College And University Administrators Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

College and university administrators in the US number about 131,000. Workers generally expect a very low unemployment rate. There were about 2% of employees without jobs in 2006.

Flexibility

About 3% of college and university administrators do not work for a company or organization. Whether by choice or necessity, 8% of workers work part-time.

Education

Obtaining a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience will help job seekers. College and university administrators with four or more years of college are 78% of the total. An estimated 15% of workers attended college at some level but did not pursue a 4-year degree. High school was enough education for 6% of employees.

Local Outlook

Where are jobs most numerous? Ithaca (New York), San Luis Obispo (California), and Chico (California). Least common? Sarasota (Florida), West Palm Beach (Florida), and Tampa (Florida). Salaries vary across the country, from highest in Austin (Texas), Hartford (Connecticut), and Columbus (Ohio) to lowest in Weirton (West Virginia), Erie (Pennsylvania), and Alexandria (Louisiana).

Detailed local employment conditions for College And University Administrators in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for College And University Administrators

Employment info for College And University Administrators, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	1.32	450
Alabama	Huntsville	1.81	230	$82,000
Alabama	Montgomery	2.25	240	$75,000
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	4.49	220	$84,000
Alaska	Anchorage	0.7	70	$87,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.04	1,320	$95,000
Arizona	Prescott	2.38	90	$64,000
Arizona	Tucson	2.92	720
Arkansas	Fayetteville	0.95	120	$88,000
Arkansas	Fort Smith	0.56	40	$61,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	0.74	160	$107,000
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	1.54	30	$74,000
California	Bakersfield	1.3	220	$78,000
California	Chico	5.07	220	$73,000
California	Fresno	1.49	320	$72,000
California	Los Angeles	1.09	3,050	$77,000
California	Modesto	1.53	160	$71,000
California	Oxnard	0.4	80	$72,000
California	Redding	1.25	50	$96,000
California	Riverside	0.71	620	$83,000
California	Sacramento	0.85	510	$104,000
California	Salinas	1.66	160	$74,000
California	San Diego	1.84	1,630	$65,000
California	San Francisco	1.81	1,180	$70,000
California	San Jose	1.29	780	$75,000
California	San Luis Obispo	6.42	410	$73,000
California	Santa Ana	1.14	1,180	$78,000
California	Santa Barbara	0.66	70	$95,000
California	Santa Rosa	3.91	480	$63,000
California	Stockton	0.59	80	$108,000
California	Vallejo	1.04	80	$86,000
California	Visalia	0.58	50	$106,000
Colorado	Boulder	1.51	150	$92,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1.15	190	$70,000
Colorado	Denver	1.06	880	$90,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1.01	290	$73,000
Connecticut	Hartford	1.54	580	$115,000
Connecticut	New Haven	3.78	680	$96,000
Connecticut	Norwich	0.92	70	$84,000
Connecticut	Waterbury	1.19	50	$79,000
Delaware	Dover	3.32	110	$89,000
Delaware	Wilmington	1.07	230	$87,000
District of Columbia	Washington	1.7	2,640	$95,000
Florida	Cape Coral	0.65	90	$72,000
Florida	Deltona	0.59	60	$90,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	0.4	200	$107,000
Florida	Jacksonville	0.44	180	$76,000
Florida	Lakeland	0.23	30	$76,000
Florida	Miami	0.4	270	$92,000
Florida	Orlando	0.82	580	$74,000
Florida	Palm Bay	0.39	50	$86,000
Florida	Pensacola	0.91	90	$70,000
Florida	Sarasota	0.22	40	$81,000
Florida	Tallahassee	3.35	350	$68,000
Florida	Tampa	0.19	160	$94,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	0.21	80	$87,000
Georgia	Atlanta	1.21	1,950	$82,000
Georgia	Augusta	0.69	90	$102,000
Georgia	Gainesville	1.03	40	$64,000
Georgia	Macon	1.64	100
Georgia	Savannah	1.87	180	$106,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	0.75	210	$99,000
Illinois	Bloomington	2.81	110	$96,000
Illinois	Chicago	0.8	2,060	$87,000
Illinois	Peoria	0.29	30	$58,000
Illinois	Springfield	2.39	150	$55,000
Indiana	Evansville	0.81	90	$64,000
Indiana	Gary	0.77	140	$81,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	0.97	570	$74,000
Indiana	Terre Haute	1.98	80
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	1.42	120	$65,000
Iowa	Davenport	1.22	140	$63,000
Iowa	Des Moines	1.15	240	$73,000
Iowa	Dubuque	2.9	90	$69,000
Iowa	Waterloo	2.43	120	$85,000
Kansas	Wichita	0.92	180	$94,000
Kentucky	Lexington	2.6	410	$72,000
Kentucky	Louisville	0.57	230	$85,000
Kentucky	Owensboro	1.45	40	$69,000
Louisiana	Alexandria	0.88	30	$49,000
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1.84	430	$97,000
Louisiana	Lake Charles	0.94	50	$71,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	2.73	900	$84,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	0.66	70	$83,000
Maine	Bangor	2.63	100	$81,000
Maine	Portland	2.07	260	$55,000
Maryland	Baltimore	1.85	1,590	$95,000
Maryland	Bethesda	0.83	310	$93,000
