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Georgia / Dekalb County Board of Education / Assistant Principal

Job-title file

Assistant Principal

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

263 employees hold this title in Dekalb County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $115,680, above the department median of $57,833.

Employees
263
Total payroll
$29M
Role median
$115,680
Agency median
$57,833
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5,440$139,541+

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

How total compensation varies among the 263 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

Assistant Principal pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Dekalb County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $116,405 for this role, 13% above that figureabout the 64th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$81,440
$93,980
$103,360
$126,630
$135,990
Dekalb County Board of Education median · $116,405

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 Dekalb 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 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 328,330 people — is $105,870. Dekalb County Board of Education’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 59th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$76,280
$86,040
$105,870
$134,630
$167,770
Dekalb County Board of Education median · $116,405

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 255 of 263 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Dekalb County Board of Education is $115,680, 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

Assistant Principal is held in 173 Georgia departments. In Dekalb County Board of Education, the median of $115,680 ranks #10 of 173.

Highest-paying departments for this role

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

Compare jurisdictions

Assistant Principal beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $100,974 ranks #7 of 7. See Assistant Principal across all of Georgia

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Chicago Public Schools
$184,844 · 603
District of Columbia
$151,403 · 231
New York City
$148,338 · 3,883
Florida
$105,075 · 5

Median total compensation for comparable Assistant 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

Employees with this title

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David Mitchell

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$85,615
Base pay
$85,615
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$85,615

David Mitchell holds the role of Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $85,615.

Rebecca Briggs

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$85,173
Base pay
$85,173
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$85,173

Rebecca Briggs works as a Assistant Principal for Dekalb County Board of Education. Rebecca earned $85,173 in 2025.

Robert Dickens

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$84,929
Base pay
$84,929
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$84,929

Robert Dickens is a Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $84,929.

Emanuel Lewis

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$84,091
Base pay
$84,091
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$84,091

Emanuel Lewis holds the role of Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $84,091.

Tiffany Castillo

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$84,006
Base pay
$84,006
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$84,006

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$1,499

At Dekalb County Board of Education, Tiffany Castillo serves as a Assistant Principal. Their 2025 pay totaled $84,006.

Shurvon Ingram

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$81,784
Base pay
$81,784
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$81,784

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$1,656

Shurvon Ingram is a Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $81,784.

Lincoln Harris

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$81,210
Base pay
$81,210
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$81,210

Lincoln Harris holds the role of Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $81,210.

Breana Mitchell

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$81,057
Base pay
$81,057
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$81,057

Breana Mitchell is a Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $81,057.

Marika Wheat

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$80,923
Base pay
$80,923
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$80,923

Marika Wheat works as a Assistant Principal for Dekalb County Board of Education. Marika earned $80,923 in 2025.

Kathryn Turner

Assistant Principal/Dekalb County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$79,985
Base pay
$79,985
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$79,985

Kathryn Turner is a Assistant Principal at Dekalb County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $79,985.