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Education Administrators, Postsecondary pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and St. George, UT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education Administrators, Postsecondary is $177,150 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $82,830 per year in St. George, UT. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 113.9% above St. George, UT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9033 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 190 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 140 in St. George, UT. 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