Six-figure earners multiply at Pittsburgh Public Schools, while Black employee paychecks lag behind

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Salaries continue to rise at the cash-strapped Pittsburgh Public Schools district, where the number of employees taking home over $100,000 has shot up by nearly a quarter in a single academic year. Still, wage gaps between Black and white employees persist.

PublicSource’s third annual analysis of payroll data in Pittsburgh Public Schools shows that the district paid $292 million in salaries and overtime in 2023, an increase of $15 million from the previous year.

The median income for the district’s 4,346 salaried and non-salaried employees was about $68,330. Of those, 1,368 employees made more than $100,000, a 22% increase from 2022.

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