What Salary Records Tell Us About Who Earns The Big Bucks In The DOE… Some newer administrative roles in the DOE’s salary records in recent years fetch high salaries.
The salary hierarchy is clear when it comes to those who run Hawaii’s public schools and those who run the classrooms. It’s no surprise that principals make more than teachers — sometimes a lot more.
But the state Department of Education has hired people in recent years for new high-paying administrative roles, including central office positions for which the DOE could not provide clear-cut job descriptions.
Just 1.6% of all DOE employees — excluding high school principals who are among the top-compensated in the DOE — had a starting salary of at least $99,000 in the fiscal year that began on July 1, compared with 0.3% in 2011, according to Civil Beat’s Public Employee Salary Database.
