Education Administrators, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $55K, rent takes 27.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,060/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new education administrators, all others typically earn — is $38K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,262/month. At HUD’s $1,060/month FMR, rent would take 47% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 42% below the national median — $55K here vs. $95K nationally. Cost of living is 14% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission pays $55K median vs. the U.S. average of $95K — that’s -42%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 85.89), the purchasing-power equivalent is $64K — below the national median.

The median is $55,090 a year, that works out to about $26 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $37,700, and experienced education administrators, all others can clear $100,840. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,859/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,060/month, which eats 27.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission has a Regional Price Parity of 85.89 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median education administrators, all other salary is worth about $64,140 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.