The annual salary statistics of postsecondary education administrators in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postsecondary education administrators in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $54,700 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $64,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $116,460 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $164,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postsecondary education administrators in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $164,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,700.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postsecondary education administrators from 2012 to 2015. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $76,140 | 3.40% | 0.00% |
| 2014 | $73,550 | -3.52% | - |
| 2012 | $76,140 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,140 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for postsecondary education administrators in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of postsecondary education administrators in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 27.5 percent (27.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Mobile and 1.3 percent (1.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Daphne-Fairhope-Foley.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Mobile | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Huntsville | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Montgomery | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley |