Georgia / Cherokee County Board of Education / Transportation Mechanic

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Transportation Mechanic

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

20 employees hold this title in Cherokee County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $70,324, above the department median of $52,122.

Employees: 20
Total payroll: $1.4M
Role median: $70,324
Agency median: $52,122
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$51,829$82,752+

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

How total compensation varies among the 20 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

Transportation Mechanic pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 10,910 people — is $61,370. Cherokee County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $70,324 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$45,890

$51,510

$61,370

$75,340

$85,260

Cherokee County Board of Education median · $70,324

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 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 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 289,960 people — is $61,770. Cherokee County Board of Education’s median base salary is 14% above that national figure, about the 66th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$44,530

$50,540

$61,770

$75,470

$88,740

Cherokee County Board of Education median · $70,324

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 Cherokee County Board of Education is $70,324, 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

Transportation Mechanic is held in 150 Georgia departments. In Cherokee County Board of Education, the median of $70,324 ranks #16 of 150.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Lumpkin County Board of Education

$105,949 · 1

City of Buford Board of Education

$89,546 · 1

Henry County Board of Education

$88,923 · 13

Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education

$86,389 · 13

Atlanta Independent School System

$84,865 · 29

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$84,484 · 3

Effingham County Board of Education

$83,315 · 6

City of Marietta Board of Education

$82,532 · 5

Cobb County School District

$80,578 · 44

Monroe County Board of Education

$80,047 · 3

Bryan County Board of Education

$79,664 · 5

Walton County Board of Education

$78,460 · 7

Median total compensation for the Transportation Mechanic role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Transportation Mechanic beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $58,911 ranks #2 of 2. See Transportation Mechanic across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

School District of Philadelphia

$68,532 · 12

Median total compensation for comparable Transportation Mechanicroles 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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