School District of Philadelphia / Assistant Principal
Role across School District of Philadelphia
Assistant Principal
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
292 people hold the Assistant Principal role across 181 departments in School District of Philadelphia, with a median total compensation of $121,419. Among 7 jurisdictions where this role is reported, School District of Philadelphia ranks #4 by median pay.
- Employees
- 292
- Median pay
- $121,419
- Departments
- 181
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #4 of 7
Compared with the local labor market
Assistant Principal pay vs. the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area
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. School District of Philadelphia pays a median base salary of $121,419 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where School District of Philadelphia sits in the local pay range
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 School District of Philadelphia’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. School District of Philadelphia’s median base salary is 15% above that national figure, about the 64th 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 School District of Philadelphia is $121,419, 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 jurisdictions
Assistant Principal pay in other jurisdictions
Where Assistant Principals are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Principalroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within School District of Philadelphia
Departments with this role
Largest School District of Philadelphia departments for this role
Departments in School District of Philadelphiaemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.