TEMPE, Ariz. – In August 2014, Ken Baca, the superintendent of the Tempe Union High School District, received positive headlines for decline part of a raise that was offered by the school board.

“He led the Tempe Union High School District through the rocky endeavor of creating a new sex-education curriculum,” AZCentral.com reported. “Then the district’s six comprehensive high schools all earned A’s on their state report cards.”

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The vice president of the school board, Moses Sanchez, had high praise for Baca in the news report.

“He has always been about the job first, the pay second. His humility shines,” Sanchez told AZCentral.com.

While Baca’s decision to turn down his raise was certainly selfless and laudable, the fact is that he already makes a lot of money, particularly with benefits added in.

In the 2015-16 fiscal year, Baca was paid $167,000 in base salary, another $16,464 in benefits, and the district paid a retirement contribution of $23,703 on his behalf.

That brought is total compensation to $207,167 — $40,167 more than his base salary.

Tempe Union teachers also did pretty well.

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In 2015-16, 626 teachers were paid a combined $31,697,624 in base salary, for an average of $50,635 per teacher.

They also received a combined $6,525,986 in benefits, which averages out to $10,424 per teacher, plus a combined $4,207,158 in retirement contributions from the district, which averages out to $6,720 per teacher.

That brings the average 2015-16 compensation for Tempe Union teachers to at least $67,779 — $17,144 more than the average base salary.

What do the teachers make daily and hourly?

One teacher, who was not named by the district, received a base salary of $57,500, benefits worth $13,113 and a retirement contribution of $10,058.

Tempe Union teachers are required to work 180 days per year and 7.5 hours per day. Based on those numbers, that teacher makes about $448 per day and about $59 per hour.