Georgia / Cherokee County Board of Education / Grade 1 Teacher

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Grade 1 Teacher

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

156 employees hold this title in Cherokee County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $68,763, above the department median of $52,122.

Employees: 156
Total payroll: $10.6M
Role median: $68,763
Agency median: $52,122
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$4,458$98,243+

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

How total compensation varies among the 156 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

Grade 1 Teacher pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Cherokee County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $71,825 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Cherokee County Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$49,260

$61,110

$72,290

$77,870

$98,030

Cherokee County Board of Education median · $71,825

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 Cherokee 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. Cherokee County Board of Education’s median base salary is 12% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,960

$57,710

$63,970

$81,450

$104,340

Cherokee County Board of Education median · $71,825

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 144 of 156 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 Cherokee County Board of Education is $68,763, 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

Grade 1 Teacher is held in 174 Georgia departments. In Cherokee County Board of Education, the median of $68,763 ranks #30 of 174.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Cobb County School District

$84,950 · 375

Atlanta Independent School System

$84,366 · 148

City of Decatur Board of Education

$82,015 · 18

Turner County Board of Education

$80,616 · 3

Seminole County Board of Education

$79,071 · 3

City of Buford Board of Education

$77,367 · 24

Laurens County Board of Education

$75,732 · 22

Clayton County Board of Education

$73,657 · 170

Fulton County Board of Education

$73,382 · 178

Burke County Board of Education

$73,260 · 10

Sumter County Board of Education

$73,017 · 15

Dekalb County Board of Education

$72,593 · 303

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.

Same department

Other job titles in Cherokee County Board of Education

Assistant Principal 97
Bookkeeper 39
Bus Driver 418
Business Service Secretary/Clerk 14
Custodial Personnel 291
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 65
Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 36
Early Intervention Teacher 14
Elementary Counselor 52
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 135
Enterprise Technician 19
General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 43
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 38
Grade 2 Teacher 160
Grade 3 Teacher 167
Grade 4 Teacher 139
Grade 5 Teacher 139
Grade 6 Teacher 123
Grade 7 Teacher 123
Grade 8 Teacher 135
Grades 6-8 Teacher 17
Grades 9-12 Teacher 585
Grades K-5 Teacher 19
Head Start Worker 14
High School Counselor 31
In-School Suspension Teacher 17
Instructional Specialist 42
Instructional Specialist P-8 129
Instructional Supervisor 23
Kindergarten Teacher 155
Librarian/Media Specialist 42
Maintenance Personnel 42
Middle School Counselor 26
Middle School Explor Teacher 73
Occupational Therapist 18
Other Instructional Provider 22
Other Transportation 80
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 295
Preschool Special Education Teacher 26
Principal 37
School Food Service Manager 76
School Food Service Worker 263
School Nurse 45
School Psychologist 38
School Resource Officer 35
School Secretary/Clerk 137
Special Education Interrelated 430
Special Education Parapro/Aide 336
Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 38
Special Education Specialist 44
Speech-Language Pathologist 82
Substitute Teacher 1,295
Teacher of Autistic Students 42
Teacher of Emotional/Behavioral 39
Teacher of Mild Intellectual 13
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 32
Technology Specialist 40
Transportation Mechanic 20
Vocational 69

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