SALARY · EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECONDARY · MISSOURI

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary salary in Missouri

If Missouri is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary was $100,400. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$100,400

Not published per hour at the median · That is $5,470 (5.2 percent) below the national median of $105,870 for this occupation.

$103,640Mean annual salary
Not publishedMean hourly wage
$7,120People employed in this job in Missouri

Salary range

25th: $80,580Median: $100,40075th: $122,810
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$80,580
Median (50th percentile)$100,400
75th percentile$122,810
Mean$103,640

The middle half of workers earned from $80,580 to $122,810 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$75,711 a year
$6,309 a month
Federal tax $13,258 · FICA $7,681 · State tax $3,750

Caveat: the annual 2026 MO-1040 instruction booklet was not retrieved. Brackets and standard deduction are in the official 2026 withholding formula, and the federal tax deduction schedule is in statute RSMo 143.171.

Kansas City and St. Louis 1 percent earnings taxes are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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