Georgia / Cook County Board of Education / Grade 5 Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
8 employees hold this title in Cook County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $64,797, above the department median of $24,353.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Cook County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $68,718 for this role, 5% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
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 Cook 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Cook County Board of Education’s median base salary is 7% above that national figure, about the 57th 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.
Computed over the 7 of 8 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 Cook County Board of Education is $64,797, 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
Grade 5 Teacher is held in 172 Georgia departments. In Cook County Board of Education, the median of $64,797 ranks #73 of 172.
Median total compensation for the Grade 5 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Crystal Wiggins is a Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $79,339.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
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Laura Connell holds the role of Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $76,728.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Charlene Tisby-Tabor works as a Grade 5 Teacher for Cook County Board of Education. Charlene earned $76,380 in 2025.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Staci Howell holds the role of Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $68,718.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Jayla Jackson is a Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $60,875.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Alisa Pearson holds the role of Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $60,340.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Jessica Roetman holds the role of Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $56,727.
Grade 5 Teacher/Cook County Board of Education
Merry Clements is a Grade 5 Teacher at Cook County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $11,397.