Principal

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Baldwin County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $121,304 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 69th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 6 of 7 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 Baldwin County Board of Education is $120,106, 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.

Principal is held in 179 Georgia departments. In Baldwin County Board of Education, the median of $120,106 ranks #53 of 179.

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $125,516 ranks #6 of 7. See Principal across all of Georgia →

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• Bus Driver 45
• Data Clerk 5
• Early Intervention Primary Teacher 22
• Elementary Counselor 6
• Gifted 6
• Grade 1 Teacher 18
• Grade 2 Teacher 19
• Grade 3 Teacher 18
• Grade 4 Teacher 14
• Grade 5 Teacher 15
• Grade 6 Teacher 13
• Grade 7 Teacher 15
• Grade 8 Teacher 14
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 50
• Head Start Worker 14
• Instructional Specialist P-8 28
• Kindergarten Teacher 17
• Librarian/Media Specialist 6
• Literacy Coach 10
• Lottery Pre-School Teacher 12
• Maintenance Personnel 11
• Member, Board of Education 6
• Other Transportation 13
• Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 11
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 46
• School Food Service Worker 30
• School Nurse 5
• School Secretary/Clerk 8
• Secretary 13
• Special Education Interrelated 59
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 32
• Substitute Teacher 27
• Teacher of Specific Learning 7
• Teacher Support Specialist 8
• Technology Specialist 7
• Vocational 12