Who are the top municipal, school department earners in Newport?
Who is the highest paid employee in Newport?
The Daily News sought public records on salaries in both the municipal and school department sides of the city.
Listed below are the top 10 earners among Newport municipal employees during 2021. The first number represents total compensation during the year, which in addition to base salary, can include overtime, stipends and detail pay as applicable. The second number represents base salary. If no second number is listed it is because that employee's salary is not among the 100 highest among municipal employees.
To view the top 100 earners and base salaries visit https://databases.newportri.com/newport-city-ri-salary-database-2021/
Top 10 Newport municipal employee earners
Jonathan Cortes - Police Department - Civilians
$217,653.69
$90,280.33
Joseph J. Nicholson Jr. - City Manager Office
$189,670.98
$181,816.44
Gary T. Silva - Police Department - Uniform
$185,369.33
$160,098.77
Laura L. Sitrin - Finance Department
$180,547.68
$167,242.81
Highest paid in Newport: View the top 100 salaries among Newport municipal employees
Eric J. Barden - Police Department - Uniform
$180,109.23
$87,279.42
Ryan G. Duffy - Police Department - Uniform
$176,198.77
$106,948.77
Patrick C. Walsh - Police Department - Uniform
$173,344.63
$82,640.34
Brian T. Dugan - Fire Department
$164,323.80
$154,984.89
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Eric M. Geoghegan - Police Department - Uniform
$160,722.65
Timothy F. Redmond - Fire Department
$159,243.90
$105,189.24
Top 10 Newport School Department earners
Listed below are the top 10 earners among Newport School Department employees during 2021. The first number represents total compensation during the year, which in addition to base salary, can include overtime, stipends and additional forms of pay as applicable. The second number represents base salary. If no second number is listed it is because that employee's salary is not among the 50 highest among municipal employees.
To view the top 50 earners and base salaries visit https://databases.newportri.com/newport-city-ri-school-district-salary-database/
Colleen B. Jermain - Superintendent
$184,725.22
$170,008.77
Kimberly A. Behan - Assistant Superintendent
$137,408.43
Robert E. Young Jr. - Director of NACTC
$136,615.50
$112,034.61
Candace Andrade - Director of Student Services
$136,544.89
$112,966.20
Jared B. Vance - Principal, Rogers High Scohol
$129,175.01
$123,317.02
Highest paid in Newport schools: View the top 50 highest paid employees in the Newport School Department
Traci L. Westman - Principal, Pell Elementary School
$122,023.04
$111,421.20
Ronald Gonsalves - Director of Adminstration
$116,353.74
$110,944.74
Michael Monahan - Assistant Principal, Rogers High School
$112,835.96
$105,088.65
John W. Horsman Jr. - Teacher
$112,667.18
Ronilee M. Mooney - Director of ELL
$112,558.78
$104,447.31
This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Newport, RI, highest paid municipal, school department employees
