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Hiring an education administrator in Long Beach, CA

Employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area pay education administrators, all other a median of $83,990, with the middle half of the market between $71,300 and $129,240. Long Beach residents working in management occupations report a median of $89,366, which is 6% above what the metro pays for this role.

What does an education administrator earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile$71,300
Median$83,990
75th percentile$129,240

Half of education administrators, all other in this area earn between $71,300 and $129,240. A band set below $71,300 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Long Beach residents earn

$89,366

Median earnings of Long Beach residents working in management occupations, 23,978 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 6% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The two sit close together, so pay alone is unlikely to be what wins or loses this hire.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Los Angeles County, management of companies and enterprises employs 77,219 and turns over 5.8% a quarter, with 5,890 hires against 6,194 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $12,100 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 55.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about education administrators, all other. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a low-churn market, where people do not move often and passive candidates are the whole game.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $16,798 to $25,197 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

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