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Georgia / Forsyth County Board of Education / Grades K-5 Teacher

Job-title file

Grades K-5 Teacher

Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.

103 employees hold this title in Forsyth County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $81,546, above the department median of $54,815.

Employees
103
Total payroll
$8M
Role median
$81,546
Agency median
$54,815
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$6,033$102,682+

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

How total compensation varies among the 103 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

Grades K-5 Teacher pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Forsyth County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $81,715 for this role, 13% above that figureabout the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$49,260
$61,110
$72,290
$77,870
$98,030
Forsyth County Board of Education median · $81,715

The bar is the range of annual wages for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Forsyth 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Forsyth County Board of Education’s median base salary is 28% above that national figure, about the 75th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,960
$57,710
$63,970
$81,450
$104,340
Forsyth County Board of Education median · $81,715

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 99 of 103 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 Forsyth County Board of Education is $81,546, 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

Grades K-5 Teacher is held in 137 Georgia departments. In Forsyth County Board of Education, the median of $81,546 ranks #4 of 137.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Grades K-5 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Michelle Anderson

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$73,659
Base pay
$73,659
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$73,659

Michelle Anderson holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Forsyth County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $73,659.

Courtnie Downs

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$73,532
Base pay
$73,532
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$73,532

Courtnie Downs holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Forsyth County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $73,532.

Maria Darling

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$73,025
Base pay
$73,025
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$73,025

Maria Darling is a Grades K-5 Teacher at Forsyth County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $73,025.

Kelly Fitzpatrick

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$72,430
Base pay
$72,430
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$72,430

Kelly Fitzpatrick works as a Grades K-5 Teacher for Forsyth County Board of Education. Kelly earned $72,430 in 2025.

Jennifer Whiting

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$72,361
Base pay
$72,361
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$72,361

Jennifer Whiting works as a Grades K-5 Teacher for Forsyth County Board of Education. Jennifer earned $72,361 in 2025.

Donna Adams

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$72,190
Base pay
$72,190
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$72,190

Donna Adams works as a Grades K-5 Teacher for Forsyth County Board of Education. Donna earned $72,190 in 2025.

Helen Kumpel

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$69,586
Base pay
$69,586
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$69,586

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$870

At Forsyth County Board of Education, Helen Kumpel serves as a Grades K-5 Teacher. Their 2025 pay totaled $69,586.

Patti Phillips

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$69,440
Base pay
$69,440
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$69,440

Patti Phillips is a Grades K-5 Teacher at Forsyth County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $69,440.

Brianna Derryberry

Grades K-5 Teacher/Forsyth County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$69,360
Base pay
$69,360
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$69,360

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$1,230

Brianna Derryberry holds the role of Grades K-5 Teacher at Forsyth County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $69,360.