Georgia / Dekalb County Board of Education / Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5

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Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5

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

16 employees hold this title in Dekalb County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $34,243, below the department median of $57,833.

Employees: 16
Total payroll: $584.5K
Role median: $34,243
Agency median: $57,833
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$6,035$60,233+

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

How total compensation varies among the 16 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

Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 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 $41,827 for this role, 45% above that figure — above the 90th 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 · $41,827

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 14% above that national figure, about the 65th 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 · $41,827

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 13 of 16 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 $34,243, 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

Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 is held in 99 Georgia departments. In Dekalb County Board of Education, the median of $34,243 ranks #5 of 99.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Meriwether County Board of Education

$43,487 · 1

Atlanta Independent School System

$42,373 · 4

Irwin County Board of Education

$36,884 · 1

Appling County Board of Education

$34,545 · 2

City of Buford Board of Education

$33,481 · 2

Fulton County Board of Education

$33,399 · 32

Clayton County Board of Education

$31,982 · 46

Forsyth County Board of Education

$31,117 · 49

Montgomery County Board of Education

$30,412 · 1

Glynn County Board of Education

$29,977 · 7

City of Thomasville Board of Education

$29,976 · 2

Long County Board of Education

$29,790 · 2

Median total compensation for the Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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