Georgia / Atlanta Independent School System / Bookkeeper
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
23 employees hold this title in Atlanta Independent School System. Median total compensation for the role is $54,853, below the department median of $66,865.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 23 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
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 38,700 people — is $49,350. Atlanta Independent School System pays a median base salary of $55,594 for this role, 13% above that figure — about the 65th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 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 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 1,373,680 people — is $50,670. Atlanta Independent School System’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 21 of 23 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 $54,853, 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
Bookkeeper is held in 164 Georgia departments. In Atlanta Independent School System, the median of $54,853 ranks #8 of 164.
Median total compensation for the Bookkeeper role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $40,604 ranks #4 of 5. See Bookkeeper across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Bookkeeperroles 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.
Record list
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Bookkeeper/Atlanta Independent School System
Source-specific fields
Michelle Coates is a Bookkeeper at Atlanta Independent School System. 2025 total compensation came to $130,257.
Bookkeeper/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Rockell Mcnair serves as a Bookkeeper. Their 2025 pay totaled $120,558.