11 Series · SOC 11-9033

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$103,960

per year

Median Hourly

$49.98/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$124,450

average

Employment

176,420

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$63,820$79,880$103,960$140,940$212,420
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$30.68$38.41$49.98$67.76$102.12
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$63,820

25th Percentile

$79,880

Median

$103,960

75th Percentile

$140,940

90th Percentile

$212,420

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $147,190 +42% above national
2 Wisconsin $137,400 +32% above national
3 New York $136,170 +31% above national
4 Delaware $135,610 +30% above national
5 New Jersey $130,520 +26% above national
6 Maryland $125,730 +21% above national
7 California $123,840 +19% above national
8 Massachusetts $122,970 +18% above national
9 Wyoming $113,160 +9% above national
10 Washington $110,310 +6% above national
11 Connecticut $109,700 +6% above national
12 Oregon $109,480 +5% above national
13 Virginia $108,750 +5% above national
14 New Hampshire $107,600 +4% above national
15 South Dakota $107,110 +3% above national
16 Rhode Island $107,070 +3% above national
17 Oklahoma $106,650 +3% above national
18 District of Columbia $106,530 +2% above national
19 Georgia $105,950 +2% above national
20 Kansas $105,870 +2% above national
21 Kentucky $105,660 +2% above national
22 New Mexico $105,350 +1% above national
23 Missouri $105,050 +1% above national
24 Michigan $104,920 +1% above national
25 Colorado $104,650 +1% above national
26 Tennessee $104,230 same as national
27 Montana $102,150 2% below national
28 Texas $102,150 2% below national
29 Arizona $102,080 2% below national
30 Minnesota $101,700 2% below national
31 Louisiana $101,660 2% below national
32 Pennsylvania $100,320 4% below national
33 Utah $100,110 4% below national
34 North Carolina $99,910 4% below national
35 North Dakota $99,690 4% below national
36 Alabama $99,290 4% below national
37 Vermont $98,750 5% below national
38 Indiana $98,660 5% below national
39 Idaho $98,270 5% below national
40 Illinois $95,520 8% below national
41 Hawaii $95,160 8% below national
42 Nevada $88,880 15% below national
43 Florida $87,470 16% below national
44 Iowa $86,470 17% below national
45 Nebraska $86,440 17% below national
46 Mississippi $85,670 18% below national
47 West Virginia $85,260 18% below national
48 Maine $84,850 18% below national
49 South Carolina $83,710 19% below national
50 Ohio $82,640 21% below national
51 Arkansas $79,020 24% below national
52 Puerto Rico $76,930 26% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Binghamton, NY $180,760 +74% above national
2 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $177,670 +71% above national
3 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $170,460 +64% above national
4 Napa, CA $163,380 +57% above national
5 Salisbury, MD $141,910 +37% above national
6 Merced, CA $140,160 +35% above national
7 Ann Arbor, MI $138,900 +34% above national
8 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $137,560 +32% above national
9 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $137,490 +32% above national
10 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $136,880 +32% above national
11 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $136,820 +32% above national
12 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $135,980 +31% above national
13 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $135,590 +30% above national
14 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $135,430 +30% above national
15 Ithaca, NY $134,250 +29% above national
16 Madison, WI $133,280 +28% above national
17 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $132,790 +28% above national
18 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $132,470 +27% above national
19 Rochester, NY $132,150 +27% above national
20 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $132,000 +27% above national
21 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $131,910 +27% above national
22 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $131,730 +27% above national
23 Vallejo, CA $131,530 +27% above national
24 Bowling Green, KY $131,250 +26% above national
25 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $130,780 +26% above national
26 Visalia, CA $130,750 +26% above national
27 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $129,330 +24% above national
28 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $129,000 +24% above national
29 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $128,810 +24% above national
30 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $128,170 +23% above national
31 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $128,110 +23% above national
32 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $127,650 +23% above national
33 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $127,260 +22% above national
34 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $126,810 +22% above national
35 Syracuse, NY $126,680 +22% above national
36 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $126,620 +22% above national
37 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $126,150 +21% above national
38 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $125,710 +21% above national
39 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $125,330 +21% above national
40 Kenosha, WI $124,780 +20% above national
41 Salem, OR $124,190 +19% above national
42 Chico, CA $123,580 +19% above national
43 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $123,540 +19% above national
44 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $123,410 +19% above national
45 Richmond, VA $122,910 +18% above national
46 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $122,060 +17% above national
47 Fresno, CA $121,430 +17% above national
48 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $121,040 +16% above national
49 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $120,970 +16% above national
50 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $120,760 +16% above national
