Education Administrators, Postsecondary Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Education Administrators, Postsecondary positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$103,960

National average

Salary Range

$63,820 – $212,420

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Education Administrators, Postsecondary Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Binghamton, NY$180,760$85,040N/A
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$177,670$76,330N/A
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$170,460$79,620N/A
Napa, CA$163,380$82,950$209,280
Alaska$147,190$76,870$178,870
Salisbury, MD$141,910$65,510$231,250
Merced, CA$140,160$88,710N/A
Ann Arbor, MI$138,900$84,740N/A
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$137,560$104,770$186,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$137,490$83,350$219,710
Wisconsin$137,400$104,500$186,500
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$136,880$93,840N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$136,820$97,110$222,520
New York$136,170$85,010$237,380
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$135,980$96,290$219,350
Delaware$135,610$84,800N/A
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$135,590$74,350N/A
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$135,430$83,010N/A
Ithaca, NY$134,250$80,620$224,310
Madison, WI$133,280$107,600N/A
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$132,790$82,570$216,110
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$132,470$103,810$171,800
Rochester, NY$132,150$80,220$216,840
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$132,000$81,080$230,000
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$131,910$75,550$210,810
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$131,730$81,710N/A
Vallejo, CA$131,530$82,280$174,210
Bowling Green, KY$131,250$65,950$237,830
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$130,780$65,920$222,340
Visalia, CA$130,750$55,770$186,490
New Jersey$130,520$82,330$226,100
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$129,330$73,350$219,850
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$129,000$83,270N/A
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$128,810$77,900$212,850
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$128,170$80,140$214,600
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$128,110$78,220$222,230
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$127,650$80,910$205,020
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$127,260$77,770N/A
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$126,810$65,130N/A
Syracuse, NY$126,680$75,580$208,710
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$126,620$76,720$218,500
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$126,150$75,550$231,290
Maryland$125,730$76,440$222,300
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$125,710$76,710$214,590
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$125,330$65,320$233,440
Kenosha, WI$124,780$108,000$170,970
Salem, OR$124,190$68,450$183,260
California$123,840$76,180$215,020
Chico, CA$123,580$78,410$162,220
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$123,540$81,500N/A
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$123,410$77,280$186,400
Massachusetts$122,970$68,580$215,950
Richmond, VA$122,910$78,020N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$122,060$75,230N/A
Fresno, CA$121,430$77,040$204,010
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$121,040$73,870$169,080
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$120,970$74,670$215,080
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$120,760$78,610$219,480
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$120,270$92,080$174,750
Modesto, CA$119,600$81,390$169,670
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$117,790$74,010$201,280
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$116,840$66,500$211,200
Topeka, KS$115,540$59,040$213,710
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$115,080$64,150$171,380
Wyoming$113,160$51,590$162,140
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$113,110$77,130$190,380
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$113,100$49,580$138,920
Eugene-Springfield, OR$111,990$77,950$207,220
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$111,900$58,310$234,080
Johnson City, TN$111,810$52,560$231,770
Mobile, AL$111,630$61,840$237,190
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$111,460$70,530$163,950
Mayaguez, PR$111,430$40,440$129,800
New Haven, CT$110,810$66,350$183,390
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$110,800$78,280$181,180
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$110,310$84,870$188,760
Washington$110,310$81,750$221,560
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$110,160$55,300N/A
Iowa City, IA$109,960$65,670$235,310
Reading, PA$109,950$68,860$162,540
Grand Forks, ND-MN$109,790$66,600N/A
Connecticut$109,700$65,320$208,310
Savannah, GA$109,660$79,390$173,470
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$109,480$63,470$216,000
Oregon$109,480$63,470$216,150
Manhattan, KS$108,890$53,470$228,570
Virginia$108,750$65,770$228,280
Baton Rouge, LA$108,670$67,230$220,910
Lexington Park, MD$108,240$64,450$167,980
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$108,200$66,730$214,810
Columbia, MO$108,020$61,820N/A
Wichita, KS$107,780$51,240$238,980
New Hampshire$107,600$68,620$205,190
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$107,480$70,500$213,380
Huntsville, AL$107,460$64,070$230,660
Oklahoma City, OK$107,400$59,960$222,760
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$107,330$68,700N/A
Greenville, NC$107,310$65,760$218,660
Fargo, ND-MN$107,280$65,070$224,360
South Dakota$107,110$82,570$220,040
Rhode Island$107,070$63,600$211,850
Flint, MI$106,780$60,400$197,670
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$106,750$66,720$228,060
Oklahoma$106,650$59,420$224,270
District of Columbia$106,530$68,020$225,410
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$106,470$68,150$130,360
Anniston-Oxford, AL$106,420$64,670$144,920
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$106,380$59,100$167,580
Anchorage, AK$106,280$70,000$162,100
Albuquerque, NM$106,150$78,770$173,150
St. Louis, MO-IL$106,060$62,070$220,820
Raleigh-Cary, NC$105,950$65,510$218,650
Georgia$105,950$67,030$223,780
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$105,930$68,770$221,540
Kansas$105,870$53,890$221,330
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$105,850$64,900$175,090
Santa Fe, NM$105,690$73,830$157,880
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$105,680$65,940$217,920
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$105,670$64,070$223,730
Valdosta, GA$105,660$65,110$166,280
Kentucky$105,660$67,710$221,540
Lexington-Fayette, KY$105,660$74,680N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS$105,600$62,600$232,180
Worcester, MA$105,530$67,820$202,190
Peoria, IL$105,420$65,090$173,550
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$105,400$76,870$154,210
New Mexico$105,350$69,270$172,080
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$105,300$75,850$170,880
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$105,220$46,300$231,070
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$105,150$58,820$200,130
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$105,060$64,100$219,860
Missouri$105,050$58,950$225,540
Fayetteville, NC$104,990$69,240$202,000
Michigan$104,920$60,410$227,710
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$104,830$59,020$186,180
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$104,760$69,020$171,370
Colorado$104,650$68,550$196,570
Barnstable Town, MA$104,550$68,580$186,580
Cedar Rapids, IA$104,350$60,360$145,510
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$104,240$69,940$173,210
Tulsa, OK$104,230$67,060$203,930
Tennessee$104,230$64,020$231,410
Bend, OR$104,160$81,040$174,750
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$103,950$80,660$140,140
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$103,800$48,850$162,820
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$103,470$58,200$178,020
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$103,260$78,480N/A
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$103,240$52,230$168,740
Springfield, MA$103,010$63,450$174,730
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$102,920$76,110$210,820
Yuma, AZ$102,640$63,080$124,500
Bangor, ME$102,550$64,380$172,300
Naples-Marco Island, FL$102,480$60,630$187,170
Wilmington, NC$102,350$64,590$172,950
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$102,310$60,340$207,700
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$102,230$63,020$173,290
Medford, OR$102,210$76,460$127,900
College Station-Bryan, TX$102,160$64,650$214,140
Montana$102,150$63,590$179,310
Texas$102,150$65,230$210,820
Missoula, MT$102,150$63,590$224,040
Arizona$102,080$63,960$213,770
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$101,960$61,720$218,880
Roanoke, VA$101,930$55,080$177,110
St. Cloud, MN$101,850$65,540$161,200
Minnesota$101,700$68,760$169,920
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$101,670$68,670$178,210
Louisiana$101,660$63,710$181,620
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$101,660$61,630$166,570
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$101,620$65,630$222,630
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$101,600$63,720$205,270
Mankato, MN$101,550$74,100$171,460
Tucson, AZ$101,500$63,960$213,770
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$101,450$66,600$173,000
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$101,420$62,080$204,460
Montgomery, AL$101,350$50,940$164,460
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$101,340$59,570$129,310
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$101,240$63,610$220,030
Greensboro-High Point, NC$101,220$61,950$223,640
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$101,110$61,800N/A
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$101,060$60,730$148,690
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$100,700$52,640$138,170
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$100,630$64,260$193,140
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$100,460$64,460$219,200
Pennsylvania$100,320$66,300$198,610
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$100,250$60,920$180,780
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$100,180$67,650$212,640
Utah$100,110$47,610$236,430
Reno, NV$99,920$63,070$174,710
North Carolina$99,910$63,480$178,610
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$99,840$71,730$138,190
Springfield, MO$99,720$51,340$211,910
Coeur d'Alene, ID$99,720$61,050$168,500
North Dakota$99,690$61,930$224,360
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$99,460$63,080$167,940
Duluth, MN-WI$99,420$71,540$163,670
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$99,410$66,620$186,520
