Education jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Universities, colleges, school systems and education companies: faculty-adjacent, administration, advancement, technology and operations roles. 14,346 open jobs at 3,492 employers, with a median stated pay of $98k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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14,346
open education jobs
3,492
employers hiring
$98k
median stated pay (1,513 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All education lists
Employers with the most open education jobs
California State University, University Of Miami and Emory University lead the education employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 15% of the 14,346 open education jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California State UniversityCA | 344 open |
| 2 | University Of MiamiFL | 283 open |
| 3 | Emory UniversityGA | 249 open |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University APLMD | 210 open |
| 5 | University Of California San Francisco FoundationCA | 200 open |
| 6 | UVA HealthVA | 193 open |
| 7 | Oxford College of Emory UniversityGA | 188 open |
| 8 | Learning Care GroupTX | 184 open |
| 9 | Harvard UniversityMA | 182 open |
| 10 | University of VirginiaVA | 165 open |
Highest-paying education roles
Among education jobs that state yearly pay, Chief Executives, Lawyers and Education Administrators, Postsecondary pay the most at the median, against $98k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chief Executives131 open · With pay 24 | $169k |
| 2 | Lawyers66 open · With pay 8 | $145k |
| 3 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary404 open · With pay 47 | $142k |
| 4 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary331 open · With pay 103 | $138k |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers120 open · With pay 15 | $131k |
| 6 | Fundraising Managers261 open · With pay 41 | $130k |
| 7 | Human Resources Managers172 open · With pay 35 | $130k |
| 8 | Purchasing Managers48 open · With pay 11 | $122k |
Skills employers ask for
excel, project management and strategic planning are the skills most often named in education job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the education jobs are
CA, TX and NY have the most open education jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaMedian pay $133k | 2,313 open |
| 2 | TexasMedian pay $84k | 1,276 open |
| 3 | New YorkMedian pay $118k | 921 open |
| 4 | MassachusettsMedian pay $95k | 916 open |
| 5 | VirginiaMedian pay $90k | 800 open |
| 6 | FloridaMedian pay $80k | 740 open |
| 7 | GeorgiaMedian pay $79k | 664 open |
| 8 | North CarolinaMedian pay $72k | 574 open |
New education jobs this week
25 education jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Director of Lower School
The Barstow School · Kansas City, MO
Nov 2
- Director of Annual Fund and Constituent Relations
The Center for Early Education · CA
Nov 2
- Director of Financial Aid
Ethical Culture Fieldston School · Bronx, NY
Nov 2
- Research Administrator II
UCLA · Los Angeles, CA
Nov 2
- Senior Accountant
St. Luke's School · New York, NY
Nov 2
- Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
Adkisson Search Consultants · Springfield, IL
Nov 2
- Design Director
Northern Impact · Orlando, FL
Nov 2
- Center Director
Learning Care Group · Taylors, SC
Nov 2
Laid off in education? Start here
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- Nonprofits13,697
- Biotech and pharma12,574
- AI8,364
- Construction7,544
- Transportation and logistics5,669
- Space5,418
- Automotive and EV4,186
- Semiconductors3,683
- Retail3,289
- Robotics and automation3,148
- Consumer packaged goods2,663
- Data centers2,554
- Utilities and power2,405
- Clean energy and nuclear2,303
- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
- Tourism and hospitality1,437
- Oil and gas1,102
- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
- TV and streaming941
- Mining and natural resources884
- Airlines and aviation811
- Music663
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in education when its employer is on our list of education employers, or its title names education work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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