51 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $120,270 +16% above national
52 Modesto, CA $119,600 +15% above national
53 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $117,790 +13% above national
54 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $116,840 +12% above national
55 Topeka, KS $115,540 +11% above national
56 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $115,080 +11% above national
57 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $113,110 +9% above national
58 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $113,100 +9% above national
59 Eugene-Springfield, OR $111,990 +8% above national
60 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $111,900 +8% above national
61 Johnson City, TN $111,810 +8% above national
62 Mobile, AL $111,630 +7% above national
63 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $111,460 +7% above national
64 Mayaguez, PR $111,430 +7% above national
65 New Haven, CT $110,810 +7% above national
66 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $110,800 +7% above national
67 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $110,310 +6% above national
68 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $110,160 +6% above national
69 Iowa City, IA $109,960 +6% above national
70 Reading, PA $109,950 +6% above national
71 Grand Forks, ND-MN $109,790 +6% above national
72 Savannah, GA $109,660 +5% above national
73 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $109,480 +5% above national
74 Manhattan, KS $108,890 +5% above national
75 Baton Rouge, LA $108,670 +5% above national
76 Lexington Park, MD $108,240 +4% above national
77 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $108,200 +4% above national
78 Columbia, MO $108,020 +4% above national
79 Wichita, KS $107,780 +4% above national
80 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $107,480 +3% above national
81 Huntsville, AL $107,460 +3% above national
82 Oklahoma City, OK $107,400 +3% above national
83 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $107,330 +3% above national
84 Greenville, NC $107,310 +3% above national
85 Fargo, ND-MN $107,280 +3% above national
86 Flint, MI $106,780 +3% above national
87 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $106,750 +3% above national
88 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $106,470 +2% above national
89 Anniston-Oxford, AL $106,420 +2% above national
90 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $106,380 +2% above national
91 Anchorage, AK $106,280 +2% above national
92 Albuquerque, NM $106,150 +2% above national
93 St. Louis, MO-IL $106,060 +2% above national
94 Raleigh-Cary, NC $105,950 +2% above national
95 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $105,930 +2% above national
96 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $105,850 +2% above national
97 Santa Fe, NM $105,690 +2% above national
98 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $105,680 +2% above national
99 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $105,670 +2% above national
100 Lexington-Fayette, KY $105,660 +2% above national
101 Valdosta, GA $105,660 +2% above national
102 Kansas City, MO-KS $105,600 +2% above national
103 Worcester, MA $105,530 +2% above national
104 Peoria, IL $105,420 +1% above national
105 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $105,400 +1% above national
106 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $105,300 +1% above national
107 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $105,220 +1% above national
108 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $105,150 +1% above national
109 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $105,060 +1% above national
110 Fayetteville, NC $104,990 +1% above national
111 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $104,830 +1% above national
112 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $104,760 +1% above national
113 Barnstable Town, MA $104,550 +1% above national
114 Cedar Rapids, IA $104,350 same as national
115 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $104,240 same as national
116 Tulsa, OK $104,230 same as national
117 Bend, OR $104,160 same as national
118 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $103,950 same as national
119 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $103,800 same as national
120 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $103,470 same as national
121 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $103,260 1% below national
122 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $103,240 1% below national
123 Springfield, MA $103,010 1% below national
124 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $102,920 1% below national
125 Yuma, AZ $102,640 1% below national
126 Bangor, ME $102,550 1% below national
127 Naples-Marco Island, FL $102,480 1% below national
128 Wilmington, NC $102,350 2% below national
129 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $102,310 2% below national
130 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $102,230 2% below national
131 Medford, OR $102,210 2% below national
132 College Station-Bryan, TX $102,160 2% below national
133 Missoula, MT $102,150 2% below national
134 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $101,960 2% below national
135 Roanoke, VA $101,930 2% below national
136 St. Cloud, MN $101,850 2% below national
137 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $101,670 2% below national
138 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $101,660 2% below national
139 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $101,620 2% below national
140 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $101,600 2% below national
141 Mankato, MN $101,550 2% below national
142 Tucson, AZ $101,500 2% below national
143 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $101,450 2% below national
144 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $101,420 2% below national
145 Montgomery, AL $101,350 3% below national
146 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $101,340 3% below national
