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Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in Cleveland, OH

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Cleveland, OH have a median annual salary of $99,230, with 2,440 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $61,090 at the 10th percentile to $131,510 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$99,230

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

2,440

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$61,090
10th
$80,010
25th
$99,230
Median
$120,470
75th
$131,510
90th

Local compared with national

Cleveland, OH

$99,230

Median annual · 2025

United States

$105,870

Median annual · 2025

The Cleveland, OH median is 6.3% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $6,640).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.9
  2. 2.Learning StrategiesImportance 4.9
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.8
  4. 4.SpeakingImportance 4.8
  5. 5.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.8
  6. 6.WritingImportance 4.6
  7. 7.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.6
  8. 8.Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 4.1
  9. 9.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  10. 10.MonitoringImportance 4.0
  11. 11.Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.0
  12. 12.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 4.0

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • 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
  • Google Classroom

Common tasks

  • Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
  • 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.
  • Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary salary in other locations

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