Salary

Average Salary: $38,570

Expected Lifetime Earnings: $1,610,220


What you make in personal achievement, pride, and power doesn't translate into big bucks. After shelling out most of your money for a few decent suits and sweater sets to help impress potential students and parents, you'll probably be living a little closer to the poverty line.

Just like the rest of us with college degrees in today's job market.... (Source)

The average annual salary is right around $39k a year (source). 

But salaries in the field vary greatly. New admissions officers earn roughly $33k a year, while those who stick it out and eventually become the head of an admissions office can be looking at a salary closer to $140k (source).