Hiring an education administrator in Anchorage, AK

Employers in the Anchorage, AK area pay education administrators, postsecondary a median of $104,770, with the middle half of the market between $84,870 and $131,910. Anchorage residents working in management occupations report a median of $89,216, which is 15% below 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 Anchorage, AK area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$84,870
Median	$104,770
75th percentile	$131,910

Half of education administrators, postsecondary in this area earn between $84,870 and $131,910. A band set below $84,870 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Anchorage residents earn

$89,216

Median earnings of Anchorage residents working in management occupations, 16,034 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 15% 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 role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside Anchorage rather than competing for commuters.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Design or use assessments to monitor student learning outcomes.
Recruit, hire, train, and terminate departmental personnel.
Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.
Advise students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.
Plan, administer, and control budgets, maintain financial records, and produce financial reports.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 11-9033.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Student information systems SIS software, Facebook, Google Docs, Hypertext markup language HTML.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Anchorage?

This is a job zone five: extensive preparation needed occupation. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

That matters here, because 37.7% of Anchorage adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a workable pool, but the search will reach beyond the city line. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Anchorage commute runs 19 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 9.6% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

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 $20,954 to $31,431 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.

Price this search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen.

Hiring an education administrator somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other management roles in Anchorage

Anchorage is the largest of 1 Alaska cities in this dataset.