Georgia / Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education / Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
5 employees hold this title in Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $24,505, below the department median of $43,249.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Marriage and Family Therapists is $91,550. Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $31,580 for this role, 66% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Marriage and Family Therapists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Griffin - Spalding 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 Marriage and Family Therapists — about 66,740 people — is $66,940. Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education’s median base salary is 53% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 11 of 17 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 Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education is $27,349, 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
Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) is held in 22 Georgia departments. In Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education, the median of $24,505 ranks #21 of 22.
Median total compensation for the Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)/Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education
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Nicole Ross is a Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) at Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $73,332.
Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)/Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education
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Chantel Johnson is a Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) at Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $63,856.
Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)/Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education
Carol Landgrebe works as a Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) for Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education. Carol earned $24,505 in 2025.
Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)/Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education
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Desiri Simpkins works as a Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) for Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education. Desiri earned $21,892 in 2025.
Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)/Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education
Teia Clements holds the role of Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) at Griffin - Spalding County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $2,491.