Education
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
Median salary (BLS)
$105,870
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$76k – $168k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $85,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Entry / Junior
$76,280
~2 yrs to advance
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Established
$105,870
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Senior
$136,820
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
- •Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- •Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- •Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Education
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
- Vanderbilt University7% admit · $88,000 grad pay
- University of Virginia19% admit · $85,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.