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Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary pay in Great Falls, MT and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary is $94,940 per year in Great Falls, MT. It is $174,260 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Great Falls, MT is 45.5% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Great Falls, MT and 3,360 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings