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Georgia / Dougherty County Board of Education / School Social Worker

Job-title file

School Social Worker

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

27 employees hold this title in Dougherty County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $73,294, above the department median of $43,936.

Employees
27
Total payroll
$2.1M
Role median
$73,294
Agency median
$43,936
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$71,019$95,338+

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

How total compensation varies among the 27 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 Social Worker pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Child, Family, and School Social Workers — about 7,110 people — is $47,510. Dougherty County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $73,294 for this role, 54% above that figureabout the 83rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$35,690
$41,600
$47,510
$60,250
$83,380
Dougherty County Board of Education median · $73,294

The bar is the range of annual wages for Child, Family, and School Social Workers across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Dougherty 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 Child, Family, and School Social Workers — about 392,550 people — is $59,550. Dougherty County Board of Education’s median base salary is 23% above that national figure, about the 71st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$42,280
$48,270
$59,550
$76,070
$95,530
Dougherty County Board of Education median · $73,294

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.

Median total compensation for this role at Dougherty County Board of Education is $73,294, 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 Social Worker is held in 134 Georgia departments. In Dougherty County Board of Education, the median of $73,294 ranks #57 of 134.

Highest-paying departments for this role

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

Compare jurisdictions

School Social Worker beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $76,516 ranks #3 of 3. See School Social Worker across all of Georgia

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Chicago Public Schools
$117,192 · 688
New York City
$113,005 · 2,635

Median total compensation for comparable School Social Workerroles 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Santrina Ball

School Social Worker/Dougherty County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$96,214
Base pay
$96,214
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$96,214

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$5,037

Santrina Ball is a School Social Worker at Dougherty County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $96,214.

Tywannda Kiegler

School Social Worker/Dougherty County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$94,530
Base pay
$94,530
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$94,530

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$210

Tywannda Kiegler is a School Social Worker at Dougherty County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $94,530.