Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina will collect both a city salary and her pension for a total income of $412,193 a year — nearly twice as much as Mayor de Blasio is being paid.
Farina is getting a Department of Education salary of $212,614 — the same as her predecessor, Dennis Walcott, officials told The Post.
But she will also continue to collect her $199,579-a-year DOE pension, which she received upon retiring in 2006 after a 40-year career in the city schools.
“She’s earned her pension, and she’s worth every dime of her salary,” said Phil Walzak, a spokesman for de Blasio.
A Jan. 1 letter offer by de Blasio, signed by Farina, states she will additionally get the DOE’s managerial-benefits package, including vacation and sick-leave allowance.
She can take a $1,000-a-year bonus to opt out of health and welfare benefits, which she already gets as a city pensioner.
She also gets a car and a driver.
Her total income will far exceed that of de Blasio, whose salary is set at $225,000.
But Farina’s new DOE salary is less than the $250,000 a year paid to two prior chancellors, Cathie Black, who resigned after three months, and Joel Klein, who served eight years.
Under state law, retired members of the NYC Teachers Retirement System under age 65 need a special waiver if they return to public service and are paid more than $30,000.
But there are no salary restrictions or waivers required for those age 65 or older. Fariña is 70.