Grade 8 Teacher

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 23,610 people — is $64,780. Dooly County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $69,199 for this role, 7% above that figure — about the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Dooly County Board of Education is $69,199, 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.

Grade 8 Teacher is held in 167 Georgia departments. In Dooly County Board of Education, the median of $69,199 ranks #47 of 167.

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• Grade 4 Teacher 7
• Grade 6 Teacher 6
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 11
• Instructional Specialist P-8 5
• Member, Board of Education 6
• Other Transportation 5
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 14
• School Food Service Worker 12
• Substitute Teacher 36
• Vocational 6