Seattle Public Schools / Thornton Creek Elementary School / Elementary Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Thornton Creek Elementary School. Median total compensation for the role is $241,402, above the department median of $102,520.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 3,360 people — is $174,260. Thornton Creek Elementary School pays a median base salary of $192,022 for this role, 10% above that figure — about the 77th 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Thornton Creek Elementary 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. Thornton Creek Elementary School’s median base salary is 81% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Thornton Creek Elementary School is $241,402, 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
Elementary Principal is held in 74 Seattle Public Schools departments. In Thornton Creek Elementary School, the median of $241,402 ranks #7 of 74.
Median total compensation for the Elementary Principal role in other Seattle Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Seattle Public Schools, the median of $236,223 ranks #1 of 2. See Elementary Principal across all of Seattle Public Schools →
Median total compensation for comparable Elementary Principalroles 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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Elementary Principal/Thornton Creek Elementary School
Source-specific fields
At Thornton Creek Elementary School, Brandee Spencer serves as a Elementary Principal. Their 2024 pay totaled $241,402.