What does it cost to hire an education administrator in McKinney?

Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role and never by salary or location. A contingency firm billing 20 to 30% of this role's $79,060 median wage in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would charge roughly $15,812 to $23,718 on the first year salary alone.

What should an offer for an education administrator in McKinney look like?

Employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay education administrators, all other a median of $79,060, with the middle half of the market between $55,690 and $120,910 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $55,690 competes for the bottom quarter of that market.

Hiring an education administrator in McKinney, TX

Employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay education administrators, all other a median of $79,060 a year, with the middle half of the market between $55,690 and $120,910 (BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 11-9039). Filling it through recruitlocalpros runs Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role rather than by salary or location, and our vetted recruiting partner handles sourcing, screening and placement end to end.

Do McKinney residents in management work earn more than employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay?

McKinney residents working in management occupations earn a median of $122,209 (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011), against $106,740 as the median of the 36 wages BLS publishes for that same occupation group in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025), a difference of 14%, with the residents figure the higher of the two.

Both sides of that figure describe the whole management group, not this one role. In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area the group covers 36 occupations BLS publishes a wage for, from education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare at $49,390 to chief executives at $320,060 (BLS OEWS, May 2025), with education administrators, all other at $79,060 inside it.

That comparison is between two different measures, not a pay gap. The two weight the same occupation group differently: the Census figure is the midpoint across the people who actually hold those jobs, so a group carrying a few very well paid occupations is pulled toward them, while the BLS figure is the midpoint across the 36 published occupation wages, which counts each of those occupations once whatever its headcount. Census also counts where people live and BLS counts where the jobs are, and the two cover different populations, Census the civilian employed population 16 and over, BLS wage-and-salary jobs only. Read the number against other cities, where the same definitional difference applies on both sides, rather than as a shortfall.

Residents here out-earn the midpoint of what the metro pays across this group, which usually points to people commuting out to better-paying employers. Expect a McKinney offer in this field to compete with a drive, not only with the firm down the road.

What does an education administrator earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid to education administrators, all other by employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area. BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 11-9039.
25th percentile	$55,690
Median	$79,060
75th percentile	$120,910

Half of education administrators, all other in this area earn between $55,690 and $120,910 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $55,690 competes for the bottom quarter of the market. Occupation detail for SOC 11-9039 at O*NET OnLine.

Place of residence

What McKinney residents earn

$122,209

Median annual earnings of McKinney residents working in management occupations, 17,745 people (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011). An occupation group rather than this one role, and where people live rather than where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Collin County, management of companies and enterprises employs 15,216 and turns over 5.7% a quarter, with 1,124 hires against 1,279 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $17,379 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 $79,060 median in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would bill roughly $15,812 to $23,718 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.

Questions employers ask about hiring an education administrator in McKinney

What does it cost to hire an education administrator in McKinney?: Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role and never by salary or location. A contingency firm billing 20 to 30% of this role's $79,060 median wage in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would charge roughly $15,812 to $23,718 on the first year salary alone.
What should an offer for an education administrator in McKinney look like?: Employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay education administrators, all other a median of $79,060, with the middle half of the market between $55,690 and $120,910 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $55,690 competes for the bottom quarter of that market.
Do McKinney residents in management work earn more than employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay?: McKinney residents working in management occupations earn a median of $122,209 (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011), against $106,740 as the median of the 36 wages BLS publishes for that same occupation group in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025), a difference of 14%. Both figures cover the whole occupation group rather than this one role, and one counts where people live while the other counts where the jobs are, so the percentage is not a pay gap.

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