The 1994-95 ERS "National Survey of Salaries and Wages" reports $75,236 as the mean average salary paid assistant superintendents and $61,323 as the mean average salary paid directors of finance and business. The average salary for the latter is 64.6 percent above that of classroom teachers. Salary increases trail cost-of-living increases. (MLH)

Based on data from two Educational Research Service surveys, this article compares salaries and fringe benefits of school business officials with those of teachers and other administrators and with cost of living increases. Chief business officials' salaries depend on the geographic region, district enrollment size, and district per pupil…

The Educational Research Service's "National Survey of Salaries and Wages" reports the annual salaries and fringe benefits of chief business officials in the categories of "Assistant Superintendent" or "Director of Finance and Business." Data from approximately 1,000 reporting school systems are analyzed and…

The salary paid school business officials is generally related to (1) the region of the country, (2) the district enrollment size, and (3) the expenditure per pupil of the district. Text, charts, and tables illustrate responses from 1,031 reporting school systems. A profile of fringe benefits is presented. (MLF)