Georgia / Gwinnett County Board of Education / Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5

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Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

334 employees hold this title in Gwinnett County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $28,927, below the department median of $56,987.

Employees: 334
Total payroll: $9.4M
Role median: $28,927
Agency median: $56,987
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$439$43,320+

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

How total compensation varies among the 334 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

Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 33,410 people — is $28,770. Gwinnett County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $30,213 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$21,190

$23,120

$28,770

$35,750

$39,120

Gwinnett County Board of Education median · $30,213

The bar is the range of annual wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Gwinnett 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 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 1,420,350 people — is $36,780. Gwinnett County Board of Education’s median base salary is 18% below that national figure, about the 22nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,150

$31,060

$36,780

$45,360

$50,040

Gwinnett County Board of Education median · $30,213

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 256 of 334 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 Gwinnett County Board of Education is $28,927, 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

Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 is held in 99 Georgia departments. In Gwinnett County Board of Education, the median of $28,927 ranks #15 of 99.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Meriwether County Board of Education

$43,487 · 1

Atlanta Independent School System

$42,373 · 4

Irwin County Board of Education

$36,884 · 1

Appling County Board of Education

$34,545 · 2

Dekalb County Board of Education

$34,243 · 16

City of Buford Board of Education

$33,481 · 2

Fulton County Board of Education

$33,399 · 32

Clayton County Board of Education

$31,982 · 46

Forsyth County Board of Education

$31,117 · 49

Montgomery County Board of Education

$30,412 · 1

Glynn County Board of Education

$29,977 · 7

City of Thomasville Board of Education

$29,976 · 2

Median total compensation for the Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Same department

Other job titles in Gwinnett County Board of Education

Assistant Principal 652
Athletics Personnel 115
Bookkeeper 139
Bus Driver 1,668
Business Service Secretary/Clerk 81
Central Support Clerk 82
Custodial Personnel 1,189
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 265
Elementary Counselor 203
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 519
Gifted 353
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 147
Gifted High 236
Grade 1 Teacher 578
Grade 2 Teacher 608
Grade 3 Teacher 604
Grade 4 Teacher 598
Grade 5 Teacher 588
Grade 6 Teacher 405
Grade 7 Teacher 382
Grade 8 Teacher 387
Grades 6-8 Teacher 421
Grades 9-12 Teacher 2,572
Grades K-5 Teacher 650
High School Counselor 206
Information Service Personnel 79
Instructional Specialist P-8 694
Instructional Supervisor 197
Is Personnel - Support Service 285
Kindergarten Teacher 589
Librarian/Media Specialist 146
Library/Media Secretary/Clerk 109
Maintenance Personnel 168
Middle School Counselor 111
Miscellaneous Activities 237
Nursing Assistant / Health Technician 155
Other Transportation 226
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 511
Parent Coordinator 110
Plant Operations Director/Mgr 148
Preschool Special Education Teacher 301
Principal 151
School Food Service Manager 178
School Food Service Worker 1,038
School Psychologist 77
School Secretary/Clerk 1,056
Security Personnel/Security Officer 161
Special Education Bus Driver 499
Special Education Interrelated 1,616
Special Education Parapro/Aide 1,838
Substitute Teacher 3,758
Teacher of Autistic Students 591
Teacher of Emotional/Behavioral 165
Teacher of Mild Intellectual 73
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 138
Teacher of Profound Intellectual 78
Teacher of Specific Learning 369
Transportation Sec/Clerk 76
Vocational 294

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