Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary · SOC 11-9032

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondarys

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 386 metro areas

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$174,260	3,360	1.6
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$171,910	1,170	2.9
3	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$170,970	120	2.2
4	Bellingham, WA	$169,470	180	1.9
5	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$168,540	200	2.2
6	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$166,910	270	2.1
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$165,520	1,730	1.5
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$163,210	20,920	2.2
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$163,200	2,370	1.5
10	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$163,170	120	2.3
11	Vallejo, CA	$163,150	290	2.0
12	Visalia, CA	$163,130	520	3.0
13	Longview-Kelso, WA	$162,170	80	2.0
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$161,590	10,310	1.6
15	Salinas, CA	$161,590	350	1.9
16	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$161,530	290	2.2
17	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$161,380	3,340	1.9
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$160,820	3,480	1.5
19	Modesto, CA	$160,240	460	2.3
20	New Haven, CT	$160,050	710	2.5
21	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$159,950	140	2.8
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$159,950	360	1.8
23	Napa, CA	$159,660	120	1.5
24	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$159,120	610	1.9
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$157,750	1,860	1.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.