Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table A8.-Average salary of public and private school principals by sex and race-ethnicity,
by highest degree earned and years of experience as a principal: 1993-94
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Sex Race-ethnicity
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Total
number of All Am. Ind./ Asian/ Black White non- Total
Principal characteristics principals principals Male Female AK Nat. Pac. Isl. non-Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic minority
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PUBLIC
All degrees
All 79,618 $54,857 $54,922 $54,736 $51,117 $59,446 $57,699 $54,466 $55,862 $56,956
Fewer than 3 years 18,165 52,070 52,046 52,096 46,048 55,489 55,405 51,617 52,672 54,086
3 to 9 years 32,885 54,712 54,197 55,432 48,822 59,732 58,252 54,075 56,542 57,582
10 years or more 28,568 56,799 56,669 57,400 57,131 62,682 58,802 56,549 58,704 58,752
Less than bachelor's
All - - - - - - - - - -
Fewer than 3 years - - - - - - - - - -
3 to 9 years - - - - - - - - - -
10 years or more - - - - - - - - - -
Bachelor's
All 1,140 41,608 44,907 38,112 - - - 40,103 - 52,356
Fewer than 3 years 423 36,520 38,964 35,002 - - - 36,462 - 38,218
3 to 9 years 491 44,924 49,605 37,823 - - - 42,803 - 52,534
10 years or more 225 43,925 41,563 47,036 - - - 42,290 - 61,834
Master's
All 50,469 53,959 53,820 54,241 49,035 60,041 56,870 53,488 55,990 56,342
Fewer than 3 years 11,965 51,331 51,043 51,675 45,798 57,053 54,737 50,689 53,486 53,884
3 to 9 years 20,745 53,887 53,221 54,921 48,262 60,963 58,048 53,076 56,625 57,457
10 years or more 17,758 55,812 55,560 57,056 52,684 61,216 56,979 55,639 58,447 57,120
Ed. spec./prof. dipl.
All 20,573 55,383 55,424 55,313 57,390 55,952 56,765 55,242 54,458 56,284
Fewer than 3 years 4,574 54,166 54,524 53,818 47,832 45,806 55,667 54,226 49,368 53,848
3 to 9 years 8,590 54,994 54,306 55,751 52,824 56,891 56,344 54,717 56,915 56,378
10 years or more 7,408 56,586 56,574 56,639 66,076 56,680 59,248 56,371 54,835 58,947
Doctorate
All 7,430 61,545 62,694 59,535 - - 63,725 61,270 61,413 62,854
Fewer than 3 years 1,203 56,920 58,224 55,998 - - 61,271 56,567 51,868 58,875
3 to 9 years 3,051 61,099 61,669 60,316 - - 63,848 60,819 60,912 62,290
10 years or more 3,176 63,726 64,333 61,621 - - 64,403 63,498 67,819 64,876
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See footnote at end of table.
Table A8.-Average salary of public and private school principals by sex and race-ethnicity,
by highest degree earned and years of experience as a principal: 1993-94(continued)
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Sex Race-ethnicity
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Total
number of All Am. Ind./ Asian/ Black White non- Total
Principal characteristics principals principals Male Female AK Nat. Pac. Isl. non-Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic minority
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PRIVATE
All degrees
All 25,015 $32,075 $35,597 $29,185 $31,632 $35,961 $34,383 $31,969 $31,350 $33,450
Fewer than 3 years 6,214 27,063 28,514 26,024 - 39,168 36,574 26,385 28,476 34,848
3 to 9 years 9,136 32,856 35,074 31,083 29,496 45,223 31,932 32,844 35,686 33,002
10 years or more 9,665 34,673 40,160 29,625 34,267 32,266 37,049 34,794 29,257 32,761
Less than bachelor's
All 2,110 18,294 14,428 23,197 - - - 18,059 - -
Fewer than 3 years 658 15,386 13,556 19,574 - - - 15,007 - -
3 to 9 years 708 16,427 16,110 16,685 - - - 15,686 - -
10 years or more 745 24,236 14,328 - - - - 24,205 - -
Bachelor's
All 6,480 24,249 26,180 22,982 - - 24,375 23,858 30,437 28,469
Fewer than 3 years 2,298 19,462 21,989 18,088 - - 25,169 18,351 26,050 29,050
3 to 9 years 2,488 25,945 24,496 26,987 - - 20,235 25,987 33,942 25,567
10 years or more 1,694 29,059 33,768 25,487 - - 46,874 28,734 - 38,481
Master's
All 12,900 34,789 39,029 31,432 - - 37,070 34,750 35,191 35,348
Fewer than 3 years 2,745 33,998 35,780 32,869 - - 37,261 33,732 39,727 37,077
3 to 9 years 4,570 35,396 38,001 33,324 - - 40,088 35,236 39,394 37,894
10 years or more 5,585 34,675 41,126 29,024 - - 33,709 34,834 31,447 32,369
Ed. spec./prof. dipl.
All 2,049 35,113 40,947 31,449 - - - 35,207 - -
Fewer than 3 years 314 31,513 35,962 28,737 - - - 31,513 - -
3 to 9 years 892 36,986 42,005 34,389 - - - 36,323 - -
10 years or more 842 34,382 41,699 28,703 - - - 35,490 - -
Doctorate
All 1,476 51,190 52,759 47,236 - - - 51,252 - -
Fewer than 3 years 198 49,592 51,995 43,662 - - - 44,732 - -
3 to 9 years 479 50,652 51,747 47,023 - - - 50,871 - -
10 years or more 799 51,918 53,647 48,156 - - - 53,173 - -
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-Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
NOTE: Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Public and
Private School Principal Questionnaires).
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