HTN:Big Schools Pay Big Bucks

Western New York's biggest school districts pay their administrators and teachers big bucks. A "Business First" analysis of the eight-county region shows that ten Western New York school districts have over five-thousand students each, with an average superintendent salary of 173,680-dollars. Niagara Falls and Williamsville top the list for classroom teacher base-pay, with about 42-thousand-dollars-a-year in both districts. Williamsville's median salary is 63,918-dollars for classroom teachers. The Buffalo superintendent takes home 220-thousand a year, while the top educator in Williamsville grabs 206,500 dollars.