Kent County Today

Tarra Gourdine earned $62,766 in 2019 at Lake Forest School District, according to the Delaware Online. Across the state, 40.1 percent of public employees earned between $25,000 and $50,000.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

Mark Brainard earned the highest salary among employees in the state. They earned $254,898 for the year.

Rank	Individual	Department	Salary
1	Mark Brainard	Delaware Technical Community College	$254,898
2	Gary Collins	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$245,092
3	Richard Margolis	Delaware's Department of Services for Children, Youth and Families	$237,751
4	Jennie Vershvovsky	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$227,000
4	Francis Krolikowski	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$227,000
4	Jennifer Swartz	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$227,000
7	Awele Maduka-Ezeh	Delaware's Department of Correction	$222,230
8	Sherry Nykiel	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$215,657
9	Patricia Figgs	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$215,656
10	Mark Holodick	Brandywine School District	$206,626
11	Collins Seitz JR	State Supreme Court	$206,148
12	Rick Hong	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$204,000
13	Gerard Gallucci	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$200,214
14	Tamika Montgomery-Reeves	State Supreme Court	$197,245
14	Karen Valihura	State Supreme Court	$197,245
14	James Vaughn JR	State Supreme Court	$197,245
14	Gary Traynor	State Supreme Court	$197,245
18	Andre Bouchard	the state court system	$196,738
18	Jan Jurden	State Supreme Court	$196,738
18	Michael Newell	the state court system	$196,738
21	Dolly Mishra	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$195,139
21	Daniel Grimes	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$195,139
21	Ramita Shrestha	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$195,139
24	Nathaniel McQueen	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$195,090
25	Alex Smalls	the state court system	$194,541
26	Richard Gregg	Christina School District	$188,181
27	Nathan Centers	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$185,496
27	David Sibley	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$185,496
27	Duane Shubert	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$185,496
30	Joseph Slights III	the state court system	$185,444
30	Sam Glasscock	the state court system	$185,444
30	James Laster	the state court system	$185,444
30	Morgan Zurn	the state court system	$185,444
30	Kathleen McCormick	the state court system	$185,444
30	Calvin Scott Jr	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Meghan Adams	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Charles Butler	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Mary Johnston	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Sheldon Rennie	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Ferris Wharton	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Eric Davis	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Diane Streett	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Andrea Rocanelli	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Abigail LeGrow	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	William Carpenter JR	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Paul Wallace	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Vivian Medinilla	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Noel Primos	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Jeffrey Clark	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	William Witham JR	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Eugene Bradley	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Richard Stokes	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Craig Karsnitz	State Supreme Court	$185,444
30	Michael Arrington	the state court system	$185,444
30	Arlene Coppadge	the state court system	$185,444
30	Jennifer Ranji	the state court system	$185,444
30	Robert Coonin	the state court system	$185,444
30	Janell Ostroski	the state court system	$185,444
30	Mark Buckworth	the state court system	$185,444
30	Mary Much	the state court system	$185,444
30	Felice Kerr	the state court system	$185,444
30	Joelle Hitch	the state court system	$185,444
30	Natalie Haskins	the state court system	$185,444
30	Louann Vari	the state court system	$185,444
30	James Mcgiffin Jr	the state court system	$185,444
30	Mardi Pyott	the state court system	$185,444
30	Kenneth Millman	the state court system	$185,444
30	Peter Jones	the state court system	$185,444
30	Paula Ryan	the state court system	$185,444
70	Kevin Fitzgerald	Caesar Rodney School District	$183,384
71	Dorrell Green	Red Clay School District	$183,150
72	Robert Fulton	Cape Henlopen School District	$182,779
73	Daniel Shelton	Capital School District	$181,937
74	Bradley Manning	the state court system	$179,066
74	Robert Surles	the state court system	$179,066
74	Carl Danberg	the state court system	$179,066
74	John Welch	the state court system	$179,066
74	Anne Reigle	the state court system	$179,066
74	Kathleen Amalfitano	the state court system	$179,066
74	Rosemary Beauregard	the state court system	$179,066
74	Kenneth Clark Jr	the state court system	$179,066
82	Matthew Burrows	Appoquinimink School District	$179,000
83	Monroe Hudson	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$178,982
83	Melissa Zebley	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$178,982
85	Nicholas Conte JR	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$177,354
86	Hugh Broomall	Red Clay School District	$175,772
87	Karyl Rattay	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$175,040
88	Joseph Jones	New Castle County Vo-Tec	$175,000
89	Patrik Williams	Smyrna School District	$173,416
90	Franklin Newton	Newark Charter School	$173,000
91	James Capolupo	Charter School of Wilmington	$172,428
92	John Carney Jr	Office of the Governor	$171,000
93	Matthew Cox	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$169,070
93	Robert Hudson II	Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security	$169,070
95	Elizabeth Brown	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$167,000
96	Mark Steele	Indian River School District	$166,762
97	Susan Bunting	Delaware's Department of Education	$165,055
97	James Collins	Delaware's Department of Technology and Information	$165,055
99	Kara Walker	Delaware's Department of Health and Social Service	$164,088
100	Brenda Wynder	Lake Forest School District	$162,858