2010 Teacher Actual Wages - Govt. Wages Exposed This is from the official DPI database of teachers’ wages by school district.
The current budget repair bill would have them paying about 5.8% towards their own retirement....right now, the taxpayer pays 100% of their generous retirement.
AVERAGE WAGE AND BENEFITS (remember this is for about 9 months of work)
TEACHERS:
* Milwaukee $86,297
* Elmbrook $91,065
* Germantown $83,818
* Hartland Arrowhead $90,285 (highest teacher was $122,952 - lowest was $64,942)
* Menomonee Falls $81,099
* West Bend $82,153
* Waukesha $92,902
* Sussex $82,956
* Mequon $95,297
* Kettle Moraine $87,676
* Muskego $91,341
HIGH SCHOOL STAFF:
* Hartland Arrowhead - Business Mgr. - Kopecky - $169,525
* Hartland Arrowhead - Principal - Wieczorek - $152,519
* Germantown – Asst. Principal - Dave Towers - $123,222
* Elmbrook/Burleigh Elementary - Principal Zahn- $142,315 (for a primary school!)
* Madison – Asst. Principal - McGrath - $127,835
UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN STAFF (2009 - salary alone):
* Michael Knetter - Professor of Business - $327,828
* Carolyn Martin -Chancellor UW Madison - $437,000
* Hector Deluca - Professor of Nutritional Science - $254,877 (really?)
(source: Madison.com - as the UW removed salaries from being posted online in 2007- why if they are so low?) How about some other ‘public service jobs’? What do they make?
MADISON GARBAGEMEN (2009 - salary only):
* Garbage man, Mr. Nelson, earned $159,258 in 2009, including $109,892 in overtime and other pay.
* Garbage man, Greg Tatman, earned $125,598
* 7 Madison garbage men made over $100,000
* 30 Madison garbage men made over $70,000
MILWAUKEE CITY BUS DRIVERS (salary only):
* 136 Drivers made more than $70,000
* 54 Drivers made more than $80,000
* 18 Drivers made more than $90,000
* 8 Drivers made more than $100,000
* Top Driver made $117,000
(Source WTMJ)