Hiring an education administrator in Fremont, CA

Employers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area pay education administrators, postsecondary a median of $136,030, with the middle half of the market between $100,470 and $175,530. Fremont residents working in management occupations report a median of $153,601, which is 13% 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$100,470
Median	$136,030
75th percentile	$175,530

Half of education administrators, postsecondary in this area earn between $100,470 and $175,530. A band set below $100,470 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Fremont residents earn

$153,601

Median earnings of Fremont residents working in management occupations, 16,807 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 13% 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.

Residents here already earn more than this role pays, so your offer is competing with whatever they currently commute to.

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 Fremont?

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 62.7% of Fremont adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a deep local pool for a degree-requiring role. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Fremont commute runs 31.1 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 30.7% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Alameda County, management of companies and enterprises employs 15,822 and turns over 5.1% a quarter, with 1,026 hires against 1,194 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $13,363 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, postsecondary. 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 $27,206 to $40,809 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 Fremont

Fremont is the 17th largest of 21 California cities in this dataset.