Head of School Salary & Pay DataStand-in BLS figures: K-12 education administrators, principals and assistant principals included
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation, a stand-in: SOC 11-9032 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Closest available: BLS has no head of school code.
This is education administrators, K-12 (11-9032), which mixes heads of school with principals and assistant principals, so it is a stand-in, not head of school pay.
In privately owned schools alone, the BLS median for this occupation was $98,020.
The figure shown is the median for all K-12 education administrators (SOC 11-9032) in elementary and secondary schools, public and private together: $105,840 a year in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not head of school pay.
In privately owned elementary and secondary schools alone (BLS industry 611105, national), the median for K-12 education administrators was $98,020 on 59,710 jobs.
BLS publishes this occupation in schools as annual pay only (school-year salaries), so no hourly figure is shown. BLS has no private school or charter school occupation code. The K-12 figures count public district, charter and private schools together; only the privately owned schools figure isolates private schools. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only and leaves out the self-employed, overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 11-9032 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in K-12 schools, the closest available occupation, a stand-in, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for heads of school, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.
The occupation mixes heads of school with principals and assistant principals, so the figure is not head of school pay.
This page is national only: BLS publishes no private school figure by state, and state figures for this occupation count every K-12 administrator in the state.
Pay by employer
National figures for all K-12 education administrators (SOC 11-9032): every employer, then K-12 schools of every ownership, then privately owned K-12 schools only, BLS OEWS May 2025.
BLS publishes no figure for heads of school alone; these rows are for the whole occupation, the closest available occupation, a stand-in.
BLS publishes no split by type of private school.
Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 611100) counts public district, charter and private schools together.
The privately owned schools row is a separate BLS industry series (611105); BLS industry estimates are national only, and this page shows that row as a median, mean and job count (no hourly figure or percentiles).
| Employer | Median | Mean | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries (every employer) | $105,870 | $116,100 | 328,330 |
| K-12 schools, public and private (NAICS 611100) | $105,840 | $116,110 | 322,020 |
| Privately owned K-12 schools only (BLS industry 611105) | $98,020 | $105,550 | 59,710 |