Chicago Public Schools / Southside Occupational Academy / Assistant Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Southside Occupational Academy. Median total compensation for the role is $175,423, above the department median of $80,401.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 11,050 people — is $128,780. Southside Occupational Academy pays a median base salary of $140,142 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Southside Occupational Academy’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 328,330 people — is $105,870. Southside Occupational Academy’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Southside Occupational Academy is $175,423, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Assistant Principal is held in 489 Chicago Public Schools departments. In Southside Occupational Academy, the median of $175,423 ranks #361 of 489.
Median total compensation for the Assistant Principal role in other Chicago Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Chicago Public Schools, the median of $184,844 ranks #1 of 7. See Assistant Principal across all of Chicago Public Schools →
Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Principal roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Assistant Principal/Southside Occupational Academy
Source-specific fields
At Southside Occupational Academy, Tara Bailey serves as a Assistant Principal. Their 2026 pay totaled $189,726.
Assistant Principal/Southside Occupational Academy
Source-specific fields
At Southside Occupational Academy, Phillip Williams serves as a Assistant Principal. Their 2026 pay totaled $161,120.