Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Salary — Charleston, West Virginia

The average Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Charleston, West Virginia earns $77,140 a year.

$77,140 / year, mean
↓ 35.1% below national average 14th percentile in West Virginia

Charleston is among the lowest-paying cities in West Virginia for this specific role. That's well below the national average for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
190
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.8%
Cost of living 89 #171 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $148,817 #184 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,089 #175 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charleston ranks #171 for cost of living and #184 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Bremerton $169,480 Seattle $166,970 Mount Vernon $164,920 San Jose $162,910 Visalia $162,110 Bellingham $158,890 El Centro $158,240 Kennewick $157,860 San Francisco $157,630 Salinas $157,490 Vallejo $156,480 Riverside $156,260 Modesto $155,040 Hanford $154,510 Longview $154,200 Merced $154,100 New York $153,550 Los Angeles $152,790 Oxnard $152,300 Olympia $151,970 Yuba City $151,960 Yakima $151,120 San Diego $151,060 Wenatchee $150,950 Napa $150,860 Santa Rosa $150,770 Santa Maria $150,700 Sacramento $148,670 Bakersfield $147,360 Walla Walla $147,340 Trenton $146,640 San Luis Obispo $145,280 Santa Cruz $144,710 Chico $144,640 Spokane $144,200 Stockton $142,210 Fresno $139,700 Kiryas Joel $138,910 Portland $138,430 Redding $138,130 Kingston $137,250 Atlantic City $131,900 Baltimore $129,470 Salem $129,390 Philadelphia $128,820 Bend $128,610 Vineland $128,160 Dover $128,130 Eugene $124,510 Lexington Park $124,450 Chicago $124,080 Albany $122,490 Grants Pass $121,540 Buffalo $120,540 Allentown $120,110 Salisbury $119,880 State College $119,250 Utica $118,870 Lebanon $118,440 Medford $118,320 York $118,080 Corvallis $118,060 Albany $117,930 Ithaca $117,360 Syracuse $117,270 Springfield $117,020 Reading $116,780 Glens Falls $116,320 Louisville $115,540 Elmira $115,430 Lancaster $114,860 Binghamton $113,920 Harrisburg $113,740 Pittsburgh $113,250 Rochester $113,200 Gettysburg $112,960 Williamsport $112,910 Scranton $112,150 Detroit $111,850 Chambersburg $111,830 Kalamazoo $110,840 Sarasota $110,660 Watertown $110,520 Lafayette $109,890 Midland $109,130 Traverse City $107,880 Richmond $107,770 Ann Arbor $107,690 Saginaw $107,350 Naples $107,310 Winchester $107,190 Charlottesville $106,550 Indianapolis $106,250 Battle Creek $106,010 Hagerstown $105,750 Lansing $105,630 Altoona $105,420 Lexington $104,960 Miami $104,770 Bay City $104,740 Decatur $104,640 Jackson $104,030 Virginia Beach $104,000 Grand Rapids $103,350 Dallas $103,060 Monroe $102,900 Flint $102,740 Peoria $102,550 Port St. Lucie $101,780 Muskegon $101,700 Champaign $101,430 Owensboro $101,380 Houston $101,310 Johnstown $101,180 Fort Wayne $100,790 Roanoke $99,990 Bloomington $99,830 Harrisonburg $99,650 Niles $99,500 Kokomo $99,420 Fort Myers $98,720 Tampa $98,720 Lynchburg $98,540 Paducah $97,630 Staunton $97,590 Crestview $97,330 Columbus $96,990 Evansville $96,950 Michigan City $96,930 Wildwood $96,890 Midland $96,710 Blacksburg $96,660 Odessa $96,550 Erie $96,410 Sherman $96,180 Jacksonville $96,150 Austin $96,140 Kankakee $95,950 Muncie $95,450 McAllen $95,370 Elizabethtown $95,110 South Bend $94,240 Ocala $94,060 Laredo $93,910 Terre Haute $93,900 Killeen $93,310 Pensacola $93,310 Rockford $93,200 Wichita Falls $93,030 Bowling Green $92,970 Sebastian $92,920 Deltona $92,720 Amarillo $92,550 Orlando $92,480 El Paso $92,120 Gainesville $91,940 Waco $91,300 San Antonio $90,970 Lubbock $90,840 Bloomington $90,330 Tallahassee $89,890 Corpus Christi $89,780 Longview $89,780 Tyler $89,460 Wheeling $88,460 Abilene $88,240 Beaumont $87,810 Weirton $87,670 Palm Bay $87,460 Lakeland $87,420 Victoria $86,580 Texarkana $86,540 Sebring $85,710 Elkhart $85,600 College Station $85,470 Brownsville $85,030 Huntington $84,160 San Angelo $82,940 Morgantown $82,120 Parkersburg $79,870 Panama City $79,610 Beckley $78,140 Charleston $77,140
