SOC 11-9039 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do Education Administrators, All Other make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Education Administrators, All Other in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is $92,830. The 10th percentile is $41,400 and the 90th percentile is $124,440. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$92,830

10th percentile
$41,400
25th percentile
$60,700
Median
$92,830
75th percentile
$113,840
90th percentile
$124,440
Mean
$88,490

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Education Administrators, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $41,400 and the 90th percentile is $124,440. The difference is $83,040, which is 89.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $60,700 to the 75th at $113,840, covers $53,140.

The mean annual wage is $88,490, which sits below the median of $92,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 2.5% lower than the national median of $95,200 for Education Administrators, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $109,447, which is 15% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% lower than the Alabama median of $94,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $92,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Education Administrators, All Other at $109,447 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Education Administrators, All Other. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 9th of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Decatur, AL is 41 miles away, with a median of $99,900. That median is 7.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $114,548, against $109,447 here.
  • Huntsville, AL is 56 miles away, with a median of $100,600. That median is 8.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,088, against $109,447 here.
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 105 miles away, with a median of $118,890 and employment of 170. That median is 28.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $123,409, against $109,447 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL · Education Administrators, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Education Administrators, All Other make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Education Administrators, All Other in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is $92,830. The 10th percentile is $41,400 and the 90th percentile is $124,440.

How does that compare with the national median for Education Administrators, All Other?

The local median is 2.5% lower than the national median of $95,200.

What is Education Administrators, All Other pay in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $92,830 is $109,447. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL compare with nearby metros for Education Administrators, All Other?

Decatur, AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 41 miles away, at $99,900. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 9th of 12 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.