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What principals make
Median
$115,000
Lower end
$76,000
Upper end
$149,000
Job Bank's national median works out to $55.29 an hour, about $115,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower end ($36.54) and upper end ($71.51) are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group. Principals are salaried, not hourly, so treat the hourly figures as a conversion. Boards publish their administrator pay grids.