Georgia / Dekalb County Board of Education / Interpreter

Job-title file

Interpreter

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

28 employees hold this title in Dekalb County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $53,593, below the department median of $57,833.

Employees: 28
Total payroll: $1.7M
Role median: $53,593
Agency median: $57,833
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$4,101$95,191+

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

How total compensation varies among the 28 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

Interpreter pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Interpreters and Translators — about 1,600 people — is $57,880. Dekalb County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $54,286 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,370

$46,470

$57,880

$82,510

$98,980

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $54,286

The bar is the range of annual wages for Interpreters and Translators 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 Interpreters and Translators — about 52,060 people — is $60,170. Dekalb County Board of Education’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 39th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$37,070

$46,530

$60,170

$80,830

$103,660

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $54,286

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 27 of 28 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 $53,593, 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

Interpreter is held in 56 Georgia departments. In Dekalb County Board of Education, the median of $53,593 ranks #19 of 56.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Independent School System

$84,427 · 1

Douglas County Board of Education

$83,779 · 2

Houston County Board of Education

$78,360 · 6

Cobb County School District

$73,273 · 38

Whitfield County Board of Education

$69,658 · 1

Forsyth County Board of Education

$69,593 · 14

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$68,669 · 21

Dawson County Board of Education

$67,827 · 2

Newton County Board of Education

$67,492 · 1

Northeast Georgia R.E.S.A.

$66,089 · 8

Catoosa County Board of Education

$65,930 · 3

Clayton County Board of Education

$65,667 · 5

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

Compare jurisdictions

Interpreter beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $52,877 ranks #5 of 8. See Interpreter across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$103,676 · 5

$88,300 · 5

$71,282 · 13

$54,657 · 19

$30,524 · 32

$20,214 · 9

Cook County, Illinois

$12,771 · 43

Median total compensation for comparable Interpreterroles 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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