Georgia / Columbia County Board of Education / Technology Director
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Columbia County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $171,248, above the department median of $47,369.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Computer and Information Systems Managers — about 18,560 people — is $173,940. Columbia County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $171,248 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer and Information Systems Managers across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Columbia 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 Computer and Information Systems Managers — about 670,570 people — is $175,140. Columbia County Board of Education’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 47th 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 Columbia County Board of Education is $171,248, 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
Technology Director is held in 154 Georgia departments. In Columbia County Board of Education, the median of $171,248 ranks #3 of 154.
Median total compensation for the Technology Director role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Technology Director/Columbia County Board of Education
Source-specific fields
James Van Meter holds the role of Technology Director at Columbia County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $171,248.