Georgia / Dawson County Board of Education / Secretary

Job-title file

Secretary

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

8 employees hold this title in Dawson County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $37,202, below the department median of $52,386.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $298K
Role median: $37,202
Agency median: $52,386
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$31,776$42,304+

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

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

Secretary pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 44,430 people — is $41,600. Dawson County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $37,202 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Dawson County Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$26,330

$32,130

$41,600

$52,090

$62,090

Dawson County Board of Education median · $37,202

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Dawson 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Dawson County Board of Education’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 21st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Dawson County Board of Education median · $37,202

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 Dawson County Board of Education is $37,202, 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

Secretary is held in 140 Georgia departments. In Dawson County Board of Education, the median of $37,202 ranks #46 of 140.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency

$83,171 · 1

Chattahoochee Flint Regional Educational Service Agency

$70,000 · 1

Banks County Board of Education

$66,372 · 4

Atlanta Independent School System

$63,220 · 39

Three Rivers Regional Commission

$60,579 · 1

Talbot County Board of Education

$60,533 · 1

Carroll County Board of Education

$59,426 · 1

Greene County Board of Education

$57,119 · 2

Superior Courts

$56,116 · 193

City of Buford Board of Education

$55,251 · 3

Clarke County Board of Education

$54,476 · 14

City of Carrollton Board of Education

$54,341 · 32

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

Compare jurisdictions

Secretary beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 27 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $35,508 ranks #21 of 27. See Secretary across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$135,666 · 63

Los Angeles County

$114,909 · 831

City of Los Angeles

$105,342 · 115

District of Columbia

$70,919 · 9

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$69,267 · 5

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$61,530 · 2,940

New York Public Authorities

$61,133 · 122

Johnson County, Kansas

$58,378 · 7

Median total compensation for comparable Secretary roles 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.

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