Georgia / Chattooga County Board of Education / Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
5 employees hold this title in Chattooga County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $100,081, above the department median of $25,381.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Chattooga County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $105,869 for this role, 2% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chattooga 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 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 328,330 people — is $105,870. Chattooga County Board of Education’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 50th 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 4 of 5 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 Chattooga County Board of Education is $100,081, 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
Principal is held in 179 Georgia departments. In Chattooga County Board of Education, the median of $100,081 ranks #168 of 179.
Median total compensation for the Principal role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $125,516 ranks #6 of 7. See Principal across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Principal roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Principal/Chattooga County Board of Education
At Chattooga County Board of Education, Roger Wilkinson serves as a Principal. Their 2025 pay totaled $118,879.
Principal/Chattooga County Board of Education
Phillip Wood works as a Principal for Chattooga County Board of Education. Phillip earned $111,657 in 2025.
Principal/Chattooga County Board of Education
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At Chattooga County Board of Education, Michael Shank serves as a Principal. Their 2025 pay totaled $100,081.
Principal/Chattooga County Board of Education
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Paula Buice works as a Principal for Chattooga County Board of Education. Paula earned $98,866 in 2025.
Principal/Chattooga County Board of Education
At Chattooga County Board of Education, Alissa Sasser serves as a Principal. Their 2025 pay totaled $1,847.