School District of Philadelphia / Logan, James School / Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Logan, James School. Median total compensation for the role is $153,296, above the department median of $58,129.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,890 people — is $129,130. Logan, James School pays a median base salary of $153,296 for this role, 19% above that figure — about the 75th 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Logan, James School’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. Logan, James School’s median base salary is 45% above that national figure, about the 83rd 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Logan, James School is $153,296, 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
Principal is held in 229 School District of Philadelphia departments. In Logan, James School, the median of $153,296 ranks #217 of 229.
Median total compensation for the Principal role in other School District of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In School District of Philadelphia, the median of $172,636 ranks #4 of 7. See Principal across all of School District of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable 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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Principal/Logan, James School
Source-specific fields
Kia Brady is a Principal at Logan, James School. 2026 total compensation came to $153,296. They are represented by Casa.