Average salary of public school principals, by sex and selected school characteristics: 2017

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Average salary of public school principals, by sex and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

Selected school characteristics	All principals	Female Principals	Male Principals
All public schools	$98,300	$96,300	$100,600

School classification
Traditional Public	98,700	96,700	101,000
Charter school	93,100	91,900	95,000

Community type
City	103,200	101,400	106,000
Suburban	108,600	105,200	112,700
Town	88,800	85,800	92,000
Rural	85,000	82,200	87,500

School level
Primary	97,000	95,600	99,800
Middle	101,200	101,300	101,100
High	104,600	100,800	106,400
Combined	88,100	88,300	87,900

Student enrollment
Less than 100	84,400	79,400	89,500
100–199	86,300	87,200	85,400
200–499	95,100	94,500	95,800
500–749	101,400	100,300	102,900
750–999	105,300	102,400	108,100
1,000 or more	114,600	109,100	117,800
NOTE: For average salary, principals who reported 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 Data File," 2017–18.

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