Nearly half of the top 25 highest paid superintendents in Texas are located in or around the Houston area, according to state data.
During the 2023-24 school year, nine of the top 15 highest paid leaders were in the Houston area, although due to changes in positions, only seven of the top 15 highest earning leaders were in the Houston area last year.
The lucrative post is reliably the highest paid position in a school district. But with over 1,200 school districts in Texas, salaries can range widely. Almost 200 leaders in the state made between $1,000 and $100,000, while the median salary was $145,000…