CityMean salaryvs. Charleston
Abilene, Texas$88,240+14.4%
Albany, Oregon$117,930+52.9%
Albany, New York$122,490+58.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$120,110+55.7%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$105,420+36.7%
Amarillo, Texas$92,550+20.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$107,690+39.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$131,900+71.0%
Austin, Texas$96,140+24.6%
Bakersfield, California$147,360+91.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$129,470+67.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$106,010+37.4%
Bay City, Michigan$104,740+35.8%
Beaumont, Texas$87,810+13.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$78,140+1.3%
Bellingham, Washington$158,890+106.0%
Bend, Oregon$128,610+66.7%
Binghamton, New York$113,920+47.7%
Blacksburg, Virginia$96,660+25.3%
Bloomington, Illinois$99,830+29.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$90,330+17.1%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$92,970+20.5%
Bremerton, Washington$169,480+119.7%
Brownsville, Texas$85,030+10.2%
Buffalo, New York$120,540+56.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$98,720+28.0%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$111,830+45.0%
Champaign, Illinois$101,430+31.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$106,550+38.1%
Chicago, Illinois$124,080+60.9%
Chico, California$144,640+87.5%
College Station, Texas$85,470+10.8%
Columbus, Indiana$96,990+25.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$89,780+16.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$118,060+53.0%
Crestview, Florida$97,330+26.2%
Dallas, Texas$103,060+33.6%
Decatur, Illinois$104,640+35.6%
Deltona, Florida$92,720+20.2%
Detroit, Michigan$111,850+45.0%
Dover, Delaware$128,130+66.1%
El Centro, California$158,240+105.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$95,110+23.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$85,600+11.0%
Elmira, New York$115,430+49.6%
El Paso, Texas$92,120+19.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$96,410+25.0%
Eugene, Oregon$124,510+61.4%
Evansville, Indiana$96,950+25.7%
Flint, Michigan$102,740+33.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$100,790+30.7%
Fresno, California$139,700+81.1%
Gainesville, Florida$91,940+19.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$112,960+46.4%
Glens Falls, New York$116,320+50.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$103,350+34.0%
Grants Pass, Oregon$121,540+57.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$105,750+37.1%
Hanford, California$154,510+100.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$113,740+47.4%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$99,650+29.2%
Houston, Texas$101,310+31.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$84,160+9.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$106,250+37.7%
Ithaca, New York$117,360+52.1%
Jackson, Michigan$104,030+34.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$96,150+24.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$101,180+31.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$110,840+43.7%
Kankakee, Illinois$95,950+24.4%
Kennewick, Washington$157,860+104.6%
Killeen, Texas$93,310+21.0%
Kingston, New York$137,250+77.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$138,910+80.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$99,420+28.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$109,890+42.5%
Lakeland, Florida$87,420+13.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$114,860+48.9%
Lansing, Michigan$105,630+36.9%
Laredo, Texas$93,910+21.7%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$118,440+53.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$104,960+36.1%
Lexington Park, Maryland$124,450+61.3%
Longview, Texas$89,780+16.4%
Longview, Washington$154,200+99.9%
Los Angeles, California$152,790+98.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$115,540+49.8%
