School Administrator Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Nationally, there are 226,000 working as school administrators. This occupation has a very low ranking for joblessness. The jobless rate for employees was about 2% in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

School administrators per capita is greatest in Madera (California), Yuba City (California), and Visalia (California). Tampa (Florida), West Palm Beach (Florida), and Orlando (Florida) have the fewest per capita.

The highest salaries for workers are found in Nassau (New York), Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Santa Ana (California), and the lowest-paying areas are in Knoxville (Tennessee), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Madera (California).

Training and Education

A bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience is generally expected for employees. Recent data shows that 78% of school administrators have a degree. Workers with some schooling beyond high school, but not a four college degree, represent about 15% of the total. A high school diploma or GED, without further education, is held by 6% of employees. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

School administrators working less than full time, whether by design or chance, were 8% of the total. Approximately 3% of people who work as workers are self-employed.

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School Administrators Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of school administrators compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for school administrators.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$77,000	700
Mobile	$67,000	270
Montgomery	$69,000	260
Huntsville	$75,000	220
Tuscaloosa	$75,000	130
Gadsden	$69,000	110
Decatur	$84,000	100
Dothan	$71,000	100
Florence	$74,000	90
Anniston	$71,000	80
Auburn	$69,000	80

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$78,000	2,230
Tucson	$81,000	400
Kingman	$72,000	140
Yuma	$79,000	90
Flagstaff	$68,000	70
Prescott	$67,000	70

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$73,000	490
Fayetteville	$76,000	290
Fort Smith	$70,000	230
Pine Bluff	$70,000	90
Jonesboro	$68,000	90
Hot Springs	$71,000	70

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$105,000	2,250
San Diego	$111,000	1,820
Santa Ana	$110,000	1,650
Sacramento	$91,000	1,560
Oakland	$99,000	1,530
San Jose	$103,000	1,300
San Francisco	$107,000	1,000
Fresno	$95,000	810
Bakersfield	$97,000	600
Salinas	$90,000	560
Stockton	$103,000	560
Oxnard	$97,000	530
Visalia	$86,000	520
Modesto	$101,000	360
Santa Barbara	$80,000	350
Santa Rosa	$86,000	350
Vallejo	$100,000	290
Santa Cruz	$103,000	200
Yuba City	$106,000	190
Merced	$100,000	190
Madera	$54,000	180
San Luis Obispo	$101,000	170
Chico	$99,000	140
Napa	$105,000	130
El Centro	$103,000	120
Redding	$90,000	120
Hanford	$93,000	60

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$82,000	1,620
Colorado Springs	$77,000	560
Boulder	$86,000	220
Greeley	$75,000	190
Fort Collins	$90,000	170

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$106,000	1,030
Bridgeport	$110,000	870
New Haven	$106,000	550
Norwich	$96,000	190
Waterbury	$105,000	140
Danbury	$106,000	110

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$106,000	520

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$96,000	3,630

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$85,000	710
Miami	$94,000	610
Orlando	$91,000	480
Jacksonville	$82,000	430
West Palm Beach	$100,000	300
Cape Coral		220
Tallahassee	$78,000	200
Sarasota	$90,000	160
Port St Lucie	$86,000	130
Naples	$86,000	110
Sebastian	$88,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$85,000	4,240
Augusta	$104,000	430
Columbus	$64,000	310
Savannah	$78,000	300
Macon	$78,000	140
Dalton	$83,000	120
Gainesville	$85,000	110
Athens	$87,000	110
Valdosta	$71,000	100
Rome	$82,000	90
Albany	$89,000	90
Brunswick	$71,000	80

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$90,000	690

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$82,000	310
Idaho Falls	$75,000	90
Pocatello	$66,000	70
Lewiston	$84,000	30

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$115,000	7,140
Peoria	$82,000	360
Rockford	$92,000	330
Champaign	$89,000	160
Bloomington	$82,000	100
Decatur	$87,000	100
Danville	$88,000	70
Kankakee	$93,000	70

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$84,000	940
Gary	$78,000	430
Fort Wayne	$80,000	320
Evansville	$76,000	200
South Bend	$78,000	190
Elkhart	$83,000	140
Terre Haute	$74,000	110
Lafayette	$85,000	80
Bloomington	$73,000	70
Muncie	$74,000	70
Kokomo	$72,000	70
Anderson	$82,000	60
Michigan City	$75,000	60

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$82,000	340
Davenport	$87,000	300
Cedar Rapids	$78,000	160
Waterloo	$75,000	110
Sioux City	$69,000	110
Dubuque	$73,000	80
Iowa City	$82,000	70
Ames	$79,000	50

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$72,000	430
Topeka	$73,000	170
Lawrence	$74,000	60

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$87,000	960
Lexington	$77,000	270
Elizabethtown	$77,000	90
Owensboro	$84,000	90
Bowling Green	$73,000	80

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$66,000	710
Baton Rouge	$65,000	540
Shreveport	$67,000	390
Monroe	$65,000	170
Alexandria	$64,000	130

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$74,000	350
Bangor	$66,000	140
Lewiston	$72,000	130

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$90,000	2,640
Bethesda	$104,000	1,320
Hagerstown	$71,000	260
Salisbury	$81,000	120
Cumberland	$87,000	100

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$95,000	3,040
Springfield	$82,000	670
Worcester	$94,000	540
Lowell	$94,000	260
Framingham	$97,000	240
Haverhill	$88,000	220
New Bedford	$86,000	170
Barnstable Town	$91,000	170
Brockton	$90,000	150
Leominster	$94,000	120
Taunton	$84,000	100
Lawrence	$82,000	90
Pittsfield	$82,000	80

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$101,000	1,310
Detroit	$93,000	970
Grand Rapids	$85,000	440
Lansing	$85,000	250
Flint	$90,000	250
Kalamazoo	$83,000	180
Ann Arbor	$95,000	130
Muskegon	$88,000	130
Saginaw	$86,000	130
Battle Creek	$79,000	110
Jackson	$75,000	110
Niles	$77,000	100
Holland	$85,000	90
Monroe	$85,000	70
Bay City	$80,000	50

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$95,000	1,910
Duluth	$79,000	130
St Cloud	$89,000	90
Rochester	$85,000	80

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$72,000	360
Gulfport	$73,000	140
Pascagoula	$70,000	120
Hattiesburg	$72,000	120

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$87,000	2,000
Kansas City	$83,000	1,530
Springfield	$69,000	260
Joplin	$71,000	120
Columbia	$71,000	110
Jefferson City	$64,000	100
St Joseph	$66,000	80

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$66,000	90
Missoula	$82,000	70
Great Falls	$72,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$76,000	570
Lincoln	$90,000	110

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$86,000	1,000

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$78,000	190
Manchester	$76,000	130
Rochester	$76,000	80
Portsmouth	$77,000	60

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$96,000	2,310
Newark	$110,000	2,210
Camden	$99,000	1,130
Trenton	$101,000	400
Atlantic City	$95,000	270
Vineland	$97,000	170
Ocean City	$93,000	100

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$73,000	230
Las Cruces	$76,000	220
Farmington	$80,000	130

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$105,000	10,420
Nassau	$124,000	2,100
Rochester	$91,000	900
Buffalo	$86,000	680
Albany	$93,000	530
Syracuse	$88,000	490
Poughkeepsie	$101,000	470
Utica	$85,000	200
Binghamton	$91,000	170
Kingston	$101,000	120
Glens Falls	$94,000	100
Elmira	$80,000	80
Ithaca	$86,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Raleigh	$72,000	1,500
Greensboro	$73,000	630
Winston Salem	$68,000	580
Durham	$81,000	400
Asheville	$67,000	370
Fayetteville	$58,000	300
Wilmington	$66,000	270
Hickory	$66,000	270
Greenville	$67,000	150
Rocky Mount	$70,000	150
Burlington	$61,000	80

