Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
United States. Estimated employment 328,330, with pages for 23 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-9032
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$105,870 · 50th
$76,28010th
$86,04025th
$105,87050th
$134,63075th
$167,77090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $165,520 | 1,730 |
| New York, NY | $163,210 | 20,920 |
| San Diego, CA | $163,200 | 2,370 |
| Vallejo, CA | $163,150 | 290 |
| Visalia, CA | $163,130 | 520 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $161,590 | 10,310 |
| Salinas, CA | $161,590 | 350 |
| Riverside, CA | $161,380 | 3,340 |
| San Francisco, CA | $160,820 | 3,480 |
| Kingston, NY | $137,220 | 150 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $136,210 | 700 |
| Chicago, IL | $128,780 | 11,050 |
| Albany, NY | $125,480 | 770 |
| Buffalo, NY | $124,990 | 970 |
| Utica, NY | $119,700 | 240 |
| Syracuse, NY | $110,010 | 760 |
| Springfield, IL | $108,460 | 300 |
| Decatur, IL | $103,730 | 120 |
| Bloomington, IL | $102,590 | 170 |
| Champaign, IL | $101,570 | 270 |
| Peoria, IL | $100,640 | 430 |
| Rockford, IL | $99,980 | 440 |
| Kankakee, IL | $99,470 | 130 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 328,330 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-9032, Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary. Mapped to our taxonomy as education-administrators-kindergarten-through-secondary.
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