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Education Administrators, All Other salary

SOC 11-9039 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$95,200
per year, nationally
Middle half
$68,980–$126,590
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
55,130
in the U.S.
Growth 2024–34
+2.5%
4,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$51,910$161,010
10th
$51,910
25th
$68,980
Median
$95,200
75th
$126,590
90th
$161,010

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Bachelor's degree
Related work experience
Less than 5 years
On-the-job training
None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where education administrators, all other earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#StateMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1District of Columbia$140,670109.97402.97×
2Maryland$125,500105.02,7702.83×
3Tennessee$118,33091.97200.62×
4Kansas$117,81090.12800.55×
5Arizona$117,170100.74300.37×
6New Mexico$113,11092.23601.17×
7Oklahoma$112,17087.82200.37×
8South Dakota$108,99088.61100.66×
9Virginia$108,820101.11,4801.02×
10Colorado$107,120103.11,0701.05×
11Kentucky$102,61090.25300.74×
12Delaware$102,43099.8800.44×
13Alaska$101,970102.43603.08×
14North Dakota$101,87089.01901.23×
15California$99,650110.711,4801.78×
16North Carolina$98,88094.31,6000.92×
17West Virginia$98,45089.5
18South Carolina$97,24093.73600.44×
19Georgia$96,51096.32,9901.72×
20Oregon$96,330103.44200.60×
21New York$96,250107.93,0600.89×
22Wyoming$95,42092.71001.02×
23Pennsylvania$95,19097.65500.26×
24Alabama$94,61088.8
25Rhode Island$93,980102.3700.41×
26Washington$93,590107.08400.67×
27Iowa$92,97087.83300.61×
28Wisconsin$88,47094.13500.34×
29Minnesota$88,33098.69000.86×
30Massachusetts$86,540105.81,2000.93×
31Vermont$85,10098.02702.47×
32Maine$84,44097.02200.96×
33Florida$84,220103.4
34Mississippi$83,89087.01700.42×
35Louisiana$83,05088.24800.71×
36Missouri$82,03090.83600.35×
37Michigan$80,19096.21,1600.74×
38New Jersey$79,980108.81,1100.73×
39Texas$79,06097.14,4500.89×
40Utah$78,84098.94200.68×
41Nebraska$78,21090.1700.19×
42Indiana$77,68093.34100.36×
43Ohio$77,64092.81,6900.86×
44Illinois$77,180100.01,8900.87×
45Arkansas$76,99086.95201.13×
46New Hampshire$75,700104.21500.63×
47Hawaii$75,130110.02701.21×
48Idaho$71,69095.51700.56×
49Montana$68,58094.61000.57×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where education administrators, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for education administrators, all other

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Visalia, CA$157,49099.8801.31×
2Modesto, CA$150,500104.1901.33×
3Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$132,400108.92,6002.34×
4Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$128,410104.51,0902.26×
5Merced, CA$128,21098.3301.12×
6Knoxville, TN$127,72092.61601.08×
7Gainesville, GA$126,49096.8300.84×
8Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$124,92098.7500.45×
9Aguadilla, PR$124,630502.84×
10Lexington Park, MD$124,490100.8501.97×
11Colorado Springs, CO$123,120100.74303.85×
12Flagstaff, AZ$121,180100.3803.26×
13Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$120,740109.41601.66×
14Oklahoma City, OK$120,27090.4
15Chico, CA$118,930101.2501.85×
16Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$118,89096.31700.42×
17Stockton-Lodi, CA$118,350105.11401.41×
18Farmington, NM$118,08087.7402.43×
19Kansas City, MO-KS$117,81092.52200.58×
20Waco, TX$117,81092.5400.94×
21Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$117,64097.92400.88×
22Chattanooga, TN-GA$117,19091.5600.58×
23Longview, TX$116,89089.5401.05×
24Salem, OR$116,080103.6500.71×
25Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$115,92097.0601.26×
26Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$115,92093.3500.34×
27Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$115,92091.91001.17×
28Albuquerque, NM$115,46095.51601.09×
29Beckley, WV$112,40088.4402.85×
30Fayetteville, NC$111,32092.04209.01×
31Wichita, KS$111,06088.9600.52×
32Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$110,78098.9300.55×
33Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$109,890109.9802.35×
34Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$108,89087.71106.33×
35Montgomery, AL$108,89089.7
36Clarksville, TN-KY$108,45090.93108.47×
37San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$107,890111.91,0801.99×
38Redding, CA$107,850100.7401.42×
39Richmond, VA$107,31097.92300.97×
40San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$106,91094.75201.31×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where education administrators, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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