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Education Administrators, Postsecondary pay in New York and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education Administrators, Postsecondary is $139,640 per year in New York. It is $127,630 per year in Washington. New York is 9.4% above Washington 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 7,280 wage and salary jobs in New York and 2,140 in Washington. 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