Georgia / City of Decatur Board of Education / Grade 8 Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
12 employees hold this title in City of Decatur Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $83,148, above the department median of $53,292.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 12 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 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 23,610 people — is $64,780. City of Decatur Board of Education pays a median base salary of $84,366 for this role, 30% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Decatur 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 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 620,090 people — is $64,370. City of Decatur Board of Education’s median base salary is 31% above that national figure, about the 78th 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 10 of 12 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 Decatur Board of Education is $83,148, 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 8 Teacher is held in 167 Georgia departments. In City of Decatur Board of Education, the median of $83,148 ranks #6 of 167.
Median total compensation for the Grade 8 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
David Taube works as a Grade 8 Teacher for City of Decatur Board of Education. David earned $106,452 in 2025.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
At City of Decatur Board of Education, Ian Driver serves as a Grade 8 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $103,732.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Suzanne Plishka holds the role of Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $98,711.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Toni Olsen-Wilson is a Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $92,146.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
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Elizabeth Williams is a Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $85,478.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Jennifer Petermann is a Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $83,254.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Nicholas Deloach works as a Grade 8 Teacher for City of Decatur Board of Education. Nicholas earned $83,042 in 2025.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Andrew Johnson is a Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $75,798.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Kimberly Anderson holds the role of Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $69,634.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Nyasha Joseph is a Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $59,035.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
Benjamin Cross holds the role of Grade 8 Teacher at City of Decatur Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $12,836.
Grade 8 Teacher/City of Decatur Board of Education
At City of Decatur Board of Education, Jason Ferguson serves as a Grade 8 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $11,414.