Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
What Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Do
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- 5 years or more
- On-the-job training
- None
- Self-employed
- 1.2%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 5 of 5Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
- Education
- 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).
- Job training
- Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Education and Trainingimportance 4.6/5
- Administration and Managementimportance 4.3/5
- English Languageimportance 4.0/5
- Administrativeimportance 3.6/5
- Mathematicsimportance 3.6/5
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.5/5
- Personnel and Human Resourcesimportance 3.4/5
- Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.4/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- E-Mail5.0/5
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.9/5
- Contact With Others4.9/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.8/5
- Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers4.7/5
- Telephone Conversations4.5/5
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Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
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Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 4.6/5
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 4.3/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 4.1/5
- Systems Evaluationimportance 4.1/5
- Management of Personnel Resourcesimportance 4.1/5
- Coordinationimportance 4.0/5
- Negotiationimportance 4.0/5
- Instructingimportance 4.0/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
In-Demand Technologies
Other Software Used
- ACS Technologies HeadMaster
- Attendance tracking software
- Blackbaud The Education Edge
- Blackboard software
- Bloomz
- Common Curriculum
- Computer Resources MMS
- Desmos
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Leadership Orientation
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Social Orientation
- Self-Confidence
- Stress Tolerance
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- SocialHigh
- EnterprisingHigh
- ConventionalMedium
- InvestigativeMedium
- ArtisticLow
- RealisticLow
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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where education administrators, kindergarten through secondary make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Brownsville-Harlingen, TX2.42× national avg
- 2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX2.32× national avg
- 3Dover, DE2.00× national avg
- 4Pittsfield, MA1.99× national avg
- 5Farmington, NM1.88× national avg
Related Education Programs
Schools that offer related fields of study, based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk — not a guarantee that graduates enter this specific career.
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
- American College of Education (Indianapolis, IN)
- Lamar University (Beaumont, TX)grads earn ~$70,026
- Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ)grads earn ~$73,501
- Western Governors University (Salt Lake City, UT)grads earn ~$84,521
- Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)grads earn ~$76,969