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$89,000	110
Grand Forks	$77,000	70
Bismarck	$88,000	60

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$98,000	1,740
Cincinnati	$93,000	1,580
Columbus	$93,000	1,230
Dayton	$98,000	910
Akron	$91,000	520
Toledo	$84,000	490
Youngstown	$83,000	430
Canton	$93,000	300
Springfield	$78,000	110
Mansfield	$78,000	100
Sandusky	$87,000	80
Lima	$89,000	80

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$63,000	820
Tulsa	$68,000	670
Lawton	$63,000	90

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$89,000	1,450
Salem	$82,000	290
Eugene	$78,000	230
Bend	$78,000	120
Medford	$91,000	100
Corvallis	$78,000	40

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$98,000	2,500
Pittsburgh	$88,000	1,630
Allentown	$85,000	560
Harrisburg	$78,000	360
Scranton	$86,000	340
Reading	$86,000	240
York	$87,000	240
Lancaster	$83,000	230
Erie	$84,000	210
Johnstown	$86,000	130
Altoona	$81,000	90
Lebanon	$86,000	70
Williamsport	$88,000	60
State College	$86,000	50

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$90,000	1,080

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$75,000	560
Charleston	$75,000	440
Greenville	$75,000	310
Spartanburg	$71,000	220
Florence	$74,000	150
Anderson	$76,000	110
Sumter	$66,000	80

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$68,000	140
Rapid City	$74,000	80

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$74,000	1,240
Memphis	$79,000	860
Knoxville	$57,000	470
Kingsport	$68,000	290
Chattanooga	$81,000	270
Clarksville	$81,000	180
Johnson City	$59,000	120
Jackson	$69,000	110
Cleveland	$73,000	80
Morristown	$66,000	70

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$73,000	4,280
Dallas	$74,000	3,150
San Antonio	$72,000	1,600
Fort Worth	$73,000	1,580
Austin	$68,000	1,170
El Paso	$76,000	700
Mcallen	$70,000	640
Brownsville	$76,000	360
Corpus Christi	$63,000	350
Killeen	$69,000	350
Beaumont	$67,000	270
Waco	$65,000	210
Lubbock	$69,000	210
Longview	$66,000	190
Tyler	$66,000	150
College Station	$67,000	140
Wichita Falls	$62,000	120
Midland	$61,000	120
Abilene	$66,000	110
Texarkana	$64,000	100
Sherman	$70,000	90
Victoria	$61,000	90
San Angelo	$61,000	90

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$79,000	580
Provo	$82,000	330
Ogden	$84,000	300
Logan	$66,000	70
St George	$72,000	60

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$75,000	220

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$74,000	1,270
Richmond	$82,000	870
Roanoke		360
Charlottesville	$74,000	220
Lynchburg	$69,000	170
Winchester	$69,000	140
Blacksburg	$67,000	130
Danville	$70,000	110

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$94,000	1,390
Tacoma	$94,000	490
Spokane	$91,000	280
Yakima	$92,000	220
Kennewick	$91,000	160
Olympia	$92,000	160
Bremerton	$93,000	150
Bellingham	$87,000	120
Wenatchee	$86,000	90
Mount Vernon	$93,000	80
Longview	$94,000	60

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$58,000	360
Huntington	$62,000	270
Parkersburg	$68,000	160
Wheeling	$70,000	110
Weirton	$64,000	90
Morgantown	$55,000	80

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$89,000	820
Madison	$82,000	330
Green Bay	$92,000	210
Racine	$81,000	120
Appleton	$86,000	110
Janesville	$83,000	100
La Crosse	$82,000	90
Eau Claire	$84,000	90
Oshkosh	$85,000	80
Sheboygan	$77,000	60
Wausau	$83,000	40

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$83,000	70

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