Georgia / Atlanta Independent School System / Grades K-5 Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
181 employees hold this title in Atlanta Independent School System. Median total compensation for the role is $78,795, above the department median of $66,865.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 181 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Atlanta Independent School System pays a median base salary of $89,793 for this role, 24% above that figure — about the 84th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Atlanta Independent School System’s median base salary is 40% above that national figure, about the 80th 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 136 of 181 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 $78,795, 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
Grades K-5 Teacher is held in 137 Georgia departments. In Atlanta Independent School System, the median of $78,795 ranks #10 of 137.
Median total compensation for the Grades K-5 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Sarita Palmer serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $108,788.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Source-specific fields
Lisa Colbert is a Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. 2025 total compensation came to $108,527.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Shawn Clements works as a Grades K-5 Teacher for Atlanta Independent School System. Shawn earned $107,984 in 2025.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Charon Ruggs serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $107,166.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Patricia Andre-Amevo is a Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. 2025 total compensation came to $106,982.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Trennye Nash works as a Grades K-5 Teacher for Atlanta Independent School System. Trennye earned $106,305 in 2025.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Janete Waldorf holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. In 2025, their total compensation was $106,146.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Carol Ugonna works as a Grades K-5 Teacher for Atlanta Independent School System. Carol earned $105,949 in 2025.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Jodi Kokoszka serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $104,709.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Liliana Sadiq is a Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. 2025 total compensation came to $104,434.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Elyse Bashman-Darlis serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $104,434.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Source-specific fields
Mari Park is a Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. 2025 total compensation came to $104,193.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Sandra Lambert holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. In 2025, their total compensation was $103,329.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Phillip Edwards serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $103,324.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Iris Quinones holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. In 2025, their total compensation was $103,107.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
At Atlanta Independent School System, Edward Pendleton serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $102,800.
Grades K-5 Teacher/Atlanta Independent School System
Barrington Davis-Rogers holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Atlanta Independent School System. In 2025, their total compensation was $102,765.