Georgia / City of Valdosta Board of Education / Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten

Job-title file

Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

12 employees hold this title in City of Valdosta Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $25,754, below the department median of $44,674.

Employees: 12
Total payroll: $294.9K
Role median: $25,754
Agency median: $44,674
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5,132$33,933+

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

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

Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 33,410 people — is $28,770. City of Valdosta Board of Education pays a median base salary of $26,422 for this role, 8% below that figure — about the 40th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where City of Valdosta Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$21,190

$23,120

$28,770

$35,750

$39,120

City of Valdosta Board of Education median · $26,422

The bar is the range of annual wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Valdosta 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 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 1,420,350 people — is $36,780. City of Valdosta Board of Education’s median base salary is 28% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,150

$31,060

$36,780

$45,360

$50,040

City of Valdosta Board of Education median · $26,422

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 8 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 Valdosta Board of Education is $25,754, 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

Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten is held in 164 Georgia departments. In City of Valdosta Board of Education, the median of $25,754 ranks #50 of 164.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Jasper County Board of Education

$40,771 · 3

Warren County Board of Education

$39,552 · 1

City of Decatur Board of Education

$37,400 · 3

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$35,943 · 2

Stewart County Board of Education

$35,638 · 2

Atlanta Independent School System

$34,118 · 40

Fannin County Board of Education

$30,199 · 3

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$30,156 · 14

Clarke County Board of Education

$30,082 · 46

Columbia County Board of Education

$30,077 · 14

Morgan County Board of Education

$29,783 · 3

Taylor County Board of Education

$29,424 · 3

Median total compensation for the Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Same department

Other job titles in City of Valdosta Board of Education

Record list