City of Springfield, MA / 3280 / Associate Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in 3280. Median total compensation for the role is $156,962, above the department median of $38,895.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Springfield, MA area, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 800 people — is $106,210. 3280 pays a median base salary of $156,962 for this role, 48% above that figure — above the 90th 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 Springfield, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows 3280’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. 3280’s median base salary is 48% above that national figure, about the 85th 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 Springfield, MA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at 3280 is $156,962, 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
Associate Principal is held in 13 City of Springfield, MA departments. In 3280, the median of $156,962 ranks #1 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Associate Principal role in other City of Springfield, MAdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Associate Principal/3280
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At 3280, Lucy Darkwah serves as a Associate Principal. Their 2025 pay totaled $156,962.