Just under 50,000 teachers and administrators make more than $100,000, according to the fiscal think tank Empire Center.
Superintendent Joyce Bisso of the Hewlett-Woodmere School District on Long Island was the highest-earning employee with a salary just over $625,000, reported the New York State of Politics blog.
The number of six-figure employees has grown by just over 16,000 in six years.
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