Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Education Administrators

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary 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 postsecondary education administrators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $182,080, Ithaca, New York is the highest paying city for postsecondary education administrators. It is followed by Charlottesville, Virginia (average annual salary $166,370). 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 postsecondary education administrators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Ithaca, New York	$182,080	$116,140	170
2	Charlottesville, Virginia	$166,370	$79,190	150
3	Corvallis, Oregon	$166,270	$103,440	150
4	Syracuse, New York	$164,560	$84,390	250
5	Lafayette, Indiana	$150,990	$56,010	210
6	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$144,910	$70,200	200
7	Gainesville, Florida	$143,350	$75,000	570
8	Camden, New Jersey	$138,980	$92,630	200
9	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$137,330	$103,120	60
10	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$134,510	$81,210	190
11	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$133,940	$99,150	8,990
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$133,340	$83,100	270
13	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$133,240	$85,860	650
14	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$132,470	$80,970	290
15	Savannah, Georgia	$132,410	$76,960	80
16	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$132,000	$63,140	580
17	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$131,930	$63,570	110
18	Fargo, North Dakota	$131,880	$66,990	150
19	Rochester, New York	$131,470	$97,820	400
20	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$130,860	$78,770	150
21	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$130,780	$78,280	110
22	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$130,720	$79,090	140
23	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$130,540	$80,870	680
24	Napa, California	$129,870	$75,640	40
25	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$129,060	$63,550	170
26	Binghamton, New York	$128,220	$79,720	50
27	New Haven, Connecticut	$128,200	$62,660	880
28	Utica-Rome, New York	$128,120	$78,540	70
29	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$128,070	$81,070	430
30	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$127,260	$79,070	370
31	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$127,110	$60,160	270
32	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$127,050	$60,510	630
33	Madison, Wisconsin	$127,020	$89,650	520
34	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$126,840	$85,480	40
35	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$126,840	$45,110	190
36	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$126,220	$81,340	1,750
37	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$126,100	$85,270	210
38	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$125,790	$80,080	500
39	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$125,450	$100,190	30
40	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$125,430	$78,660	120
41	Columbia, Missouri	$124,540	$61,610	280
42	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$124,500	$79,430	1,500
43	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$123,680	$97,440	400
44	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$123,230	$68,110	110
45	Stockton, California	$122,790	$76,810	130
46	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$122,350	$79,090	940
47	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$122,080	$75,190	310
48	Wilmington, New Jersey	$120,760	$73,420	210
49	Redding, California	$120,470	$72,750	30
50	Yakima, Washington	$120,350	$74,160	60
51	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$120,260	$71,990	90
52	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$119,580	$94,310	80
53	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$118,610	$60,180	180
54	Lawton, Oklahoma	$118,280	$67,770	50
55	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$118,120	$81,140	500
56	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$117,690	$64,280	40
57	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$117,390	$76,690	100
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$117,350	$71,220	4,480
59	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$116,410	$64,190	690
60	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$115,820	$68,500	1,170
61	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$113,850	$64,900	880
62	Danbury, Connecticut	$113,300	$65,010	40
63	Salisbury, Maryland	$112,760	$69,770	120
64	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$112,570	$60,160	170
65	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$111,600	$69,730	820
66	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$110,880	$59,790	50
67	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$110,500	$64,580	5,630
68	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$110,220	$42,490	50
69	Salinas, California	$109,700	$79,260	210
70	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$109,520	$59,500	130
71	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$108,060	$61,080	1,680
72	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$107,840	$58,620	60
73	Richmond, Virginia	$107,230	$50,940	310
74	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$107,180	$66,830	1,080
75	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$106,760	$61,610	460
76	Lawrence, Kansas	$106,540	$72,230	260
77	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$106,360	$81,900	230
78	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$106,110	$76,630	6,520
79	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$106,020	$58,890	40
80	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$105,670	$79,660	60
81	Roanoke, Virginia	$105,600	$61,070	80
82	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$105,210	$75,670	2,980
83	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$105,090	$65,050	2,440
84	Johnson City, Tennessee	$104,820	$49,270	170
85	Mobile, Alabama	$104,640	$55,000	250
86	Dover, Delaware	$104,520	$63,900	80
87	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$104,480	$77,790	90
88	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	$104,460	$36,620	110
89	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$104,440	$78,800	820
90	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$104,310	$60,380	90
91	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$104,260	$59,870	90
92	Morgantown, West Virginia	$104,150	$63,310	540
93	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$104,040	$58,290	160
94	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$103,800	$77,360	1,660
95	Greenville, North Carolina	$103,770	$49,040	260
96	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$103,690	$59,910	70
97	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$103,690	$76,420	1,740
98	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$103,140	$77,780	1,050
99	Iowa City, Iowa	$103,080	$61,560	380
100	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$103,060	$62,480	80

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