147 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $101,240 3% below national
148 Greensboro-High Point, NC $101,220 3% below national
149 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $101,110 3% below national
150 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $101,060 3% below national
151 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $100,700 3% below national
152 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $100,630 3% below national
153 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $100,460 3% below national
154 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $100,250 4% below national
155 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $100,180 4% below national
156 Reno, NV $99,920 4% below national
157 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $99,840 4% below national
158 Coeur d'Alene, ID $99,720 4% below national
159 Springfield, MO $99,720 4% below national
160 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $99,460 4% below national
161 Duluth, MN-WI $99,420 4% below national
162 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $99,410 4% below national
163 Warner Robins, GA $99,330 4% below national
164 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $99,260 5% below national
165 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $99,040 5% below national
166 Toledo, OH $99,010 5% below national
167 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $98,800 5% below national
168 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $98,550 5% below national
169 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $98,520 5% below national
170 Columbus, OH $98,500 5% below national
171 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $98,370 5% below national
172 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $98,280 5% below national
173 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $98,260 5% below national
174 Columbia, SC $98,160 6% below national
175 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $98,160 6% below national
176 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $98,150 6% below national
177 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $98,130 6% below national
178 Pittsburgh, PA $97,860 6% below national
179 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $97,660 6% below national
180 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $97,640 6% below national
181 Columbus, GA-AL $97,570 6% below national
182 Boise City, ID $97,430 6% below national
183 Manchester-Nashua, NH $97,190 7% below national
184 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $97,000 7% below national
185 Colorado Springs, CO $96,970 7% below national
186 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $96,910 7% below national
187 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $96,830 7% below national
188 Jefferson City, MO $96,780 7% below national
189 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $96,620 7% below national
190 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $96,480 7% below national
191 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $96,390 7% below national
192 Erie, PA $96,150 8% below national
193 Jacksonville, FL $96,130 8% below national
194 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $96,090 8% below national
195 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $95,830 8% below national
196 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $95,810 8% below national
197 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $95,660 8% below national
198 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $95,270 8% below national
199 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $95,100 9% below national
200 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $95,030 9% below national
201 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $94,990 9% below national
202 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $94,860 9% below national
203 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $94,750 9% below national
204 Winston-Salem, NC $94,420 9% below national
205 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $94,240 9% below national
206 Tyler, TX $94,150 9% below national
207 Abilene, TX $93,860 10% below national
208 El Paso, TX $93,100 10% below national
209 Lancaster, PA $92,910 11% below national
210 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $92,720 11% below national
211 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $92,030 11% below national
212 Albany, GA $92,000 12% below national
213 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $91,630 12% below national
214 Asheville, NC $90,660 13% below national
215 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $89,890 14% below national
216 Johnstown, PA $88,840 15% below national
217 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $88,480 15% below national
218 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $87,720 16% below national
219 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $87,000 16% below national
220 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $86,970 16% below national
221 Tuscaloosa, AL $86,940 16% below national
222 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $86,830 16% below national
223 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $86,820 16% below national
224 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $86,700 17% below national
225 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $86,500 17% below national
226 Flagstaff, AZ $86,320 17% below national
227 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $86,050 17% below national
228 Birmingham, AL $85,880 17% below national
229 Omaha, NE-IA $85,870 17% below national
230 Knoxville, TN $85,720 18% below national
231 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $85,690 18% below national
232 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $85,670 18% below national
233 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $85,500 18% below national
234 Pueblo, CO $85,420 18% below national
235 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $85,400 18% below national
