Unit Director salary

Q: What state pays Unit Directors the most?

Connecticut pays Unit Directors the most in the United States, with an average salary of $101,875 per year, or $48.98 per hour.

Q: How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a Unit Director?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Unit Director if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Maine you should be paid close to $100,841 per year.

Average unit director salary

$74,346

$35.74 hourly rate

Entry-level unit director salary

$42,000 yearly salary

Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a unit director make?

The average unit director salary in the United States is $74,346. Unit director salaries typically range between $42,000 and $131,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for unit directors is $35.74 per hour.

Unit director salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Unit directors earn the highest average salary in Connecticut.

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Columbus, OH$101,544

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Palo Alto Networks$167,917

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Unit Director salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Salary.com, Indeed, Glassdoor and Payscale, the average salary for a unit director typically falls between $49,227 and $105,394.

zippia

$74,346yearly

glassdoor[1]

$105,394yearly

indeed[2]

$79,259yearly

Salary.com[3]

$73,793yearly

payscale[4]

$49,227yearly

Average unit director salary by state

Highest paying states for unit directors

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Maine	$100,841	$48.48
2	Connecticut	$101,875	$48.98
3	New York	$99,868	$48.01
4	New Jersey	$98,908	$47.55
5	Delaware	$95,049	$45.70
6	New Hampshire	$88,862	$42.72
7	Rhode Island	$95,565	$45.94
8	Vermont	$87,114	$41.88
9	West Virginia	$85,016	$40.87
10	Oklahoma	$79,697	$38.32
11	Massachusetts	$83,990	$40.38
12	Nevada	$84,241	$40.50
13	Pennsylvania	$79,388	$38.17
14	Washington	$88,121	$42.37
15	Wyoming	$77,961	$37.48
16	District of Columbia	$91,297	$43.89
17	Mississippi	$73,328	$35.25
18	Louisiana	$73,470	$35.32
19	Virginia	$88,036	$42.33
20	Iowa	$73,463	$35.32
21	Missouri	$77,558	$37.29
22	Indiana	$73,950	$35.55
23	Oregon	$79,686	$38.31
24	California	$79,811	$38.37
25	Nebraska	$77,138	$37.09
26	New Mexico	$73,106	$35.15
27	Wisconsin	$74,050	$35.60
28	Minnesota	$74,737	$35.93
29	Idaho	$77,326	$37.18
30	Ohio	$73,160	$35.17
31	Arkansas	$68,272	$32.82
32	South Dakota	$72,280	$34.75
33	Alabama	$68,601	$32.98
34	Florida	$71,239	$34.25
35	Michigan	$71,769	$34.50
36	South Carolina	$72,330	$34.77
37	Tennessee	$68,814	$33.08
38	Alaska	$74,911	$36.01
39	Maryland	$72,449	$34.83
40	Kansas	$67,613	$32.51
41	Illinois	$69,109	$33.23
42	North Dakota	$69,300	$33.32
43	Kentucky	$65,056	$31.28
44	Arizona	$70,265	$33.78
45	Montana	$61,136	$29.39
46	Texas	$61,363	$29.50
47	Colorado	$69,288	$33.31
48	Hawaii	$56,541	$27.18
49	North Carolina	$63,946	$30.74
50	Georgia	$64,996	$31.25
51	Utah	$65,821	$31.64

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Highest paying cities for unit directors

The highest-paying cities for unit directors are Fairfield, CT, New York, NY, and Newark, DE.

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Fairfield, CT	$101,544	$48.82
2	New York, NY	$99,815	$47.99
3	Newark, DE	$95,185	$45.76
4	Manchester, NH	$88,874	$42.73
5	Richmond, VA	$87,484	$42.06
6	San Francisco, CA	$84,646	$40.70
7	Worcester, MA	$83,660	$40.22
8	Harrisburg, PA	$78,391	$37.69
9	Saint Louis, MO	$78,152	$37.57
10	Minneapolis, MN	$74,724	$35.92
11	Toledo, OH	$73,650	$35.41
12	Detroit, MI	$72,120	$34.67
13	Frederick, MD	$72,115	$34.67
14	Fort Myers, FL	$71,916	$34.58
15	North Charleston, SC	$71,764	$34.50
16	Chicago, IL	$69,425	$33.38
17	Hot Springs, AR	$69,264	$33.30
18	Chattanooga, TN	$68,791	$33.07
19	Roswell, GA	$65,180	$31.34
20	Raleigh, NC	$64,860	$31.18

Unit Director salary details

A unit director's salary ranges from $42,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $131,000 at the 90th percentile.

