Principal Salary Schedule in Idaho

Statewide

The lowest-paid fourth of all principals in Idaho made $64,930 per or less as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The highest-paid fourth of principals in the state earned at least $88,730 per year. Salaries for principals in Idaho averaged $76,570 per year, approximately 15 percent below the nationwide average of $89,990 annually. Idaho ranked as the 17th lowest paying state for principals with lower salaries than all of its neighboring state except Montana, where principals made an average of $67,140 annually.

Lewiston ranked as the highest paying city for principals in Idaho as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. With salaries averaging $96,230 per year, it was also the only city in the state with average pay rates among the nationwide mean. Annual salaries for principals in Lewiston ranged from $69,980 at the 25th percentile to $104,800 at the 75th percentile. In Boise and Nampa, principals made an average of $81,310 annually, the second highest wages statewide. Principals in Idaho Falls made an average of $80,850 per year.

Coeur D'Alene served as the lowest paying metropolitan area for principals in Idaho at an average of $67,460 per year as of 2010, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries in the city ranged from a maximum of $57,040 per year for the lowest-paid fourth of principals to a minimum of $80,220 per year for the highest-paid fourth. In the metropolitan area of Franklin County, included in the greater Logan, Utah, area, principals received an average of $69,530 per year. Those working in Pocatello made an average of $70,300 annually.

In rural south central Idaho, principals earned an average of $79,800 per year as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wages ranged from $65,370 per year or less for the lowest-paid 25 percent of principals to $99,370 per year or more for the highest-paid 25 percent. Principals in rural southwestern Idaho received an average of $76,790 annually, while those in rural northern Idaho made an average of $69,030 per year. Rural eastern Idaho had the lowest salaries for principals of anywhere in the state at an average of $66,660 annually.