Georgia / Atlanta Independent School System / Assistant Principal

Job-title file

Assistant Principal

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

158 employees hold this title in Atlanta Independent School System. Median total compensation for the role is $123,386, above the department median of $66,865.

Employees: 158
Total payroll: $17.5M
Role median: $123,386
Agency median: $66,865
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$200$156,312+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 158 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Assistant Principal pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Atlanta Independent School System pays a median base salary of $124,280 for this role, 20% above that figure — about the 72nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Atlanta Independent School System sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$81,440

$93,980

$103,360

$126,630

$135,990

Atlanta Independent School System median · $124,280

The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Atlanta Independent School System’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 328,330 people — is $105,870. Atlanta Independent School System’s median base salary is 17% above that national figure, about the 66th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$76,280

$86,040

$105,870

$134,630

$167,770

Atlanta Independent School System median · $124,280

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 145 of 158 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Atlanta Independent School System is $123,386, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Georgia

Assistant Principal is held in 173 Georgia departments. In Atlanta Independent School System, the median of $123,386 ranks #3 of 173.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Fulton County Board of Education

$134,742 · 138

City of Buford Board of Education

$126,263 · 14

Clay County Board of Education

$122,131 · 1

Clayton County Board of Education

$121,472 · 131

Cobb County School District

$120,150 · 276

Greene County Board of Education

$119,003 · 3

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$117,331 · 16

City of Social Circle Board of Education

$115,936 · 5

Dekalb County Board of Education

$115,680 · 263

City of Marietta Board of Education

$115,448 · 33

Walton County Board of Education

$114,504 · 32

Fayette County Board of Education

$110,905 · 47

Median total compensation for the Assistant Principal role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Assistant Principal beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $100,974 ranks #7 of 7. See Assistant Principal across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Chicago Public Schools

$184,844 · 603

District of Columbia

$151,403 · 231

New York City

$148,338 · 3,883

School District of Philadelphia

$121,419 · 292

City of Springfield, MA

$107,070 · 68

Florida

$105,075 · 5

Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Principalroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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