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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