Directors, Religious Activities and Education salary

SOC 21-2021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$52,100

per year, nationally

Middle half

$44,010–$73,730

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

22,160

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.1%

13,800 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.

$34,670$98,310

10th: $34,670
25th: $44,010
Median: $52,100
75th: $73,730
90th: $98,310

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 directors, religious activities and education 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.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Alabama	$79,310	88.8	90	0.31×
2	Texas	$75,420	97.1	330	0.16×
3	Georgia	$72,910	96.3	320	0.46×
4	Nebraska	$72,500	90.1	40	0.24×
5	Colorado	$67,760	103.1	100	0.24×
6	Iowa	$66,140	87.8	220	0.98×
7	New Jersey	$65,730	108.8	—	—
8	North Carolina	$63,280	94.3	260	0.37×
9	Massachusetts	$62,930	105.8	160	0.30×
10	Nevada	$62,460	100.0	90	0.40×
11	Tennessee	$61,940	91.9	130	0.28×
12	District of Columbia	$61,870	109.9	170	1.72×
13	California	$61,570	110.7	3,200	1.23×
14	Virginia	$59,020	101.1	380	0.65×
15	Maryland	$58,820	105.0	300	0.76×
16	Indiana	$58,490	93.3	670	1.47×
17	Arizona	$57,140	100.7	300	0.64×
18	Utah	$56,790	98.9	50	0.20×
19	Washington	$56,480	107.0	390	0.78×
20	Pennsylvania	$55,510	97.6	1,210	1.41×
21	Illinois	$53,600	100.0	—	—
22	South Dakota	$53,360	88.6	50	0.70×
23	Missouri	$52,980	90.8	60	0.15×
24	Kentucky	$52,230	90.2	250	0.88×
25	Minnesota	$50,110	98.6	760	1.81×
26	New York	$49,990	107.9	3,550	2.57×
27	Mississippi	$49,430	87.0	120	0.75×
28	Ohio	$49,340	92.8	740	0.93×
29	Florida	$49,230	103.4	1,420	1.00×
30	New Mexico	$48,240	92.2	60	0.45×
31	Connecticut	$47,850	103.6	160	0.65×
32	Hawaii	$47,590	110.0	310	3.47×
33	Oklahoma	$47,100	87.8	110	0.46×
34	Kansas	$45,640	90.1	140	0.66×
35	Michigan	$45,590	96.2	950	1.52×
36	Oregon	$45,360	103.4	1,860	6.65×
37	Montana	$45,220	94.6	640	8.75×
38	Idaho	$44,990	95.5	40	0.30×
39	Rhode Island	$44,770	102.3	120	1.66×
40	Wisconsin	$40,180	94.1	130	0.32×
41	South Carolina	$36,120	93.7	170	0.52×
42	Arkansas	$33,920	86.9	140	0.76×
43	Louisiana	$29,540	88.2	—	—

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 directors, religious activities and education wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for directors, religious activities and education

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 area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$93,120	100.1	200	0.50×
2	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$84,650	94.7	40	0.24×
3	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$83,480	98.6	70	0.15×
4	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$83,260	103.1	80	0.15×
5	Richmond, VA	$77,020	97.9	30	0.36×
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$75,420	115.6	390	1.14×
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$68,040	108.3	90	0.23×
8	Colorado Springs, CO	$66,950	100.7	80	1.77×
9	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$66,140	91.7	70	1.17×
10	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$64,340	96.3	50	0.32×
11	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$63,650	97.3	70	0.39×
12	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$63,490	97.9	60	0.51×
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$63,450	111.9	320	1.48×
14	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$62,460	100.2	80	0.50×
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$62,390	113.6	1,270	1.43×
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$60,650	108.9	480	1.07×
17	Fresno, CA	$59,720	102.2	140	2.08×
18	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$59,320	102.6	480	1.16×
19	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$59,170	112.6	2,940	2.17×
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$59,010	110.4	190	1.18×
21	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$58,610	106.7	140	0.91×
22	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$58,490	95.7	410	2.63×
23	Peoria, IL	$58,300	91.2	80	3.50×
24	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$57,760	92.9	60	1.37×
25	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$57,140	103.3	—	—
26	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$56,870	109.9	40	2.51×
27	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$56,550	100.0	50	1.02×
28	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$56,480	111.1	350	1.17×
29	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$56,470	104.5	170	0.90×
30	Oklahoma City, OK	$55,780	90.4	30	0.32×
31	Lancaster, PA	$54,990	98.3	90	2.59×
32	Pittsburgh, PA	$54,130	94.7	220	1.37×
33	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$52,560	103.6	—	—
34	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$52,460	108.6	30	1.93×
35	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$51,540	114.2	490	1.22×
36	Saginaw, MI	$51,450	90.9	40	3.11×
37	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$51,070	104.8	420	1.52×
38	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$50,820	93.6	90	2.53×
39	St. Louis, MO-IL	$50,230	95.1	90	0.48×
40	Evansville, IN	$49,770	91.5	40	2.22×

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 directors, religious activities and education wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Clergy$60,810
Religious Workers, All Other$45,280

Directors, Religious Activities and Education salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where directors, religious activities and education earn the most

Best paying metro areas for directors, religious activities and education

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