Warner Robins, GA$99,330$80,060$144,020
Alabama$99,290$62,490$220,390
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$99,260$62,500$162,820
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$99,040$73,440$174,980
Toledo, OH$99,010$62,920$174,880
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$98,800$60,010$179,240
Vermont$98,750$64,030$217,920
Indiana$98,660$59,630$209,480
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$98,550$60,560$214,440
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$98,520$54,400$178,140
Columbus, OH$98,500$61,160$202,570
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$98,370$51,150N/A
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$98,280$76,540$139,060
Idaho$98,270$60,790$173,650
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$98,260$60,850$173,620
Columbia, SC$98,160$63,480$164,950
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$98,160$54,030$227,040
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$98,150$54,670$156,240
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$98,130$64,440$136,870
Pittsburgh, PA$97,860$63,280$201,900
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$97,660$62,050$162,920
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$97,640$70,990$138,770
Columbus, GA-AL$97,570$56,640$153,070
Boise City, ID$97,430$56,510$179,850
Manchester-Nashua, NH$97,190$66,570$170,480
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$97,000$51,220$206,660
Colorado Springs, CO$96,970$61,550$180,760
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$96,910$64,010$152,960
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$96,830$67,440$210,440
Jefferson City, MO$96,780$58,190$162,410
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$96,620$62,220$204,560
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$96,480$59,900$221,940
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$96,390$52,230$181,580
Erie, PA$96,150$63,330$213,650
Jacksonville, FL$96,130$61,520$170,230
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$96,090$48,740$162,590
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$95,830$49,100$158,180
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$95,810$66,190$213,300
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$95,660$53,170$173,100
Illinois$95,520$62,390$166,210
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$95,270$66,260$158,020
Hawaii$95,160$51,790$171,750
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$95,100$65,590$133,610
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$95,030$60,830$155,810
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$94,990$53,090$173,310
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$94,860$75,740$200,740
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$94,750$63,120$176,630
Winston-Salem, NC$94,420$61,130$212,830
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$94,240$62,220$214,180
Tyler, TX$94,150$59,060$204,360
Abilene, TX$93,860$61,460$152,270
El Paso, TX$93,100$62,430$160,370
Lancaster, PA$92,910$65,470$159,810
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$92,720$52,450$163,010
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$92,030$63,410$135,350
Albany, GA$92,000$72,060$161,670
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$91,630$66,570$205,350
Asheville, NC$90,660$62,910$171,060
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$89,890$54,380$179,010
Nevada$88,880$58,700$174,860
Johnstown, PA$88,840$59,370$143,010
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$88,480$67,730$164,140
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$87,720$65,680$161,160
Florida$87,470$60,540$160,830
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$87,000$57,090$136,820
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$86,970$64,030$200,450
Tuscaloosa, AL$86,940$72,700$229,180
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$86,830$66,450$147,030
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$86,820$65,560$234,030
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$86,700$65,000$138,700
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$86,500$63,990$183,330
Iowa$86,470$52,620$183,340
Nebraska$86,440$57,080$228,730
Flagstaff, AZ$86,320$68,300$174,740
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$86,050$54,250$145,240
Birmingham, AL$85,880$62,360$234,220
Omaha, NE-IA$85,870$64,400$181,020
Knoxville, TN$85,720$66,990$231,410
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$85,690$54,230$129,680
Mississippi$85,670$52,530$234,480
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$85,670$53,760$223,600
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$85,500$60,870$158,850
Pueblo, CO$85,420$69,730$135,160
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$85,400$64,580$175,180
Morristown, TN$85,320$54,750$136,970
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$85,300$59,480$155,440
West Virginia$85,260$52,510$215,590
Gadsden, AL$85,160$51,480$136,450
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$85,050$57,780$169,480
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$84,920$62,230$154,240
Portland-South Portland, ME$84,850$63,910$172,170
Maine$84,850$63,450$172,170
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$84,760$53,280$179,190
Ogden, UT$84,720$56,030$178,910
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$84,710$65,480$127,200
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$84,640$52,920N/A
