Georgia / Forsyth County Board of Education / Teacher of Autistic Students

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Teacher of Autistic Students

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

173 employees hold this title in Forsyth County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $62,993, above the department median of $54,815.

Employees: 173
Total payroll: $10.3M
Role median: $62,993
Agency median: $54,815
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$4,050$94,607+

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

How total compensation varies among the 173 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

Teacher of Autistic Students pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 980 people — is $76,130. Forsyth County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $64,003 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 29th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,440

$61,740

$76,130

$92,300

$101,560

Forsyth County Board of Education median · $64,003

The bar is the range of annual wages for Special Education Teachers, All Other 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 Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 33,930 people — is $76,580. Forsyth County Board of Education’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 30th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,440

$60,930

$76,580

$99,690

$120,080

Forsyth County Board of Education median · $64,003

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 156 of 173 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 $62,993, 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

Teacher of Autistic Students is held in 57 Georgia departments. In Forsyth County Board of Education, the median of $62,993 ranks #29 of 57.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education

$96,918 · 1

City of Cartersville Board of Education

$83,719 · 1

Bartow County Board of Education

$82,842 · 22

Habersham County Board of Education

$81,824 · 9

Atlanta Independent School System

$79,505 · 57

Turner County Board of Education

$77,448 · 1

City of Dalton Board of Education

$75,473 · 1

Cobb County School District

$73,463 · 188

Lumpkin County Board of Education

$73,200 · 3

Fulton County Board of Education

$73,157 · 30

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$72,839 · 5

Appling County Board of Education

$71,336 · 2

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

Same department

Other job titles in Forsyth County Board of Education

After-School Program Worker 182
Assistant Principal 120
Athletics Personnel 189
Bus Driver 436
Custodial Personnel 360
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 82
Elementary Counselor 56
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 129
Finance/Business Personnel 16
General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 35
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 64
Gifted High 12
Grade 1 Teacher 156
Grade 2 Teacher 163
Grade 3 Teacher 168
Grade 4 Teacher 176
Grade 5 Teacher 172
Grades 6-8 Teacher 654
Grades 9-12 Teacher 756
Grades K-5 Teacher 103
High School Counselor 54
Human Resources Personnel 11
Instructional Specialist P-8 87
Instructional Supervisor 56
Interpreter 14
Is Personnel - Other Support 46
Kindergarten Teacher 152
Librarian/Media Specialist 26
Library/Media Support Paraprofessional 26
Maintenance Personnel 43
Middle School Counselor 37
Middle School Explor Teacher 35
Other Transportation 112
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 197
Plant Operations Director/Mgr 10
Preschool Special Education Teacher 58
Principal 45
Psychoeducational Parapro/Teacher Aide 21
School Food Service Manager 78
School Food Service Worker 263
School Nurse 62
School Psychologist 18
School Secretary/Clerk 190
School Social Worker 18
Special Education Interrelated 394
Special Education Parapro/Aide 386
Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 49
Speech-Language Pathologist 137
Substitute Teacher 1,406
Teacher of Emotional/Behavioral 31
Teacher of Hearing Impaired Student 10
Teacher of Mild Intellectual 31
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 17
Teacher of Severe Intellectual 12
Teacher Support Specialist 76
Technology Specialist 51
Transportation Mechanic 14
Transportation Sec/Clerk 9
Vocational 136

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