TEXARKANA, Ark. – Some parents and taxpayers in the Texarkana school district have probably wondered over the years just exactly what teachers and district administrators earn per year.

If they search online, they will come across Internet posts from the school district, containing salary information that the state apparently requires it to share.

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But there isn’t much in the way of specifics about employee compensation. It simply offers step-raise charts that outline base salaries for employees as they increase their seniority.

There’s a lot more to it than that.

In 2015-16, 333 Texarkana teachers earned a combined $20,117,871 in straight salary, according to information provided by the district. That puts the average base salary at $60,414.

Those same teachers were also received $2,019,946 in benefits, which averages out to $6,065 per teacher. And the school district made $2,780,447 in retirement pension contributions on their behalf, which averages out to $8,349 per teacher.

That means the average compensation for Texarkana teachers in 2015-16 was at least $74,828 — $14,414 more than the average base salary.

Texarkana teachers are required to work 190 days per year in 2016-17, so we will assume the work schedule was the same in 2015-16. Using that schedule, the average compensation breaks down to about $393 per day. Assuming they are required to work eight hours per day, the average daily pay breaks down to about $49 per hour.

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The school district’s Internet post also included a single salary figure for the superintendent in 2015-16 – $144,200. That doesn’t paint the entire picture.

Superintendent Becky Kesler made $150,895 in base salary in 2015-16, plus another $11,769 worth of benefits, and the district made a $21,125 retirement contribution on her behalf, according to information provided by the district.

That means Kesler’s compensation totaled at least $183,789 — $32,894 more than her base salary.

As the late radio commentator Paul Harvey used to say, that’s the rest of the story.