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Average annual salary for principals by years of experience | ||||||||
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School type and selected school characteristic | Average annual salary | Less than 3 years |
3 to 9 years | 10 years or more |
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All schools | $92,900 | $84,700 | $95,600 | $96,600 | ||||
All public schools | 98,300 | 90,400 | 99,400 | 104,700 | ||||
School classification | ||||||||
Traditional public | 98,700 | 90,900 | 99,600 | 105,300 | ||||
Charter school | 93,100 | 84,500 | 97,000 | 97,500 | ||||
Community type | ||||||||
City | 103,200 | 95,700 | 104,300 | 110,300 | ||||
Suburban | 108,600 | 100,700 | 108,600 | 115,900 | ||||
Town | 88,800 | 80,700 | 91,000 | 93,900 | ||||
Rural | 85,000 | 77,400 | 86,400 | 90,600 | ||||
School level | ||||||||
Primary | 97,000 | 89,200 | 98,200 | 103,000 | ||||
Middle | 101,200 | 92,500 | 101,500 | 110,500 | ||||
High | 104,600 | 97,600 | 105,500 | 109,700 | ||||
Combined | 88,100 | 80,600 | 87,900 | 96,600 | ||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||
Less than 100 | 84,400 | 75,200 | 91,000 | 87,200 | ||||
100–199 | 86,300 | 80,600 | 87,000 | 91,900 | ||||
200–499 | 95,100 | 88,100 | 95,400 | 101,300 | ||||
500–749 | 101,400 | 95,000 | 100,900 | 109,100 | ||||
750–999 | 105,300 | 95,100 | 106,000 | 113,300 | ||||
1,000 or more | 114,600 | 106,800 | 115,000 | 120,600 | ||||
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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0–34 | 104,200 | 95,200 | 104,800 | 111,100 | ||||
35–49 | 97,900 | 91,100 | 99,300 | 102,200 | ||||
50–74 | 95,100 | 88,600 | 94,800 | 101,800 | ||||
75 or more | 95,900 | 87,900 | 98,400 | 101,800 | ||||
All private schools | 72,500 | 62,200 | 76,700 | 75,900 | ||||
School Classification | ||||||||
Catholic | 72,800 | 68,000 | 75,600 | 74,100 | ||||
Other religious | 56,500 | 46,600 | 60,000 | 60,600 | ||||
Nonsectarian | 97,200 | 84,200 | 101,500 | 100,800 | ||||
Community type | ||||||||
City | 82,800 | 70,600 | 86,200 | 86,500 | ||||
Suburban | 76,600 | 66,100 | 77,800 | 82,200 | ||||
Town | 50,500 | 49,000 | 53,700 | 49,000 | ||||
Rural | 55,200 | 51,100 | 63,100 | 53,600 | ||||
School level | ||||||||
Elementary | 67,200 | 56,700 | 71,700 | 71,200 | ||||
Secondary | 87,600 | 72,400 | 92,300 | 93,400 | ||||
Combined | 74,000 | 67,800 | 75,400 | 76,500 | ||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||
Less than 100 | 53,400 | 49,300 | 56,000 | 54,400 | ||||
100–199 | 74,100 | 66,700 | 76,500 | 76,900 | ||||
200–499 | 92,200 | 78,500 | 96,300 | 96,000 | ||||
500–749 | 112,400 | 93,400 | 135,400 | 105,300 | ||||
750 or more | 134,400 | 135,900 | 127,300 | 138,800 | ||||
NOTE: Private school principals who reported an annual salary of zero are excluded from the table. | ||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Principal and Private School Principal Documentation Data Files,” 2017–18. |
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