Table 5. Average annual salary for school principals, by years of experience as a principal, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Principals in the United States:
Results from the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-323
June 2009

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Table 5. Average annual salary for school principals, by years of experience as a principal, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

School type and selected school characteristic	Average annual salary	Average annual salary for principals by years of experience
School type and selected school characteristic	Average annual salary	Less than 3 years	3 to 9 years	10 years or more
All schools	$79,300	$73,500	$80,200	$82,700

All public schools	85,700	80,700	85,700	90,300

School classification
Traditional public	86,100	81,000	86,100	90,400
Charter school	77,900	72,900	76,200	87,000

Community type
City	91,200	84,500	92,600	95,300
Suburban	96,900	92,300	96,200	101,800
Town	77,500	73,300	77,500	80,800
Rural	75,700	71,700	74,900	80,800

School level
Elementary	85,200	80,200	85,400	89,200
Secondary	90,300	85,600	89,500	95,900
Combined	75,800	70,200	75,400	82,800

Student enrollment
Less than 100	72,600	65,900	71,200	80,400
100-199	77,300	72,100	75,900	83,400
200-499	82,800	77,400	83,200	86,900
500-749	89,000	85,000	89,000	92,500
750-999	93,200	84,900	95,100	97,600
1,000 or more	101,300	100,300	99,600	104,700

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches


0-34	91,000	85,300	90,400	96,100
35-49	81,800	78,600	81,300	85,400
50-74	81,100	77,400	81,600	83,900
75 or more	84,800	79,400	85,800	88,600
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	83,600	72,700	86,600	87,800

All BIE schools	72,600	64,100	73,000	78,700

All private schools	$57,500	$48,000	$55,600	$64,500

School classification
Catholic	58,100	55,400	57,600	59,600
Other religious	47,800	37,900	48,000	54,600
Nonsectarian	75,500	61,800	71,600	85,000

Community type
City	64,900	52,900	63,400	72,100
Suburban	61,600	54,300	56,900	68,600
Town	44,300	35,900	46,600	48,400
Rural	42,900	39,800	42,600	46,000

School level
Elementary	55,500	45,600	53,300	62,600
Secondary	75,100	67,500	75,300	79,300
Combined	55,100	45,900	52,300	63,200

Student enrollment
Less than 100	44,400	38,600	45,600	48,600
100-199	58,700	55,500	53,700	64,900
200-499	70,000	59,100	68,100	74,200
500-749	83,600	77,000	80,800	87,100
750 or more	95,500	87,500	99,000	96,900

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches


0-34	51,000	42,600	51,100	56,000
35-49	70,100	60,000	69,400	76,500
50-74	50,600	42,300	51,800	55,800
75 or more	56,900	46,700	64,700	56,300
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	58,900	49,200	55,600	67,000
NOTE: BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal, BIE School Principal, and Private SchoolPrincipal Data Files," 2007–08.

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