Georgia / Cobb County School District / Hearing Officer
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
5 employees hold this title in Cobb County School District. Median total compensation for the role is $97,619, above the department median of $61,478.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 490 people — is $67,990. Cobb County School District pays a median base salary of $97,619 for this role, 44% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 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 Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 16,370 people — is $117,860. Cobb County School District’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 36th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Cobb County School District is $97,619, 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
Hearing Officer is held in 10 Georgia departments. In Cobb County School District, the median of $97,619 ranks #4 of 10.
Median total compensation for the Hearing Officer role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $94,114 ranks #2 of 8. See Hearing Officer across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Hearing Officerroles 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.
Record list
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Hearing Officer/Cobb County School District
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Laurie Chesshire works as a Hearing Officer for Cobb County School District. Laurie earned $103,059 in 2025.
Hearing Officer/Cobb County School District
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Paul Pursell is a Hearing Officer at Cobb County School District. 2025 total compensation came to $100,392.
Hearing Officer/Cobb County School District
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Sabra Kofa-Dunn holds the role of Hearing Officer at Cobb County School District. In 2025, their total compensation was $97,619.
Hearing Officer/Cobb County School District
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Idelsy Irsula works as a Hearing Officer for Cobb County School District. Idelsy earned $91,333 in 2025.
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Barry Morgan holds the role of Hearing Officer at Cobb County School District. In 2025, their total compensation was $79,134.