236 Morristown, TN $85,320 18% below national
237 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $85,300 18% below national
238 Gadsden, AL $85,160 18% below national
239 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $85,050 18% below national
240 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $84,920 18% below national
241 Portland-South Portland, ME $84,850 18% below national
242 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $84,760 18% below national
243 Ogden, UT $84,720 19% below national
244 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $84,710 19% below national
245 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $84,640 19% below national
246 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $84,640 19% below national
247 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $84,630 19% below national
248 Cleveland, OH $84,080 19% below national
249 Canton-Massillon, OH $83,750 19% below national
250 York-Hanover, PA $83,680 20% below national
251 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $83,550 20% below national
252 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $83,360 20% below national
253 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $83,330 20% below national
254 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $83,140 20% below national
255 Spartanburg, SC $83,070 20% below national
256 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $82,740 20% below national
257 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $82,700 20% below national
258 Lafayette, LA $82,640 21% below national
259 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $82,440 21% below national
260 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $82,330 21% below national
261 Athens-Clarke County, GA $82,230 21% below national
262 Lubbock, TX $82,150 21% below national
263 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $81,660 21% below national
264 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $81,540 22% below national
265 Evansville, IN $81,500 22% below national
266 Rocky Mount, NC $81,480 22% below national
267 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $81,470 22% below national
268 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $81,450 22% below national
269 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $81,440 22% below national
270 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $81,180 22% below national
271 Akron, OH $81,120 22% below national
272 Joplin, MO-KS $81,000 22% below national
273 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $80,970 22% below national
274 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $80,890 22% below national
275 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $80,880 22% below national
276 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $80,850 22% below national
277 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $80,820 22% below national
278 Laredo, TX $80,530 23% below national
279 Terre Haute, IN $80,450 23% below national
280 Killeen-Temple, TX $80,300 23% below national
281 Fort Wayne, IN $80,140 23% below national
282 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $80,110 23% below national
283 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $79,940 23% below national
284 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $79,810 23% below national
285 Rockford, IL $79,710 23% below national
286 St. George, UT $79,700 23% below national
287 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $79,690 23% below national
288 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $79,590 23% below national
289 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $79,420 24% below national
290 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $79,180 24% below national
291 Longview, TX $78,970 24% below national
292 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $78,770 24% below national
293 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $78,620 24% below national
294 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $78,540 24% below national
295 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $78,360 25% below national
296 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $78,350 25% below national
297 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $78,200 25% below national
298 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $78,020 25% below national
299 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $77,860 25% below national
300 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $77,820 25% below national
301 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $77,590 25% below national
302 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $77,530 25% below national
303 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $77,280 26% below national
304 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $76,670 26% below national
305 Charleston, WV $76,390 27% below national
306 Rome, GA $76,030 27% below national
307 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $75,850 27% below national
308 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $75,540 27% below national
309 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $75,230 28% below national
310 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $75,190 28% below national
311 Jackson, TN $74,220 29% below national
312 Fort Smith, AR-OK $74,040 29% below national
313 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $72,380 30% below national
314 Wheeling, WV-OH $70,440 32% below national
315 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $69,520 33% below national
316 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $67,370 35% below national
317 Arecibo, PR $66,060 36% below national
318 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $63,120 39% below national
319 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $62,570 40% below national
320 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $61,520 41% below national
321 Aguadilla, PR $60,030 42% below national
322 Ponce, PR $41,480 60% below national

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