Principal

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Brooks County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $108,586 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Brooks County Board of Education is $108,586, 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 Brooks County Board of Education, the median of $108,586 ranks #111 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 →

• After-School Program Worker 30
• Assistant Principal 7
• Bus Driver 31
• Early Intervention Primary Teacher 8
• Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 5
• Extra-Curricular Activities 5
• Grade 1 Teacher 5
• Grade 2 Teacher 12
• Grade 3 Teacher 9
• Grade 4 Teacher 7
• Grade 5 Teacher 9
• Grade 6 Teacher 6
• Grade 7 Teacher 7
• Grade 8 Teacher 7
• Grades 6-8 Teacher 11
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 37
• Instructional Specialist 7
• Instructional Specialist P-8 8
• Kindergarten Regular Education Teacher 9
• Maintenance Personnel 11
• Member, Board of Education 7
• Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 5
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 14
• Pre-School Regular Education Teacher 6
• School Food Service Manager 7
• School Food Service Worker 19
• School Nurse 6
• School Resource Officer 7
• Special Education Interrelated 18
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 15
• Speech-Language Pathologist 6
• Substitute Teacher 6
• Vocational 6