After three years of no information on New Jersey’s most powerful special interest, the IRS finally released the NJEA’s 2019 990, which revealed the multi-million-dollar going-away present for Richardson. As executive director from 2013 to 2019, Richardson was paid a total of $5.8 million, or $968,000 a year. By comparison, the average New Jersey teacher made $76,000 in 2019.
But Richardson was not alone. The NJEA’s top ten leadership was paid a record $7.7 million in 2019, with six of the top ten getting record compensation and six becoming New Jersey one-percenters.
ALL OF THIS WAS PAID FOR BY TEACHERS’ HIGHEST-IN-THE-NATION DUES.
If teachers knew their hard-earned salaries were making their leadership multi-millionaires, they would be outraged. If New Jersey citizens knew their hard-earned tax dollars were making taxpayer-funded multi-millionaires, they would be outraged.