Principal

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Harris County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $115,264 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 63rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Harris County Board of Education is $115,264, 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.

Principal is held in 179 Georgia departments. In Harris County Board of Education, the median of $115,264 ranks #76 of 179.

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $125,516 ranks #6 of 7. See Principal across all of Georgia →

• After-School Program Worker 5
• Assistant Principal 15
• Bookkeeper 10
• Bus Driver 97
• Data Clerk 5
• Early Intervention Primary Teacher 10
• Elementary Counselor 5
• Grade 1 Teacher 24
• Grade 2 Teacher 21
• Grade 3 Teacher 22
• Grade 4 Teacher 14
• Grade 5 Teacher 21
• Grade 6 Teacher 19
• Grade 7 Teacher 20
• Grade 8 Teacher 20
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 67
• High School Counselor 5
• Instructional Specialist 6
• Instructional Specialist P-8 26
• Kindergarten Teacher 22
• Librarian/Media Specialist 8
• Library/Media Secretary/Clerk 8
• Lottery Pre-School Teacher 14
• Member, Board of Education 7
• Middle School Career, Technical and Agricultural Teacher 6
• Other Transportation 28
• Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 18
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 71
• School Food Service Manager 6
• School Food Service Worker 43
• School Nurse 7
• School Secretary/Clerk 12
• Secretary 19
• Special Education Interrelated 11
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 87
• Speech-Language Pathologist 8
• Student Clerk/Aide 12
• Substitute Teacher 137
• Teacher of Specific Learning 45
• Technology Specialist 6
• Vocational 19