Hiring an education administrator in Jersey City, NJ
Employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area pay education administrators, postsecondary a median of $137,800, with the middle half of the market between $107,490 and $179,360. Jersey City residents working in management occupations report a median of $118,819, which is 14% below what the metro pays for this role.
What does an education administrator earn here?
Place of work
What employers pay
| 25th percentile | $107,490 |
| Median | $137,800 |
| 75th percentile | $179,360 |
Half of education administrators, postsecondary in this area earn between $107,490 and $179,360. A band set below $107,490 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.
Place of residence
What Jersey City residents earn
$118,819
Median earnings of Jersey City residents working in management occupations, 20,986 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 14% 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 Jersey City 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 Jersey City?
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 53.1% of Jersey City 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 Jersey City commute runs 36.9 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 21.6% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.
How often do these jobs turn over?
In Hudson County, management of companies and enterprises employs 7,119 and turns over 6.6% a quarter, with 531 hires against 684 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $10,032 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 $27,560 to $41,340 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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Hiring an education administrator somewhere else?
Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.
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Other management roles in Jersey City
- Administrative Services Managers
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Chief Executives
- Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Construction Managers
- Education Administrators, All Other
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
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- Hiring Education Administrators, Postsecondary: the role, the pay, the process
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Jersey City is the 2th largest of 2 New Jersey cities in this dataset.