Georgia / Cobb County School District / Grade 3 Teacher

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Grade 3 Teacher

Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.

395 employees hold this title in Cobb County School District. Median total compensation for the role is $83,753, above the department median of $61,478.

Employees: 395
Total payroll: $32M
Role median: $83,753
Agency median: $61,478
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$225$112,914+

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

How total compensation varies among the 395 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

Grade 3 Teacher pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Cobb County School District pays a median base salary of $84,585 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Cobb County School District sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$49,260

$61,110

$72,290

$77,870

$98,030

Cobb County School District median · $84,585

The bar is the range of annual wages for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cobb County School District’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Cobb County School District’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,960

$57,710

$63,970

$81,450

$104,340

Cobb County School District median · $84,585

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 376 of 395 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 Cobb County School District is $83,753, 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

Grade 3 Teacher is held in 176 Georgia departments. In Cobb County School District, the median of $83,753 ranks #2 of 176.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Buford Board of Education

$86,486 · 22

Atlanta Independent School System

$83,447 · 167

Dooly County Board of Education

$83,423 · 3

Bartow County Board of Education

$78,784 · 26

Clayton County Board of Education

$76,548 · 176

Putnam County Board of Education

$75,833 · 11

Burke County Board of Education

$75,374 · 10

City of Marietta Board of Education

$75,006 · 38

Fulton County Board of Education

$74,578 · 207

City of Carrollton Board of Education

$74,183 · 21

Walton County Board of Education

$74,030 · 51

Dekalb County Board of Education

$74,006 · 318

Median total compensation for the Grade 3 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Same department

Other job titles in Cobb County School District

Assistant Principal 276
Bookkeeper 124
Bus Driver 939
Central Support Clerk 93
Custodial Personnel 703
Director of Child Serve 75
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 171
Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 115
Early Intervention Teacher 49
Elementary Counselor 140
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 278
Enterprise Technician 124
Finance/Business Personnel 47
General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 76
Gifted 199
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 156
Grade 1 Teacher 375
Grade 2 Teacher 378
Grade 4 Teacher 346
Grade 5 Teacher 332
Grade 6 Teacher 233
Grade 7 Teacher 221
Grade 8 Teacher 221
Grades 6-8 Teacher 135
Grades 9-12 Teacher 1,556
Grades K-5 Teacher 137
High School Counselor 116
Instructional Specialist 124
Instructional Specialist P-8 241
Instructional Supervisor 72
Kindergarten Teacher 359
Librarian/Media Specialist 120
Library/Media Support Paraprofessional 116
Maintenance Personnel 172
Middle School Counselor 71
Middle School Explor Teacher 240
Miscellaneous Activities 3,165
Occupational Therapist 53
Other Transportation 147
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 589
Preschool Special Education Teacher 122
Principal 120
School Food Service Manager 117
School Food Service Worker 804
School Nurse 139
School Psychologist 62
School Secretary/Clerk 404
Secretary 120
Security Personnel/Security Officer 75
Special Education Interrelated 1,007
Special Education Parapro/Aide 773
Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 109
Special Education Specialist 51
Speech-Language Pathologist 205
Teacher of Autistic Students 188
Teacher of Mild Intellectual 85
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 50
Transportation Mechanic 44
Vocational 210

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