Georgia / Cobb County School District / Principal
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
120 employees hold this title in Cobb County School District. Median total compensation for the role is $154,964, above the department median of $61,478.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 120 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
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Cobb County School District pays a median base salary of $154,964 for this role, 50% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 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 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 328,330 people — is $105,870. Cobb County School District’s median base salary is 46% above that national figure, about the 84th 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 $154,964, 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
Principal is held in 179 Georgia departments. In Cobb County School District, the median of $154,964 ranks #5 of 179.
Median total compensation for the Principal role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $125,516 ranks #6 of 7. See Principal across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Principalroles 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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Principal/Cobb County School District
At Cobb County School District, Teressa Watson serves as a Principal. Their 2025 pay totaled $130,540.
Principal/Cobb County School District
David Bell is a Principal at Cobb County School District. 2025 total compensation came to $127,055.
Principal/Cobb County School District
Krystal Wattley holds the role of Principal at Cobb County School District. In 2025, their total compensation was $126,622.