Georgia / Atlanta Independent School System / Teacher of Autistic Students

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Teacher of Autistic Students

Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.

57 employees hold this title in Atlanta Independent School System. Median total compensation for the role is $79,505, above the department median of $66,865.

Employees: 57
Total payroll: $4.1M
Role median: $79,505
Agency median: $66,865
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$4,568$118,370+

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

How total compensation varies among the 57 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

Teacher of Autistic Students pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 980 people — is $76,130. Atlanta Independent School System pays a median base salary of $82,202 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 59th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Atlanta Independent School System sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,440

$61,740

$76,130

$92,300

$101,560

Atlanta Independent School System median · $82,202

The bar is the range of annual wages for Special Education Teachers, All Other 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 Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 33,930 people — is $76,580. Atlanta Independent School System’s median base salary is 7% above that national figure, about the 56th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,440

$60,930

$76,580

$99,690

$120,080

Atlanta Independent School System median · $82,202

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 47 of 57 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 $79,505, 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

Teacher of Autistic Students is held in 57 Georgia departments. In Atlanta Independent School System, the median of $79,505 ranks #5 of 57.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education

$96,918 · 1

City of Cartersville Board of Education

$83,719 · 1

Bartow County Board of Education

$82,842 · 22

Habersham County Board of Education

$81,824 · 9

Turner County Board of Education

$77,448 · 1

City of Dalton Board of Education

$75,473 · 1

Cobb County School District

$73,463 · 188

Lumpkin County Board of Education

$73,200 · 3

Fulton County Board of Education

$73,157 · 30

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$72,839 · 5

Appling County Board of Education

$71,336 · 2

Butts County Board of Education

$70,489 · 1

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

Same department

Other job titles in Atlanta Independent School System

Assistant Principal 158
Athletics Personnel 117
Bus Driver 427
Community School Dir/Coord 48
Crossing Guard 51
Custodial Personnel 202
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 72
Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 56
Elementary Counselor 41
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 55
Finance/Business Personnel 65
General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 110
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 43
Grade 1 Teacher 148
Grade 2 Teacher 164
Grade 3 Teacher 167
Grade 4 Teacher 160
Grade 5 Teacher 163
Grade 7 Teacher 33
Grades 6-8 Teacher 387
Grades 9-12 Teacher 651
Grades K-5 Teacher 181
High School Counselor 51
Human Resources Personnel 76
Information Service Personnel 57
Instructional Specialist 375
Instructional Specialist P-8 256
Is Personnel - Support Service 32
Kindergarten Regular Education Teacher 152
Librarian/Media Specialist 65
Maintenance Personnel 127
Middle School Counselor 32
Military Science Teacher 37
Non-Instructional Aide 131
Other Transportation 61
Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 40
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 363
Parent Coordinator 39
Plant Operations Director/Mgr 55
Pre-School Regular Education Teacher 55
Principal 76
School Food Service Manager 65
School Food Service Worker 401
School Nurse 76
School Psychologist 71
School Secretary/Clerk 177
School Social Worker 79
Secretary 39
Security Personnel/Security Officer 144
Special Education Bus Aide 32
Special Education Interrelated 501
Special Education Parapro/Aide 372
Special Education Specialist 50
Speech-Language Pathologist 37
Substitute 311
Substitute Teacher 761
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 31
Technology Specialist 34
Vocational 35

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