The salary statistics of chief executives in the industry sector of educational services are shown in Table 1. In Table 2 we compare chief executive salaries in different industries within the educational services sector.
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Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in the industry sector of educational services. The salaries are shown in 5 percentile scales. The median annual salary (50th percentile) is $148,570. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $107,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent paid chief executives is $74,390.
The following table and chart show the trend of the median salary of chief executives in the industry sector of educational services from 2012 to 2016.
Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
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2016 | 148,570 | 2.42% | 7.40% |
2015 | 144,970 | 2.37% | - |
2014 | 141,530 | 1.38% | - |
2013 | 139,580 | 1.43% | - |
2012 | 137,580 | - | - |
The average salaries of chief executives in 25 industries in the educational services sector are shown below. We note that within this industry sector, the salaries vary among different industries. The highest paying industry for chief executive occupations is the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry with an annual salary $205,330. The lowest paying industry is the technical and trade schools - local government owned industry (annual salary $120,480). For detailed chief executive salary information in a particular industry, use the links provided below.
Data source: The national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in 2016 and published in April 2017 [1].