Seattle Public Schools / Thurgood Marshall Elementary / Elementary Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $234,103, above the department median of $128,193.
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. Thurgood Marshall Elementary pays a median base salary of $192,981 for this role, 11% above that figure — about the 78th 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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary’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. Thurgood Marshall Elementary’s median base salary is 82% 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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary is $234,103, 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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary, the median of $234,103 ranks #58 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 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.
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Elementary Principal/Thurgood Marshall Elementary
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Katherine May holds the role of Elementary Principal at Thurgood Marshall Elementary. In 2024, their total compensation was $234,103.