Bucks Co. Schools Superintendent Salaries Revealed: Who Makes The Most

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The schools superintendent who had the highest salary in Bucks County for the 2025-2026 year is no longer working for that district.

The county's highest superintendent's salary listed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education was for Steven Yanni of the Central Bucks School District.

Yanni received a salary for the 2025-2026 school year of $275,000, according to newly released data on 875 school leaders from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The highest was in Philadelphia for Tony Watlington, who makes $367,710 per year.

See the list of Bucks County schools superintendent salaries below

Yanni was fired last October and replaced by Joanna Wexler, who was hired in April. She was given a five-year contract, which begins July 1, and will be paid an annual salary of $255,000 a year.

Yanni wasn't the only schools superintendent listed in the data who is no longer leading their school district.

Longtime Bensalem Schools Superintendent Samuel Lee resigned in the wake of the district's "severe financial crisis."

A total of 207 superintendents around Pennsylvania make more than $200,000 per year, including seven who make more than $300,000 annually, according to the data.

The list also includes assistant superintendents and other top school administrators.

The data below is for the 2025-26 school year, according to a "snapshot" by the state taken on Oct. 1, 2025. The education department said the list may not reflect personnel changes that have occurred since that date.

The Morrisville Borough School District data was not listed in the report. Former Schools Superintendent Andrew Doster left the district in January 2025. He was earning an annual salary of $170,000.

These are what the schools superintendents in Bucks County made during the 2025-2026 school year:

• Steven Yanni, Central Bucks SD, $275,000
• Charles Lentz, New Hope-Solebury SD, $263,779
• Andrew Sanko, Council Rock SD, $249,850
• Angelo Berrios, Pennridge SD, $235,000
• Samuel Lee, Bensalem Township SD, $232,000
• Jason Bowman, Neshaminy SD, $231,750
• Bridget O'Connell, Palisades SD, $231,138
• Michael Nitti, Bristol Township SD, $229,473
• Rose Minniti, New Hope-Solebury SD, $227,037.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Abram Lucabaugh, Centennial SD, $225,000
• Thomas Smith, Pennsbury SD, $222,887
• Lisa Hoffman, Quakertown Community SD, $212,668 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Charles Malone, Central Bucks SD, $205,029 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Helen Zaleski, Central Bucks SD, $198,500 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Deborah Klahold, Neshaminy SD, $193,800 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Business Affairs)
• Michelle Burkholder, Neshaminy SD, $191,954 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Instruction)
• Sean Haines, Neshaminy SD, $191,954 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Instruction)
• Kevin Kane, Neshaminy SD, $191,954 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Instruction)
• Kathryn Hinshaw, Neshaminy SD, $184,489 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Instruction)
• Broadus Davis, Bristol Borough SD, $183,000
• Christopher Polzer, Bristol Township SD, $180,846 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Theresa Ricci, Pennsbury SD, $180,768 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Bradley Palmer, Pennridge SD, $179,375 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Kristopher Brown, Pennsbury SD, $168,025 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Amber Kitchenman, Bristol Township SD, $149,989 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Business Affairs)