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Postsecondary Education Administrator Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of postsecondary education administrators in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of postsecondary education administrators in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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 Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$57,550
25th Percentile Wage
$72,960
50th Percentile Wage
$100,620
75th Percentile Wage
$148,960
90th Percentile Wage
$206,930

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postsecondary education administrators in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $206,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,550.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postsecondary education administrators from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$100,620
-9.08% 19.42%
2016
$109,760
1.93% -
2015
$107,640
13.35% -
2014
$93,270
12.17% -
2013
$81,920
1.03% -
2012
$81,080
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Table 2. Compare Postsecondary Education Administrator Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $100,620 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for postsecondary education administrators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of postsecondary education administrators in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 25.8 percent (25.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Lubbock and 37.9 percent (37.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Lubbock
$135,610
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$109,790
Brownsville-Harlingen
$104,880
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$101,010
El Paso
$100,650
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$100,620
College Station-Bryan
$98,440
Tyler
$96,480
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$95,780
Waco
$95,220
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$93,920
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$93,310
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$91,890
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$91,060
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$89,790
Odessa
$88,020
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$87,360
Fort Worth-Arlington
$83,810
Corpus Christi
$82,340
Laredo
$80,670
Amarillo
$80,660
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$80,530
Longview
$79,050
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$75,340
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$73,800
Abilene
$71,470
Sherman-Denison
$62,470