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Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in NM

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in NM have a median annual salary of $107,720, with 2,290 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $83,860 at the 10th percentile to $133,580 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

$107,720

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

2,290

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$83,860
10th
$98,970
25th
$107,720
Median
$129,070
75th
$133,580
90th

Local compared with national

NM

$107,720

Median annual · 2025

United States

$105,870

Median annual · 2025

The NM median is 1.7% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $1,850).

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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