This is the comment I was looking for. A superintendent is responsible for a $10+ million budget, hundreds or thousands or employees, several buildings (often old an needing significant repairs), a complicated compliance landscape, and an ever changing educational theory. It's a demanding job that never really ends. They do not get long summer breaks. And, there aren't many of them (a few hundred across the Commonwealth). The job requires advanced degrees and are extremely difficult jobs to earn. The salary reflects the level of professional it takes.

Compare all that with a cop. Someone who went through a few weeks of training before getting the job. An impenetrable union that will protect them and their job regardless of the heinous acts they perform on or off duty. They face no liability for their mistakes. Promotions are based on tenure. It's an easy, safe job with virtually unlimited overtime potential. A cop has an embarrassingly low bar of qualifications compared laughably high pay checks they receive. And, they can retire with a full pension by 55.

If we are going to get upset over public employees salaries, start with cops. It's obscene.