Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $104K, rent takes 16.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,064/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new education administrators, kindergarten through secondaries typically earn — is $77K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,641/month. At HUD’s $1,064/month FMR, rent would take 23% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $104K locally vs. $106K nationally, a 2% difference.

Iowa pays $104K median vs. the U.S. average of $106K — that’s -2%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.86), the purchasing-power equivalent is $117K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $104,260 a year. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $77,350, and experienced education administrators, kindergarten through secondaries can clear $154,000. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $6,351/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,064/month, which eats 16.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Iowa has a Regional Price Parity of 88.86 (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, kindergarten through secondary salary is worth about $117,331 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.