Maryland	Cumberland	2.02	40
Maryland	Hagerstown	0.49	30	$69,000
Maryland	Salisbury	2.99	90	$87,000
Massachusetts	Boston	2.74	3,120	$108,000
Massachusetts	Framingham	0.4	40	$93,000
Massachusetts	Haverhill	1.91	90	$65,000
Massachusetts	Springfield	1.78	350	$93,000
Massachusetts	Worcester	2.09	340	$84,000
Michigan	Detroit	1.38	680	$105,000
Michigan	Flint	0.78	70	$89,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	0.72	180	$66,000
Michigan	Jackson	1.87	60	$53,000
Michigan	Niles	2.51	90	$73,000
Michigan	Warren	0.45	350	$70,000
Minnesota	Duluth	1.64	130	$81,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.82	990	$82,000
Minnesota	Rochester	0.6	30	$90,000
Minnesota	St Cloud	0.83	50	$87,000
Mississippi	Gulfport	0.93	60	$79,000
Mississippi	Jackson	2.09	340	$76,000
Missouri	Jefferson City	0.72	30	$68,000
Missouri	Joplin	0.85	40	$71,000
Missouri	Kansas City	0.88	600	$84,000
Missouri	Springfield	1.54	190	$81,000
Missouri	St Louis	0.89	800	$79,000
Montana	Billings	1.23	60	$67,000
Nebraska	Lincoln	3.21	320
Nebraska	Omaha	1.17	350	$75,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	0.58	360
New Hampshire	Manchester	1.97	120	$62,000
New Jersey	Camden	0.74	260	$105,000
New Jersey	Edison	0.94	640	$99,000
New Jersey	Newark	0.94	630	$98,000
New Jersey	Trenton	1.78	250	$109,000
New Jersey	Vineland	0.88	30
New Mexico	Santa Fe	2.23	70	$75,000
New York	Albany	1.29	370	$105,000
New York	Buffalo	0.97	340	$97,000
New York	Ithaca	8.07	180	$101,000
New York	Nassau	0.57	470	$104,000
New York	New York	1.16	3,920	$98,000
New York	Poughkeepsie	1.42	220	$91,000
New York	Rochester	1.64	540	$109,000
New York	Syracuse	1.57	310	$99,000
New York	Utica	1.77	140	$77,000
North Carolina	Asheville	1.06	120	$61,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	0.95	550	$75,000
North Carolina	Durham	3.51	600	$79,000
North Carolina	Fayetteville	1.49	110	$64,000
North Carolina	Goldsboro	1.77	40	$74,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	1.64	400	$81,000
North Carolina	Greenville	3.61	150	$101,000
North Carolina	Hickory	0.85	90	$71,000
North Carolina	Raleigh	3.46	1,150
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	1.42	50	$56,000
North Carolina	Wilmington	1.45	130
North Carolina	Winston Salem	2.52	350	$84,000
North Dakota	Fargo	1.13	80	$84,000
North Dakota	Grand Forks	1.04	30	$97,000
Ohio	Akron	0.77	170	$76,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	0.58	400	$114,000
Ohio	Cleveland	0.59	420	$98,000
Ohio	Columbus	0.93	570	$115,000
Ohio	Dayton	0.7	180	$103,000
Ohio	Lima	1.59	50	$68,000
Ohio	Toledo	0.62	130	$88,000
Ohio	Youngstown	0.52	80	$109,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.5	560	$74,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	0.93	260	$54,000
Oregon	Eugene	1.17	110	$89,000
Oregon	Portland	0.91	630	$75,000
Pennsylvania	Allentown	1.7	370	$89,000
Pennsylvania	Erie	1.36	110	$50,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1.28	250	$97,000
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	2.06	70	$81,000
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	1	150	$86,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1.36	1,690	$112,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1.27	970	$80,000
Pennsylvania	Reading	1.35	140	$59,000
Pennsylvania	Scranton	1.37	230	$90,000
Pennsylvania	York	0.44	50	$70,000
Rhode Island	Providence	1.66	640	$101,000
South Carolina	Anderson	1.15	40	$52,000
South Carolina	Charleston	1.12	210	$83,000
South Carolina	Columbia	0.8	180	$93,000
South Carolina	Greenville	1.91	380	$92,000
South Carolina	Spartanburg	0.78	60	$80,000
South Carolina	Sumter	2.08	40	$58,000
Tennessee	Chattanooga	0.63	90	$67,000
Tennessee	Jackson	2.54	80	$81,000
Tennessee	Kingsport	0.57	40	$84,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	1.11	240	$81,000
Tennessee	Memphis	0.79	330	$83,000
Tennessee	Morristown	1.49	40	$66,000
Tennessee	Nashville	0.93	470	$81,000
Texas	Amarillo	0.82	50	$87,000
Texas	Austin	0.49	240	$133,000
Texas	Dallas	0.51	700	$99,000
Texas	El Paso	0.72	120	$97,000
Texas	Fort Worth	0.38	210	$87,000
Texas	Houston	0.33	560	$104,000
Texas	San Antonio	0.72	390	$77,000
Texas	Tyler	0.73	40	$85,000
Texas	Waco	0.85	50
Utah	Ogden	0.74	90	$87,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	1.14	460	$86,000
Vermont	Burlington	2.07	140	$100,000
Virginia	Charlottesville	4.86	280	$96,000
Virginia	Lynchburg	0.64	40	$79,000
Virginia	Richmond	0.97	390	$95,000
Virginia	Roanoke	0.5	50	$70,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	0.96	480	$92,000
Washington	Olympia	0.87	50	$91,000
Washington	Seattle	0.97	920	$91,000
Washington	Spokane	1.72	230	$91,000
Washington	Tacoma	0.91	160	$75,000
West Virginia	Charleston	0.87	80	$56,000
West Virginia	Parkersburg	0.73	30	$74,000
West Virginia	Weirton	1.29	30	$55,000
West Virginia	Wheeling	1.3	50	$71,000
Wisconsin	Green Bay	1.15	120	$83,000
Wisconsin	Janesville	1.01	40	$65,000
Wisconsin	Madison	3.14	670	$84,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1.89	1,080	$71,000