Highest-paying Cities for Other Education Administrators

The top 100 highest paying cities for other education administrators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other education administrators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $139,350, Modesto, California is the highest paying city for other education administrators. It is followed by Charlottesville, Virginia (average annual salary $130,120). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other education administrators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Education Administrators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Modesto, California	$139,350	$65,060	110
2	Charlottesville, Virginia	$130,120	$77,700	40
3	Napa, California	$130,000	$66,180	30
4	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$126,190	$37,530	40
5	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$124,540	$62,070	30
6	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$121,390	$59,160	140
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$121,060	$60,670	2,470
8	Lincoln, Nebraska	$118,960	$94,380	50
9	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$116,940	$57,710	80
10	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$116,890	$62,670	60
11	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$115,290	$64,130	400
12	Redding, California	$114,160	$62,400	60
13	Visalia-Porterville, California	$113,840	$49,190	60
14	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$111,980	$61,280	60
15	Richmond, Virginia	$111,030	$72,030	170
16	Longview, Texas	$110,950	$60,470	40
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$110,670	$45,760	900
18	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$109,490	$56,770	40
19	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$108,350	$93,720	40
20	El Centro, California	$108,020	$78,950	30
21	St Marys County, Maryland	$107,650	$80,210	n/a
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$107,490	$57,330	1,870
23	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$107,390	$75,190	400
24	Dayton, Ohio	$107,140	$56,840	210
25	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$106,950	$66,210	40
26	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$106,890	$49,240	50
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$106,120	$59,920	570
28	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$105,980	$49,290	40
29	Iowa City, Iowa	$105,870	$77,170	80
30	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$105,310	$60,000	590
31	Salisbury, Maryland	$105,040	$44,720	30
32	Montgomery, Alabama	$104,750	$66,250	450
33	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$104,440	$47,630	80
34	Kansas City, Missouri	$104,000	$48,170	220
35	Salinas, California	$103,980	$59,590	100
36	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$103,740	$61,900	2,170
37	Fairbanks, Alaska	$103,690	$64,450	30
38	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$103,680	$52,970	210
39	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$103,670	$59,240	80
40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$103,440	$46,480	1,580
41	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$103,180	$59,390	80
42	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$102,900	$48,030	1,310
43	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$102,880	$61,030	1,090
44	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$102,480	$73,500	1,340
45	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$102,040	$63,350	190
46	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$101,910	$55,750	390
47	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$101,650	$62,680	140
48	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$101,500	$57,550	220
49	Wilmington, New Jersey	$101,370	$63,370	70
50	Knoxville, Tennessee	$101,330	$55,390	160
51	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$101,190	$58,720	180
52	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$101,130	$56,580	800
53	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$101,100	$73,970	30
54	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$101,080	$47,190	90
55	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$100,710	$55,600	170
56	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$100,650	$46,110	100
57	Fresno, California	$100,320	$58,710	190
58	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$99,850	$59,470	70
59	Stockton, California	$99,830	$83,580	330
60	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$99,640	$60,390	2,400
61	Lawton, Oklahoma	$98,890	$19,260	30
62	Midland, Texas	$98,840	$60,420	40
63	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$98,640	$51,720	770
64	Savannah, Georgia	$98,550	$56,200	60
65	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$98,480	$64,120	1,920
66	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$98,290	$40,000	280
67	Camden, New Jersey	$97,830	$64,960	100
68	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$97,610	$56,380	60
69	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$97,530	$54,110	60
70	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$97,420	$60,460	70
71	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$97,340	$48,890	90
72	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$96,730	$60,000	70
73	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$96,670	$55,540	50
74	Columbia, South Carolina	$96,660	$66,750	90
75	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$96,650	$73,590	150
76	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$96,480	$44,090	1,060
77	Clarksville, Tennessee	$96,450	$71,860	300
78	Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$96,410	$88,150	50
79	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$96,100	$58,390	70
80	Albany, Georgia	$96,080	$84,750	n/a
81	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$95,900	$45,020	70
82	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$95,680	$61,100	70
83	Appleton, Wisconsin	$95,650	$58,500	n/a
84	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$95,580	$46,460	120
85	Gainesville, Georgia	$95,330	$46,940	40
86	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$95,060	$36,300	60
87	Memphis, Tennessee	$94,970	$46,400	150
88	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$94,850	$64,650	50
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$94,810	$55,030	1,210
90	Beckley, West Virginia	$94,370	$67,670	60
91	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$93,900	$39,460	40
92	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$93,750	$72,860	420
93	Chico, California	$93,560	$57,650	40
94	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$93,160	$46,430	100
95	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$93,090	$47,410	40
96	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$92,870	$61,740	40
97	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$92,580	$40,200	90
98	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$92,540	$43,190	1,180
99	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$92,510	$52,070	n/a
100	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$92,230	$61,900	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other education administrators.