Georgia / Dekalb County Board of Education / School Nurse

Job-title file

School Nurse

Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.

108 employees hold this title in Dekalb County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $38,100, below the department median of $57,833.

Employees: 108
Total payroll: $3.9M
Role median: $38,100
Agency median: $57,833
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$2,764$53,109+

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

How total compensation varies among the 108 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

School Nurse pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 100,950 people — is $93,550. Dekalb County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $40,253 for this role, 57% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$68,920

$79,090

$93,550

$106,330

$128,640

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $40,253

The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses 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 Registered Nurses — about 3,379,720 people — is $97,550. Dekalb County Board of Education’s median base salary is 59% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$68,940

$80,330

$97,550

$112,350

$137,470

Dekalb County Board of Education median · $40,253

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 90 of 108 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 $38,100, 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

School Nurse is held in 175 Georgia departments. In Dekalb County Board of Education, the median of $38,100 ranks #101 of 175.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Fulton County Board of Education

$82,956 · 19

City of Dublin Board of Education

$80,871 · 5

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$74,479 · 28

Clayton County Board of Education

$73,251 · 9

Douglas County Board of Education

$70,087 · 14

Bryan County Board of Education

$69,677 · 11

City of Buford Board of Education

$64,667 · 5

Crisp County Board of Education

$64,011 · 1

Irwin County Board of Education

$62,823 · 2

Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education

$61,568 · 78

Gilmer County Board of Education

$60,810 · 5

Ben Hill County Board of Education

$59,687 · 5

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

Compare jurisdictions

School Nurse beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $43,879 ranks #4 of 4. See School Nurse across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Chicago Public Schools

$119,584 · 243

School District of Philadelphia

$94,011 · 268

City of Springfield, MA

$58,512 · 96

Median total compensation for comparable School Nurseroles 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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