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Postsecondary Education Administrator Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California

The annual salary statistics of postsecondary education administrators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postsecondary education administrators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Postsecondary Education Administrators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$70,900
25th Percentile Wage
$90,420
50th Percentile Wage
$123,910
75th Percentile Wage
$157,230
90th Percentile Wage
$195,220

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postsecondary education administrators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $195,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $123,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $70,900.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2019)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postsecondary education administrators from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$123,910
0.70% 8.01%
2018
$123,040
5.53% -
2017
$116,230
1.94% -
2016
$113,980
10.98% -
2015
$101,460
-12.34% -
2012
$113,980
- -

Table 2. Compare Postsecondary Education Administrator Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $123,910 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for postsecondary education administrators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of postsecondary education administrators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 11.5 percent (11.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 35.6 percent (35.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$140,080
Visalia-Porterville
$138,820
Modesto
$138,730
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$128,690
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$128,070
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$124,910
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$124,790
Merced
$124,590
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$124,510
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$123,910
Fresno
$121,700
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$121,260
Redding
$120,470
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$117,430
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$117,350
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$116,410
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$112,400
Bakersfield-Delano
$111,620
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$111,600
Stockton
$111,200
Vallejo-Fairfield
$110,680
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$108,050
Salinas
$106,930
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$106,800
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$104,040
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$99,920
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$96,350
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$94,900
Napa
$87,280
Chico
$79,830

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