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Assistant School Principal

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

An Assistant School Principal provides support and shares some or many of the duties of the School Principal. May oversee operations within a school, managing teachers and other staff. May be required to attend parent consultations, taking parent suggestions and discussing the educational needs of individual students.

Job Outlook

There were 483 Assistant School Principal job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 10932 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Elementary and Secondary School Administrator industry, which includes the Assistant School Principal career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Assistant School Principal jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $107,736.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $106,686.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Assistant School Principal postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $98,377.

Education and Experience

Posted Assistant School Principal jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree0%
Bachelor's Degree18.26%
Master's Degree50.62%
Doctoral Degree5.5%
Other15.66%

Posted Assistant School Principal jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years18.12%
3 to 5 years77%
6 to 8 years3.86%
9+ years1.02%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Assistant School Principal positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Teaching (54.15%)
  • Leadership (51.58%)
  • Communication (46.73%)
  • Management (31.37%)
  • Planning (28.81%)
  • Operations (27.95%)
  • Coordinating (22.43%)
  • Interpersonal Communications (18.77%)
  • Educational Leadership (18.34%)
  • Writing (17.42%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • Student Services (18.17%)
  • Office Equipment (15.04%)
  • Classroom Management (14.48%)
  • Instructional Strategies (13.71%)
  • Special Education (21.94%)
  • Educational Administration (19.07%)
  • Data Analysis (15.01%)
  • Continuous Improvement Process (12.78%)
  • Curriculum Development (30.72%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

  • Teacher Quality Assessments (9.83%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

  • Teacher Quality Assessments (100%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Assistant School Principal skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • Assistant Principal
  • High School Assistant Principal
  • Middle School Assistant Principal
  • Elementary Assistant Principal
  • Elementary School Assistant Principal
  • Assistant Principal of Instruction
  • School Principal
  • Principal
  • Secondary Assistant Principal
  • Principal Administrator

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Assistant School Principal jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • Clark County School District (292)
  • IDEA Public Schools (152)
  • United States Department of Transportation (105)
  • Houston Independent School District (100)
  • Success Academy (96)
  • Ulster Boces (65)
  • KIPP Foundation (54)
  • Fairfax County Public Schools (51)
  • Wayne-Finger Lakes Boces (51)
  • Michigan Association Of School Boards (50)

North Carolina

  • Wake County Public Schools (37)
  • Johnston County Public Schools (26)
  • Rowan-Salisbury Schools (13)
  • Cumberland County Schools (12)
  • Brunswick County Schools (11)
  • Durham Public Schools (10)
  • Pender County Schools (10)
  • Union County Public Schools (9)
  • Lee County Schools (9)
  • Moore County Schools (9)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.