Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary · SOC 11-9032
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary in the Indianapolis Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area
Figures describe the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Indianapolis city limits.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area earned a median of $102,400 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $73,470 at the 10th percentile to $135,110 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,410 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in the Indianapolis metro area earn more than $102,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $84,180 and $129,150.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $73,470 | $84,180 | $102,400 | $129,150 | $135,110 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Indianapolis metro areathis metro area$102,400 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $84,180 to $129,150
- Indianastate (IN)$98,770 median for Indiana; middle half earns $80,820 to $120,160
- United Statesnational$105,870 median for United States; middle half earns $86,040 to $134,630
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs Indiana overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Indianapolis metro area has the 190th-highest published median for this occupation among the 386 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Indianapolis metro areathis page$102,400 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $84,180 to $129,150
- $111,470 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $92,940 to $131,670
- $102,460 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $77,350 to $122,100
- $100,060 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $81,260 to $123,230
- $98,160 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $78,720 to $106,010
- $96,730 median for Kokomo metro area; middle half earns $82,080 to $103,490
- $96,590 median for Michigan City metro area; middle half earns $81,200 to $105,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.