Georgia / Clayton County Board of Education / School Social Worker

Job-title file

School Social Worker

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

49 employees hold this title in Clayton County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $92,683, above the department median of $54,625.

Employees: 49
Total payroll: $4.2M
Role median: $92,683
Agency median: $54,625
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$12,410$131,276+

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

How total compensation varies among the 49 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

School Social Worker pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Child, Family, and School Social Workers — about 7,110 people — is $47,510. Clayton County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $95,106 for this role, 100% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,690

$41,600

$47,510

$60,250

$83,380

Clayton County Board of Education median · $95,106

The bar is the range of annual wages for Child, Family, and School Social Workers 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 Child, Family, and School Social Workers — about 392,550 people — is $59,550. Clayton County Board of Education’s median base salary is 60% above that national figure, about the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$42,280

$48,270

$59,550

$76,070

$95,530

Clayton County Board of Education median · $95,106

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 49 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 $92,683, 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

School Social Worker is held in 134 Georgia departments. In Clayton County Board of Education, the median of $92,683 ranks #10 of 134.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Jones County Board of Education

$122,096 · 1

Paulding County Board of Education

$109,556 · 5

Sumter County Board of Education

$100,747 · 1

Atlanta Independent School System

$100,010 · 79

Lanier County Board of Education

$96,090 · 1

Walton County Board of Education

$95,322 · 3

Camden County Board of Education

$94,663 · 4

Fayette County Board of Education

$94,376 · 4

Columbia County Board of Education

$93,548 · 9

Barrow County Board of Education

$92,509 · 6

Bartow County Board of Education

$92,015 · 3

Fulton County Board of Education

$91,942 · 49

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

Compare jurisdictions

School Social Worker beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $76,516 ranks #3 of 3. See School Social Worker across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Chicago Public Schools

$117,192 · 688

New York City

$113,005 · 2,635

Median total compensation for comparable School Social Workerroles 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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