Georgia / Dekalb County Board of Education / Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten

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Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten

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

109 employees hold this title in Dekalb County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $28,643, below the department median of $57,833.

Employees: 109
Total payroll: $2.9M
Role median: $28,643
Agency median: $57,833
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$2,754$43,523+

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

How total compensation varies among the 109 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

Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 33,410 people — is $28,770. Dekalb County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $28,840 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$21,190

$23,120

$28,770

$35,750

$39,120

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $28,840

The bar is the range of annual wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary 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 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 1,420,350 people — is $36,780. Dekalb County Board of Education’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 16th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,150

$31,060

$36,780

$45,360

$50,040

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $28,840

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 85 of 109 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 $28,643, 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

Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten is held in 164 Georgia departments. In Dekalb County Board of Education, the median of $28,643 ranks #18 of 164.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Jasper County Board of Education

$40,771 · 3

Warren County Board of Education

$39,552 · 1

City of Decatur Board of Education

$37,400 · 3

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$35,943 · 2

Stewart County Board of Education

$35,638 · 2

Atlanta Independent School System

$34,118 · 40

Fannin County Board of Education

$30,199 · 3

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$30,156 · 14

Clarke County Board of Education

$30,082 · 46

Columbia County Board of Education

$30,077 · 14

Morgan County Board of Education

$29,783 · 3

Taylor County Board of Education

$29,424 · 3

Median total compensation for the Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 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 3 Teacher 318
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/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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