Top 10 overall salaries in local* school districts Name Years in career Salary Fringe benefits Title District Eric Hartwig 40.5 $178,988 $51,769 Director of special education and pupil services Marathon County Children with Disabilities Education Board Kathleen Williams 32 $156,125 $40,287 District administrator Wausau Kristine Gilmore 21 $143,224 $39,137 District administrator D.C. Everest Area Lois Alt 35 $139,149 $42,552 Assistant district administrator D.C. Everest Area Jack Stoskopf 29 $130,000 $38,307 Business manager D.C. Everest Area Jerry Rosso 32 $126,948 $36,290 District administrator Mosinee Cherna Gorder 28 $124,659 $38,318 Business manager Wausau Ronald Foreman 41 $124,368 $41,172 Principal D.C. Everest Area Bruce Anderson 35 $122,352 $43,672 District administrator Merrill Area Thomas Johansen 34 $120,355 $37,818 Principal D.C. Everest Area *Local districts include Athens, D.C. Everest, Edgar, Marathon, Merrill, Mosinee, Stratford, Tomahawk, Wausau and Wittenberg-Birnamwood.