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$84,640$54,030$177,690
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$84,630$52,970$207,030
Cleveland, OH$84,080$55,140$164,000
Canton-Massillon, OH$83,750$48,320$128,580
South Carolina$83,710$53,410$176,200
York-Hanover, PA$83,680$62,010$189,420
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$83,550$61,650$123,310
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$83,360$52,890$176,640
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$83,330$61,810$122,370
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$83,140$58,740$171,440
Spartanburg, SC$83,070$50,150$177,240
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$82,740$59,910$125,520
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$82,700$50,810$157,850
Ohio$82,640$51,630$171,580
Lafayette, LA$82,640$65,120$164,090
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$82,440$55,910$207,460
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$82,330$63,180$130,720
Athens-Clarke County, GA$82,230$53,180$107,220
Lubbock, TX$82,150$64,020$177,150
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$81,660$64,960$139,970
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$81,540$63,540$168,070
Evansville, IN$81,500$41,130$168,700
Rocky Mount, NC$81,480$63,140$123,490
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$81,470$57,920$155,150
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$81,450$48,830$141,470
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$81,440$49,080$176,640
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$81,180$53,500$216,520
Akron, OH$81,120$62,770$224,580
Joplin, MO-KS$81,000$48,860$127,890
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$80,970$63,450$164,460
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$80,890$54,480$137,770
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$80,880$54,230$102,360
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$80,850$59,170$153,210
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$80,820$56,970$128,930
Laredo, TX$80,530$50,240$139,200
Terre Haute, IN$80,450$49,400$171,910
Killeen-Temple, TX$80,300$61,560$158,760
Fort Wayne, IN$80,140$49,000$136,130
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$80,110$60,120$166,170
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$79,940$48,810$161,230
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$79,810$48,680$168,730
Rockford, IL$79,710$48,690$122,590
St. George, UT$79,700$50,680$174,360
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$79,690$47,610$166,710
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$79,590$62,270$132,320
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$79,420$47,070$133,280
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$79,180$58,680$139,550
Arkansas$79,020$50,250$197,520
Longview, TX$78,970$59,900$151,160
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$78,770$50,330$142,960
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$78,620$51,140$151,490
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$78,540$58,680$132,440
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$78,360$60,810$137,320
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$78,350$45,710$129,730
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$78,200$46,510$135,190
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$78,020$55,480$156,600
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$77,860$37,920$121,220
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$77,820$46,590$131,360
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$77,590$50,900$133,560
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$77,530$61,140$139,730
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$77,280$58,820$123,990
Puerto Rico$76,930$37,170$121,220
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$76,670$50,250$168,660
Charleston, WV$76,390$47,110$135,630
Rome, GA$76,030$53,040$163,900
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$75,850$47,280$155,750
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$75,540$44,210$134,890
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$75,230$47,810$161,800
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$75,190$52,890$145,940
Jackson, TN$74,220$49,740$117,270
Fort Smith, AR-OK$74,040$49,010$182,280
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$72,380$49,630$143,780
Wheeling, WV-OH$70,440$49,740$110,630
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$69,520$47,820$102,690
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$67,370$48,090$123,460
Arecibo, PR$66,060$37,360$108,040
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$63,120$49,290$144,590
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$62,570$55,540$134,000
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$61,520$49,570$129,990
Aguadilla, PR$60,030$32,060$106,210
Ponce, PR$41,480$30,830$80,140

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Education Administrators, Postsecondary make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Education Administrators, Postsecondary is $103,960, with a typical range of $63,820 – $212,420 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Education Administrators, Postsecondary?β–Ύ

Entry-level Education Administrators, Postsecondary positions typically start around $63,820 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Education Administrators, Postsecondarys tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.