Georgia / Clayton County Board of Education / High School Counselor

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High School Counselor

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

50 employees hold this title in Clayton County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $97,363, above the department median of $54,625.

Employees: 50
Total payroll: $4.6M
Role median: $97,363
Agency median: $54,625
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$10,291$124,608+

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

How total compensation varies among the 50 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

High School Counselor pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 11,460 people — is $63,720. Clayton County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $99,880 for this role, 57% above that figure — about the 89th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$42,040

$49,000

$63,720

$79,140

$101,880

Clayton County Board of Education median · $99,880

The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Clayton 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 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 353,310 people — is $64,330. Clayton County Board of Education’s median base salary is 55% above that national figure, about the 87th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$45,020

$51,270

$64,330

$82,870

$104,770

Clayton County Board of Education median · $99,880

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 44 of 50 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 Clayton County Board of Education is $97,363, 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

High School Counselor is held in 172 Georgia departments. In Clayton County Board of Education, the median of $97,363 ranks #14 of 172.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Independent School System

$108,585 · 51

City of Buford Board of Education

$108,423 · 4

Wilcox County Board of Education

$104,686 · 1

City of Cartersville Board of Education

$103,819 · 4

Dawson County Board of Education

$102,965 · 3

Fulton County Board of Education

$102,868 · 70

Hancock County Board of Education

$102,542 · 1

City of Social Circle Board of Education

$101,991 · 1

Henry County Board of Education

$100,928 · 52

Paulding County Board of Education

$98,592 · 30

Towns County Board of Education

$98,182 · 1

Stewart County Board of Education

$98,108 · 1

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

Same department

Other job titles in Clayton County Board of Education

After-School Program Worker 24
Assistant Principal 131
Bookkeeper 69
Bus Driver 378
Central Support Clerk 34
Counseling Paraprofessional 40
Custodial Personnel 339
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 97
Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 78
Early Intervention Teacher 41
Elementary Counselor 54
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 195
Gifted 34
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 43
Grade 1 Teacher 170
Grade 2 Teacher 180
Grade 3 Teacher 176
Grade 4 Teacher 146
Grade 5 Teacher 173
Grades 6-8 Teacher 525
Grades 9-12 Teacher 684
Grades K-5 Teacher 51
Human Resources Personnel 32
Instructional Specialist 180
Instructional Specialist P-8 235
Instructional Supervisor 48
Is Personnel - Support Service 29
Kindergarten Teacher 166
Librarian/Media Specialist 69
Library/Media Support Paraprofessional 32
Lunchroom Monitor 85
Maintenance Personnel 157
Middle School Counselor 32
Miscellaneous Activities 86
Non-Instructional Aide 147
Nursing Assistant / Health Technician 75
Other Transportation 123
Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 59
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 285
Parent Coordinator 61
Pre-School Regular Education Teacher 67
Preschool Special Education Teacher 33
Principal 71
School Food Service Manager 115
School Food Service Worker 337
School Improvement Specialist 35
School Resource Officer 49
School Secretary/Clerk 165
School Social Worker 49
Security Personnel/Security Officer 59
Special Education Interrelated 430
Special Education Parapro/Aide 325
Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 46
Special Education Specialist 87
Substitute Teacher 766
Teacher of Autistic Students 56
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 59
Transportation Mechanic 25
Vocational 110

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