Valley Stream 30 UFSD — $380,766
- Bay Shore UFSD — $379,438
- North Bellmore UFSD — $379,290
- Manhasset UFSD — $377,690
- Island Trees UFSD — $376,847
- Half Hollow Hills CSD — $374,902
- North Babylon UFSD — $374,852
- Commack UFSD — $374,191
- Patchogue-Medford UFSD — $373,131
- Sayville UFSD — $372,099
- Wantagh UFSD — $371,489
- Merrick UFSD — $370,679
- Sewanhaka Central Hs District — $370,237
- Smithtown CSD — $368,600
- East Hampton UFSD — $367,849
- Tuckahoe Common School District — $367,687
- Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD — $366,507
- West Islip UFSD — $366,417
- Cold Spring Harbor CSD — $365,933
- Bayport-Blue Point UFSD — $365,807
- Levittown UFSD — $365,315
- Connetquot CSD — $363,506
- Northport-East Northport UFSD — $363,113
- Hampton Bays UFSD — $362,171
- Lawrence UFSD — $361,933
- Herricks UFSD — $361,917
- Riverhead CSD — $360,422
- Brentwood UFSD — $359,488
- Huntington UFSD — $357,713
- Babylon UFSD — $356,951
- Lynbrook UFSD — $356,217
- East Williston UFSD — $355,327
- North Shore CSD — $355,221
- Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD — $354,357
- North Merrick UFSD — $353,706
- Long Beach City School District — $353,583
- Hicksville UFSD — $352,359
- Harborfields CSD — $351,888
- Shelter Island UFSD — $351,622
- New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD — $348,512
- Elmont UFSD — $347,253
- Deer Park UFSD — $347,249
- Locust Valley CSD — $346,499
- Hauppauge UFSD — $345,918
- West Hempstead UFSD — $345,776
- South Huntington UFSD — $342,529
- Southold UFSD — $341,768
- Valley Stream 13 UFSD — $341,642
- Hempstead UFSD — $339,252
- East Islip UFSD — $335,906
- Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD — $334,804
- Wyandanch UFSD — $334,277
- Southampton UFSD — $333,090
- Island Park UFSD — $332,418
- Lindenhurst UFSD — $332,348
- Port Jefferson UFSD — $331,354
- Islip UFSD — $330,901
- Carle Place UFSD — $329,634
- Mt Sinai UFSD — $327,326
- Quogue UFSD — $326,341
- Westhampton Beach UFSD — $323,821
- East Moriches UFSD — $323,228
- Kings Park CSD — $322,430
- Greenport UFSD — $322,202
- Franklin Square UFSD — $321,170
- Malverne UFSD — $317,404
- East Rockaway UFSD — $316,848
- South Country CSD — $316,101
- Floral Park-Bellerose UFSD — $313,662
- Amagansett UFSD — $313,144
- Elwood UFSD — $307,207
- Amityville UFSD — $301,778
- Montauk UFSD — $301,080
- East Meadow UFSD — $300,190
- Remsenburg-Speonk UFSD — $299,751
- Roosevelt UFSD — $299,526
- Center Moriches UFSD — $298,286
- Bridgehampton UFSD — $298,251
- Valley Stream 24 UFSD — $291,341
- East Quogue UFSD — $287,780
- Fishers Island UFSD — $264,120
- Fire Island UFSD — $248,062
- Springs UFSD — $240,522
- Oysterponds UFSD — $226,847