Average Unit Director Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a unit director's salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$131,000	$10,917	$63
75th Percentile	$100,000	$8,333	$48
Average	$74,346	$6,196	$36
25th Percentile	$55,000	$4,583	$26
10th Percentile	$42,000	$3,500	$20

Highest paying unit director jobs

The highest paying types of unit directors are medical director, director of professional services, and director, network operations.

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Director Of Professional Services	$140,429	$11,702	$67.51	125,635
Director Of Clinical Operations	$130,421	$10,868	$62.70	151,054
Director Of Staff Development	$74,316	$6,193	$35.73	126,875
Director, Network Operations	$140,236	$11,686	$67.42	103,623
Director Of Health Services	$80,298	$6,691	$38.60	137,115
Unit Manager	$60,561	$5,047	$29.12	366,932

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Which companies pay unit directors the most?

Unit director salaries at Palo Alto Networks and Deutsche Bank are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average unit director salary at companies like Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. and GradyHealth are highly competitive.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Palo Alto Networks	$167,917	$80.73
2	Deutsche Bank	$123,592	$59.42
3	Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$99,360	$47.77
4	GradyHealth	$93,297	$44.85
5	University of California	$93,265	$44.84
6	CNA Insurance	$90,887	$43.70
7	University of California-Berkeley	$87,556	$42.09
8	ProMedica Toledo Hospital	$85,119	$40.92
9	Goodwin Recruiting	$83,462	$40.13
10	Acadia Healthcare	$81,861	$39.36
11	Emory Healthcare	$81,384	$39.13
12	CNA Holding Corporation	$80,824	$38.86
13	Xanitos	$80,824	$38.86
14	Clinical Management Consultants	$80,725	$38.81
15	Huntsville Hospital	$80,506	$38.70
16	Universal Health Services	$80,275	$38.59
17	Catholic Medical Center	$79,663	$38.30
18	Arnot Health	$79,550	$38.25
19	Greenfield-Central High School	$78,697	$37.84
20	UPMC	$78,470	$37.73

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$80,000$78,200$76,400$74,600$72,800$71,000

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Unit Director salary by industry

The average unit director salary varies across industries:

The average unit director salary in the manufacturing industry is $76,469, the highest of any industry.
The average unit director salary in the finance industry is $71,583.
Unit directors in the non profits industry earn an average salary of $50,934, the lowest of any industry.

Highest paying industries for unit directors

Rank	Industry	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Manufacturing	$76,469	$36.76
2	Media	$71,583	$34.41
3	Health Care	$70,523	$33.91
4	Hospitality	$58,503	$28.13
5	Non Profits	$50,934	$24.49

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Unit Director salary trends

The average unit director salary has risen by $12,747 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average unit director earned $61,599 annually, but today, they earn $74,346 a year. That works out to a 8% change in pay for unit directors over the last decade.

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Average unit director salary over time

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Unit Director salary by year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2025	$74,300	$35.74	+3.2%
2024	$72,000	$34.61	+1.2%
2023	$71,100	$34.18	+1.4%
2022	$70,100	$33.71	+1.8%
2021	$68,800	$33.09	+2.1%

Recently added unit director salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
Xanitos	EVS Unit Director	Glendale, CA	12/12/2024	$120,000
New York State Civil Service	Director of Criminal Background Check Unit	Schenectady, NY	12/12/2024	$111,925
State of New York	Director of Criminal Background Check Unit	Schenectady, NY	12/12/2024	$111,925
City of New York	Mobile Unit Director-Division of Neighborhood Preservation (DNP)	Suffolk, VA	12/11/2024	$105,000
Emory Healthcare/Emory University	Endoscopy Unit Director	Decatur, GA	12/10/2024	$111,133
Los Angeles Jewish Home	Director of Activities-Auerbach Geriatric Psychiatry Unit	Ione, CA	12/10/2024	$62,610
Forge Global, Inc.	Director, Private Securities Group SAN Francisco, California, United States	San Francisco, CA	12/09/2024	$125,000
Savvy, Inc.	Culinary Director-Fifa World Cup 26Tm Endeavor New York, United States	New York, NY	12/09/2024	$105,000
State of Wisconsin	Deputy Unit Director-Civil Litigation	Madison, WI	12/07/2024	$93,600
State of Illinois	Unit Director	Dwight, IL	12/06/2024	$68,436

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