Management

Education Administrators, K-12

SOC 11-9032

Lead a school as principal or administrator, owning everything from staff to safety.

Median pay

$106k

$86k to $135k typical range

Outlook

Declining

21k openings / yr

Education

Master's

AI exposure

71%

modeled estimate · 46th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

47/100

Key skills

Speaking
Active Listening
Learning Strategies
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.