A third Idaho school superintendent has broken into the $200,000 club, a first in state history.
The list of superintendent salaries for this year was made available by the State Board of Education. West Ada’s leader Derek Bub again tops the list, with an annual salary of $222,064. He’s making about $7,000 more than he did last year.
The Boise School District’s first-year superintendent Lisa Roberts is the next highest paid leader with an annual salary of $210, 978, followed by Becky Meyer, superintendent at Lake Pend Oreille School District, who makes $208,242. Meyer was making $183,200 last year.
Roberts makes nearly $7,000 more than Coby Dennis, who previously held the position in Boise.
The Boise district occupies three of the top 10 highest-paid administrator spots, with the district’s two assistant superintendents each making $182,036.
Data is not yet available on average administrator salaries. However, during the 2023-24 school year, administrators on average earned $107,000. Aside from a slight dip in 2020-21, administrator salaries have increased every year since 2015-16, when the average pay was $85,264.
Not all of the administrators in the top 10 received a raise over the previous year. Scott Thomson, administrator at North Idaho STEM Charter Academy, makes the same $197,600 he did during the 2023-24 school year.
Not only is their pay different, so are their numbers of annual work days. Bub is on a 230-day contract, Meyer and Hocker are contracted to work 260, Roberts is at 244 days and Thomson is only contractually obligated to work 160 days.
Click here for a list of Idaho superintendent and charter school director salaries. (This list features superintendents, assistant superintendents and charter administrators. Principals are not included.)
Here are the top 10 administrator salaries, which does not include benefit compensation:
- $222,064 – Derek Bub, West Ada.
- $210, 978 – Lisa Roberts, Boise.
- $208,242 – Becky Meyer, Lake Pend Oreille.
- $197,600 – Scott Thomson, North Idaho STEM Charter Academy.
- $196,228 – Shon Hocker, Coeur d’Alene.
- $189,000 – Jim Foudy, Blaine County.
- $185,400 – Jason Bransford, Gem Prep: Online.
- $182,036 – Jodie Mills, Boise, assistant superintendent.
- $182,036 – Nick Smith, Boise, assistant superintendent.
- $180,838 – Dena Naccarato, Post Falls.
Idaho Education News data analyst Randy Schrader contributed to this report.
