Georgia / Burke County Board of Education / Grade 1 Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
10 employees hold this title in Burke County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $73,260, above the department median of $33,647.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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. Burke County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $73,260 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 54th 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 Burke County Board of Education’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. Burke County Board of Education’s median base salary is 15% above that national figure, about the 63rd 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Burke County Board of Education is $73,260, 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
Grade 1 Teacher is held in 174 Georgia departments. In Burke County Board of Education, the median of $73,260 ranks #10 of 174.
Median total compensation for the Grade 1 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Grade 1 Teacher/Burke County Board of Education
Source-specific fields
Chrissy Jenkins is a Grade 1 Teacher at Burke County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $80,570.
Grade 1 Teacher/Burke County Board of Education
Yolonda Hale holds the role of Grade 1 Teacher at Burke County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $80,388.