AASA Releases 2024-25 Superintendent Salary & Benefits Study
- AASA released its 2024-25 Superintendent Salary & Benefits Study on April 1, 2025, in Alexandria, Virginia.
- AASA has collected superintendent salary data since 2012 to understand the superintendency conditions.
- The study, based on 2,077 superintendent responses from 49 states, gauges leadership compensation and demographics.
- The 2013 mean superintendent salary was $131,171; inflation-adjusted to 2024, it would be $175,679.
- Real superintendent wages have decreased roughly $7,000 over the last decade compared to inflation-adjusted salaries.
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California’s schools chief has a $200,000 salary and a side gig
In summary Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has regularly worked side jobs at Bay Area nonprofits to earn extra income because he says the state pay is insufficient. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has regularly taken side jobs running Bay Area nonprofits during his tenure as California’s elected schools chief, earning tens of thousands of dollars to supplement his income, financial disclosures show. Th…

AASA Releases 2024-25 Superintendent Salary & Benefits Study
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- More people appear to be ascending to the superintendent position at an earlier age than over a decade ago according to the 13th annual superintendent salary study released today by AASA, The School…
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