Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $96K, rent takes 19% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,129/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 $64K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,838/month. At HUD’s $1,129/month FMR, rent would take 29% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $96K locally vs. $106K nationally, a 10% difference.

Montana pays $96K median vs. the U.S. average of $106K — that’s -10%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 97), the purchasing-power equivalent is $99K — below the national median.

The median is $95,700 a year. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $63,960, and experienced education administrators, kindergarten through secondaries can clear $127,800. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,931/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,129/month, which eats 19% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Montana has a Regional Price Parity of 97 (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 $98,660 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.