Education Administrators, Postsecondary salary
The median pay for education administrators, postsecondary in the United States is $104,590 a year. About 180,470 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $64,560
- 25th percentile
- $80,870
- Median percentile
- $104,590
- 75th percentile
- $144,370
- 90th percentile
- $215,620
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
How to become: education, skills and job outlook
Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- New York $139,640
- New Jersey $131,570
- Massachusetts $128,970
- Delaware $128,570
- Wyoming $127,960
- Washington $127,630
- South Dakota $126,160
- California $125,460
- Wisconsin $124,960
- Connecticut $123,190
- Oregon $120,110
- Colorado $118,440
- Kentucky $114,310
- Georgia $110,200
- Kansas $110,020
- New Mexico $109,480
- Michigan $108,500
- District of Columbia $107,390
- Rhode Island $106,520
- Oklahoma $105,830
- Minnesota $104,740
- Missouri $104,560
- Vermont $104,450
- Texas $104,390
- New Hampshire $104,190
- Pennsylvania $103,740
- Arizona $103,280
- Alaska $103,080
- Montana $102,980
- North Dakota $101,600
- Idaho $101,200
- North Carolina $101,060
- Tennessee $100,850
- Utah $100,420
- Alabama $100,030
- Illinois $99,770
- Louisiana $98,840
- Indiana $98,000
- Nebraska $96,030
- South Carolina $95,570
- Iowa $89,320
- Nevada $88,810
- Maine $88,180
- Ohio $87,370
- Mississippi $86,590
- West Virginia $84,660
- Hawaii $81,020
- Arkansas $78,240
By metro area
- Augusta, GA $177,150
- Santa Cruz, CA $172,410
- Binghamton, NY $166,660
- Yakima, WA $166,310
- Merced, CA $165,620
- Lansing, MI $158,720
- Visalia, CA $156,010
- San Jose, CA $154,140
- Santa Maria, CA $153,950
- Ann Arbor, MI $144,340
- Lafayette, IN $141,700
- Atlantic City, NJ $141,310
- Lawrence, KS $140,710
- Rochester, NY $139,640
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $138,670
- New York, NY $137,800
- Lexington, KY $137,250
- San Francisco, CA $136,030
- Appleton, WI $135,690
- Kiryas Joel, NY $135,090
- Albany, NY $134,980
- Harrisonburg, VA $134,270
- Seattle, WA $133,000
- Spokane, WA $132,530
- Vallejo, CA $132,500
- Ithaca, NY $132,470
- Bowling Green, KY $131,880
- Boulder, CO $131,350
- New Haven, CT $131,190
- Boston, MA $131,130
- Hartford, CT $130,370
- Syracuse, NY $130,200
- Salem, OR $129,510
- Buffalo, NY $129,320
- Greeley, CO $128,750
- Atlanta, GA $128,620
- Sacramento, CA $128,270
- Richmond, VA $126,850
- Riverside, CA $126,620
- Milwaukee, WI $126,430
- Flint, MI $125,730
- San Diego, CA $125,470
- Washington, DC $125,460
- Los Angeles, CA $125,230
- Austin, TX $125,190
- La Crosse, WI $125,100
- Green Bay, WI $124,960
- Eau Claire, WI $124,910
- Modesto, CA $123,830
- Oxnard, CA $123,260
- Norwich, CT $122,260
- Denver, CO $120,560
- Portland, OR $120,110
- Bellingham, WA $119,240
- Bakersfield, CA $119,160
- Chico, CA $118,710
- Fresno, CA $118,130
- Philadelphia, PA $117,980
- Columbia, MO $117,570
- Santa Fe, NM $114,690
- Reading, PA $114,260
- Dover, DE $113,470
- Manhattan, KS $113,160
- Wichita, KS $112,010
- Greenville, NC $111,510
- Fargo, ND $111,490
- Oklahoma City, OK $111,460
- Kansas City, MO $110,740
- Albuquerque, NM $110,320
- Amherst Town, MA $109,940
- Burlington, VT $109,820
- Cedar Rapids, IA $108,400
- Bend, OR $108,250
- Minneapolis, MN $108,060
- Ogden, UT $107,890
- Reno, NV $107,450
- Fort Collins, CO $107,310
- St. Cloud, MN $107,250
- Springfield, MA $107,050
- Valdosta, GA $106,900
- Waterbury, CT $106,890
- Charleston, SC $106,800
- Utica, NY $106,750
- Providence, RI $106,520
- College Station, TX $106,370
- Detroit, MI $105,980
- Erie, PA $105,910
- Topeka, KS $105,910
- San Antonio, TX $105,890
- Jackson, MS $105,870
- Barnstable Town, MA $105,810
- Houston, TX $105,700
- Bridgeport, CT $105,540
- Walla Walla, WA $105,390
- Greensboro, NC $105,180
- Memphis, TN $105,080
- Harrisburg, PA $104,970
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $104,960
- St. Louis, MO $104,940
- Worcester, MA $104,910
- Anchorage, AK $104,770
- Provo, UT $104,770
- Duluth, MN $104,730
- Bloomington, IL $103,350
- Baton Rouge, LA $103,340
- Colorado Springs, CO $103,310
- Boise City, ID $103,260
- Cincinnati, OH $103,150
- Pueblo, CO $103,150
- Jonesboro, AR $103,100
- Lafayette, LA $103,070
- Naples, FL $103,040
- Wilmington, NC $103,000
- Dallas, TX $102,990
- Tulsa, OK $102,940
- Lincoln, NE $102,750
- Morgantown, WV $102,600
- Redding, CA $102,420
- Allentown, PA $102,370
- Johnson City, TN $102,330