EduJobs vs EdWeek TopSchoolJobs
EdWeek TopSchoolJobs is Education Week’s K-12 job board, and it is the most straightforward comparison in this section because both sides publish everything. They charge $395 for a 30-day standard listing, $590 with showcase placement, and from $1,100 to $3,000 for packs of three to ten. EduJobs charges $79 for a 60-day posting and $990 for 25, which is $39.60 each, and your first 3 are free. On a single posting that is about a fifth of their price; in bulk it is closer to an eighth. What they have that we do not is the Education Week audience behind it.
you are filling a superintendent, principal or district-leadership role and want it in front of the Education Week readership specifically.
you are filling ordinary district vacancies at any volume and the per-posting price is the number that matters.
Side by side
Everything in the EdWeek TopSchoolJobs column comes from their own published pages, quoted or closely paraphrased.
| Criterion | EdWeek TopSchoolJobs | EduJobs |
|---|---|---|
| Cost and terms | ||
| Published pricing | Yes, for listings and packs. Unlimited is quote-only. | Every price, including the Unlimited tiers |
| One posting | $395 standard, 30 days. $590 with showcase placement. | $79, runs 60 days |
| Cheapest per posting | $300 each in the 10-pack at $3,000 | $39.60 each in the 25-pack at $990 |
| Smaller packs | 3 for $1,100, or 6 for $2,000. Good for a year. | Buy one at a time, or 25 at once |
| Unlimited postings | "Plans Starting From $2,000". The rate is quoted, not published. | Priced by enrollment, and the tiers are on the pricing page |
| Free tier | None published | 3 postings, no card |
| Reaching candidates | ||
| How long a posting runs | 30 days | 60 days |
| Audience | Their figures: 70,000+ active job seekers, 3 million page views a month, 300,000+ newsletter subscribers. | Public board across every district we list, claimed or not |
| Where candidates apply | "Applications sent straight to your inbox" | Your applicant system, your website, an email address, or here |
What EdWeek TopSchoolJobs does well
Written before anything about us, because a page that misdescribes the tool you use every day is not worth reading.
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The whole rate card is published
Every listing price, every pack and the discount on each is on their pricing page. Only the unlimited plan needs a call. Most of this market publishes nothing at all.
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The Education Week name
The board runs under Education Week, and their plans page puts 1.2 million K-12 professionals a month on edweek.org. For senior and district-leadership roles that readership is the reason to buy a listing there.
- 3
Job packs run for a year
Their packs are described as good for a full year, so a district can buy in the spring and use the last posting in the winter. EduJobs packs run 12 months as well.
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Showcase placement is a defined product
For $590 rather than $395 a listing is showcased on the site, boosted in their newsletters and carries your logo. The upgrade and what it does are both stated plainly.
Where EduJobs is different
These are design choices, and each one costs us something.
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The price gap is the comparison
They charge $395 for a 30-day listing and $300 each in their largest pack. We charge $79 for 60 days and $39.60 in the 25-pack. Both rate cards are public, so this is arithmetic rather than a claim.
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Every role, not only the ones worth $395
At their price a district posts the roles it cannot afford to leave open and handles the rest elsewhere. Bus drivers, aides, nutrition and custodial roles are the vacancies that stay open longest, and they only get posted properly when posting them is cheap.
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Somewhere for applications to land
A posting here can collect applications directly, with your screening questions in front of them and a morning digest to whoever should see it. Their standard listing sends applications to an inbox.
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Purchase orders, not just a cart
Raise a purchase order and postings turn on the same day, invoiced net 30 with a W-9 on request. Public districts are sales-tax exempt.
What each one costs
EdWeek TopSchoolJobs
TopSchoolJobs publishes a full rate card: $395 for a 30-day standard listing, $590 with showcase placement, and packs at $1,100 for three, $2,000 for six and $3,000 for ten, each good for a year. Unlimited postings start from $2,000 and are quoted.
EduJobs
Card or purchase order. Charters and private schools pay the same. Unlimited runs on a 12-month term, and above 100,000 students we quote.
If you are thinking about switching
Nothing to switch. Both are job boards and neither asks for exclusivity, so the practical question is which vacancies are worth $395 and which are not. Plenty of districts will keep using them for a superintendent search and use us for everything else.
If you hold unused job-pack credits, they run for a year from purchase, so there is no reason to waste them. Spend them on the roles where the Education Week audience is the point, and post the rest here in the meantime.
Who should choose which
the role is senior enough that the audience matters more than the price. For a superintendent search, $395 against $79 is not the deciding factor, and Education Week reaches a readership no general K-12 board does. That is a narrow set of roles in any given year.
it is the other vacancies, which is most of them. A 25-pack here costs $990, less than four of their standard listings, and covers a year of aides, drivers, nutrition staff and classroom roles. Applications can land here with your screening questions in front of them, and your first 3 postings cost nothing, so the comparison does not need a decision up front.
Questions districts actually ask
- How much does EdWeek TopSchoolJobs cost?
- A standard 30-day listing is $395, or $590 with showcase placement. Packs are $1,100 for three, $2,000 for six and $3,000 for ten, each good for a year. Unlimited plans start from $2,000 and are quoted rather than published. Checked 13 September 2026.
- Is TopSchoolJobs worth it compared with EduJobs?
- For a superintendent or senior district role, the Education Week readership is a real reason to pay $395. For ordinary vacancies the arithmetic is hard to ignore: a 25-pack here is $990, less than four of their standard listings, and your first 3 postings are free.
- Who runs TopSchoolJobs?
- Editorial Projects in Education, the non-profit that publishes Education Week. The employer side runs at recruiters.topschooljobs.org.
- Do their job packs expire?
- Their pricing page describes packs as good for a full year, so credits can be bought now and used later within that window. EduJobs packs run 12 months and a single posting credit does not expire at all.
- Can we use both?
- Yes. Neither board asks for exclusivity and a posting on one has no effect on the other.
Start with one role
Post an opening today, with no account and no card. Your first 3 collect applications free.
Sources
- 1TopSchoolJobs pricing page, recruiters.topschooljobs.org/pricing, retrieved 13 September 2026.
- 2TopSchoolJobs teaching and support plans page, recruiters.topschooljobs.org, retrieved 13 September 2026, for the $395 and $590 listing prices and the audience figures.
- 3Their plans page also states "82% of our active job seekers have a master’s degree or higher", attributed on that page to October 2022 virtual career fair attendees. We have not repeated it above because the basis is narrow and four years old.
- 4EduJobs prices are generated from our own pricing configuration, so the figures above cannot drift from what we charge.
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