Superintendent Survey Highlights Released

Statewide data highlights from the 2026-2027 TASB/TASA Superintendent Salary Survey have been released.

Data was collected from 754 participating districts, representing 74 percent of districts in Texas. Of the participating superintendent data, 44 interim and six part-time/non-interim superintendents were reported. This is the highest count of interim and part-time/non-interim superintendents we've seen in years. Those 50 are excluded from our analysis.

Of responding districts:

• Median superintendent salary is $163,325, an increase of 5.1 percent over last year.
• Median pay increase was 4 percent, and base salary increases were granted to 68 percent of returning superintendents.
• The most common benefits are health insurance (87 percent of reporting districts) and dues for membership to civic, private, or professional organizations/clubs (62 percent of reporting districts).
• The least common benefits are long-term disability and TRS service credit purchases (only about 1 percent of reporting districts).

The complete Statewide Superintendent Highlights are available to download from our website. HR Services subscribers can run detailed reports through our online reporting system TASB HRDataSource™ (member login required).