Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Career, Salary and Skills
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $105,870 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 328,330. Wage data is published for 439 locations.
Occupation description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
O*NET code
11-9032.00
Job zone
5
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$105,870
Hourly median
Not published
Employment
328,330
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$76,280
10th
$86,040
25th
$105,870
Median
$134,630
75th
$167,770
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.88 | 5.00 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.88 | 5.00 |
| Speaking | 4.75 | 4.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.75 | 4.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.75 | 4.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.62 | 4.50 |
| Writing | 4.62 | 4.88 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 4.12 | 4.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.00 | 4.75 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.50 |
Typical tasks
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
- Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
Technology
- ACS Technologies HeadMaster
- Apache Cassandra
- Attendance tracking software
- Blackbaud The Education Edge
- Blackboard software
- Bloomz
- Common Curriculum
- Computer Resources MMS
- Desmos
- eDistrict Internet Solutions eDistrict Unified
- Edulastic
- Effexoft EASI
- Geogebra
- Google Calendar
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in TXMedian $93,910 · Employment 37,140
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in CAMedian $159,950 · Employment 31,370
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in New York, NYMedian $163,210 · Employment 20,920
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in NYMedian $138,830 · Employment 19,210
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in FLMedian $96,490 · Employment 16,960
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in ILMedian $113,360 · Employment 14,850
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in PAMedian $118,710 · Employment 14,460
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in OHMedian $99,590 · Employment 12,480
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in NJMedian $137,440 · Employment 11,450
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in NCMedian $83,180 · Employment 11,220
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $128,780 · Employment 11,050
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in MAMedian $128,430 · Employment 10,570
Related careers
- Teaching Assistants, Special EducationNational median not published
- TutorsNational median $43,350
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsNational median $61,540
- Special Education Teachers, KindergartenNational median not published
- School PsychologistsNational median $95,990
- Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special EducationNational median not published
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationNational median $62,680
- Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolNational median $66,810
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.