Get the Facts Out: Mid Career Salaries, Leadership Opportunities, and Admin Salaries

A degree in education can take you many different places. You may choose to teach and lead in a classroom and later decide to transfer your skills to education leadership opportunities. Read more below about the different leadership and administrative positions along with their salaries!

Mid Career Salaries -

Mid-career teachers in Utah (15 years of experience with a master's degree) make an average of $84k+ per year.

In the U.S., mid-career teachers make an average of 64k-100k+ per year.

Learn more about teaching salaries state-by-state here.

Leadership Opportunities -

With further education, mentoring, and training, you could work towards various leadership positions with higher salaries including...

• Principal or Assistant Principal

• Subject Specialist

• Director

• Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent

• District Administrator

• Education Policy Analyst/Advisor

Administrative Salaries -

• School District Superintendents in Utah (180k-250k+)

• Superintendents in the U.S. (100k-234k)

• Elementary, middle, and high school principals in Utah (85k-135k+)

• Principals in the U.S. (104k+)

  Learn more about administrative salaries for principals here and for superintendents here

  
  

Talk to a student ambassador to learn more about how to get involved and learn more about the educational leadership opportunities in education. Have a more specific question? Send an email to mckayambassadors@byu.edu