Georgia / Dekalb County Board of Education / Grade 3 Teacher

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Grade 3 Teacher

Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.

318 employees hold this title in Dekalb County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $74,006, above the department median of $57,833.

Employees: 318
Total payroll: $22.1M
Role median: $74,006
Agency median: $57,833
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$8,474$116,716+

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

How total compensation varies among the 318 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

Grade 3 Teacher pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Dekalb County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $76,222 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 68th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$49,260

$61,110

$72,290

$77,870

$98,030

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $76,222

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 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Dekalb County Board of Education’s median base salary is 19% above that national figure, about the 68th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,960

$57,710

$63,970

$81,450

$104,340

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $76,222

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 286 of 318 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 Dekalb County Board of Education is $74,006, 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

Grade 3 Teacher is held in 176 Georgia departments. In Dekalb County Board of Education, the median of $74,006 ranks #13 of 176.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Buford Board of Education

$86,486 · 22

Cobb County School District

$83,753 · 395

Atlanta Independent School System

$83,447 · 167

Dooly County Board of Education

$83,423 · 3

Bartow County Board of Education

$78,784 · 26

Clayton County Board of Education

$76,548 · 176

Putnam County Board of Education

$75,833 · 11

Burke County Board of Education

$75,374 · 10

City of Marietta Board of Education

$75,006 · 38

Fulton County Board of Education

$74,578 · 207

City of Carrollton Board of Education

$74,183 · 21

Walton County Board of Education

$74,030 · 51

Median total compensation for the Grade 3 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Same department

Other job titles in Dekalb County Board of Education

Assistant Principal 263
Bookkeeper 134
Bus Driver 701
Crossing Guard 114
Custodial Personnel 824
Deputy/Assoc/Assistant Superintendent 46
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 82
Elementary Counselor 144
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 366
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 42
Grade 1 Teacher 303
Grade 2 Teacher 303
Grade 4 Teacher 301
Grade 5 Teacher 280
Grade 6 Teacher 41
Grades 6-8 Teacher 980
Grades 9-12 Teacher 1,330
Grades K-5 Teacher 518
High School Counselor 99
Human Resources Personnel 45
Information Services Clerk 53
Instructional Specialist 302
Instructional Supervisor 204
Is Personnel - Finance and Business 68
Is Personnel - General Administrative 54
Is Personnel - Support Service 147
Kindergarten Teacher 311
Librarian/Media Specialist 135
Library/Media Secretary/Clerk 128
Lottery Pre-School Teacher 156
Maintenance Personnel 99
Middle School Counselor 64
Military Science Teacher 44
Miscellaneous Activities 174
Other Transportation 155
Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 109
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 602
Parent Coordinator 123
Plant Operations Director/Mgr 212
Preschool Special Education Teacher 72
Principal 143
School Food Service Manager 139
School Food Service Worker 613
School Nurse 108
School Psychologist 59
School Resource Officer 92
School Secretary/Clerk 441
School Social Worker 78
Security Personnel/Security Officer 276
Special Education Interrelated 1,186
Special Education Parapro/Aide 823
Special Education Specialist 148
Speech-Language Pathologist 54
Substitute Teacher 1,146
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 121
Teacher of Profound Intellectual 43
Teacher Support Specialist 124
Transportation Director/Mgr 60
Vocational 215

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