Behavior Support Specialist (Classified)

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Marriage and Family Therapists is $91,550. City of Dalton Board of Education pays a median base salary of $30,689 for this role, 66% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 3 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 City of Dalton Board of Education is $29,071, 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.

Behavior Support Specialist (Classified) is held in 18 Georgia departments. In City of Dalton Board of Education, the median of $29,071 ranks #11 of 18.

• Assistant Principal 17
• Central Support Clerk 5
• Custodial Personnel 24
• Data Clerk 19
• Early Intervention Primary Teacher 16
• Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 7
• Elementary Counselor 9
• English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 77
• Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 13
• Grade 1 Teacher 34
• Grade 2 Teacher 32
• Grade 3 Teacher 33
• Grade 4 Teacher 33
• Grade 5 Teacher 27
• Grade 6 Teacher 27
• Grade 7 Teacher 27
• Grade 8 Teacher 27
• Grades 6-8 Teacher 7
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 126
• High School Counselor 6
• Instructional Specialist 27
• Instructional Specialist P-8 38
• Instructional Supervisor 8
• Is Personnel - Support Service 16
• Kindergarten Teacher 31
• Librarian/Media Specialist 11
• Library/Media Support Paraprofessional 8
• Lottery Pre-School Teacher 18
• Maintenance Personnel 16
• Middle School Counselor 7
• Middle School Explor Teacher 8
• Other Instructional Provider 6
• Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 17
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 57
• Parent Coordinator 5
• Principal 10
• School Food Service Manager 8
• School Food Service Worker 37
• School Nurse 8
• School Psychologist 7
• School Secretary/Clerk 12
• School Social Worker 8
• Special Education Interrelated 111
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 80
• Substitute Teacher 101
• Vocational 15