Lubbock, Texas$90,840+17.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$98,540+27.7%
McAllen, Texas$95,370+23.6%
Medford, Oregon$118,320+53.4%
Merced, California$154,100+99.8%
Miami, Florida$104,770+35.8%
Michigan City, Indiana$96,930+25.7%
Midland, Michigan$109,130+41.5%
Midland, Texas$96,710+25.4%
Modesto, California$155,040+101.0%
Monroe, Michigan$102,900+33.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$82,120+6.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$164,920+113.8%
Muncie, Indiana$95,450+23.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$101,700+31.8%
Napa, California$150,860+95.6%
Naples, Florida$107,310+39.1%
New York, New York$153,550+99.1%
Niles, Michigan$99,500+29.0%
Sarasota, Florida$110,660+43.5%
Ocala, Florida$94,060+21.9%
Odessa, Texas$96,550+25.2%
Olympia, Washington$151,970+97.0%
Orlando, Florida$92,480+19.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$101,380+31.4%
Oxnard, California$152,300+97.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$97,630+26.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$87,460+13.4%
Panama City, Florida$79,610+3.2%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$79,870+3.5%
Pensacola, Florida$93,310+21.0%
Peoria, Illinois$102,550+32.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$128,820+67.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$113,250+46.8%
Portland, Oregon$138,430+79.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$101,780+31.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$116,780+51.4%
Redding, California$138,130+79.1%
Richmond, Virginia$107,770+39.7%
Riverside, California$156,260+102.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$99,990+29.6%
Rochester, New York$113,200+46.7%
Rockford, Illinois$93,200+20.8%
Sacramento, California$148,670+92.7%
Saginaw, Michigan$107,350+39.2%
Salem, Oregon$129,390+67.7%
Salinas, California$157,490+104.2%
Salisbury, Maryland$119,880+55.4%
San Angelo, Texas$82,940+7.5%
San Antonio, Texas$90,970+17.9%
San Diego, California$151,060+95.8%
San Francisco, California$157,630+104.3%
San Jose, California$162,910+111.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$145,280+88.3%
Santa Cruz, California$144,710+87.6%
Santa Maria, California$150,700+95.4%
Santa Rosa, California$150,770+95.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$112,150+45.4%
Seattle, Washington$166,970+116.5%
Sebastian, Florida$92,920+20.5%
Sebring, Florida$85,710+11.1%
Sherman, Texas$96,180+24.7%
South Bend, Indiana$94,240+22.2%
Spokane, Washington$144,200+86.9%
Springfield, Illinois$117,020+51.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$119,250+54.6%
Staunton, Virginia$97,590+26.5%
Stockton, California$142,210+84.4%
Syracuse, New York$117,270+52.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$89,890+16.5%
Tampa, Florida$98,720+28.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$93,900+21.7%
Texarkana, Texas$86,540+12.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$107,880+39.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$146,640+90.1%
Tyler, Texas$89,460+16.0%
Utica, New York$118,870+54.1%
Vallejo, California$156,480+102.9%
Victoria, Texas$86,580+12.2%
Vineland, New Jersey$128,160+66.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$104,000+34.8%
Visalia, California$162,110+110.2%
Waco, Texas$91,300+18.4%
Walla Walla, Washington$147,340+91.0%
Watertown, New York$110,520+43.3%
Weirton, West Virginia$87,670+13.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$150,950+95.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$88,460+14.7%
Wichita Falls, Texas$93,030+20.6%
Wildwood, Florida$96,890+25.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$112,910+46.4%
Winchester, Virginia$107,190+39.0%
Yakima, Washington$151,120+95.9%
York, Pennsylvania$118,080+53.1%
Yuba City, California$151,960+97.0%
Gross salary
77,140/yr
Estimated take-home
60,454/yr
Est. total withheld
21.6%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 11-9032 SOC code
Official area Charleston, WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
207,456